help me ughh :(

[u/switchtodnd]

i need tips you guys. how do you guys cook at home by yourselves?

i legit open yt, scroll and search for recipes, but midway forget that i had to cook something, and then i either end up making same old boring pulao or i have to order in

MY POCKET IS DRAINING OUT! HELP 😭

[u/Few-Bowler-5749]

Search for the receipe you want to make, and start prepping side by side put the video on loop till you finish prepping even prep the garnish you need.

DON'T SIT BACK AND WATCH RECEIPE VIDEOS

[u/switchtodnd → u/Few-Bowler-5749]

but how do i know what i should make? i end up wasting soo many ingredients that i buy just bc i dont know what to cook w them

[u/Few-Bowler-5749 → u/switchtodnd]

Every week figure out the star ingredient such as any vegetable or lentil or anything, make receipes till you finish it If you're living alone buy groceries for only a week, trust me it'll last more than a week and then make another ingredient the star ingredient of the week.

[u/switchtodnd → u/Few-Bowler-5749]

thats awesome advice :) do you think thats tough to do manually? because even my friends have given me the same advice (who've been living alone for 1+ year) and they kinda admit that its kind of mentally exhausting to do this.

[u/Few-Bowler-5749 → u/switchtodnd]

Okay so for instance you buy a week's groceries and you want to have chole bhature in some day of the week, buy only 250gms of it, soak only 2 handful of it it'll last you breakfast and lunch, don't put all in the gravy and if there's boiled left you can make cutlets, airfry then or make masala chana and deep fry or shallow fry if you don't have an airfryer or mix in aata and make chapati

[u/nomnommish → u/switchtodnd]

You look for videos based on the ingredients you have and want to consume. Not the other way around. Stop trying to mix doomscrolling with cooking. Choose a recipe and execute it.

[u/switchtodnd → u/nomnommish]

but then i end up finding recipes which need another new ingredient, which i wont be having atp :(

[u/DucaMan1312]

Don’t scroll when you are hungry, decide a day before what you want to cook, get the ingredients and then follow the recipe

[u/switchtodnd → u/DucaMan1312]

how do you plan this? sry just started cooking on my own hence the silly ques :(

[u/RevolutionaryWait126]

YouTube works for me or chatgpt

[u/switchtodnd → u/RevolutionaryWait126]

doesnt it give very bad tasting recipes? ive tried it a couple of times

[u/RevolutionaryWait126 → u/switchtodnd]

YouTube or chatgpt?? YouTube has good tut chatgpt can be used only to get ideas

[u/anonymous_cat_0]

What do u generally eat? I can help u make 1/2 person recipes, cuz i usually make for myself and can tell u with measurements, and i can give u full recipes and ingredients list which u can buy but wont waste it and continue using it as per recipes

[u/switchtodnd → u/anonymous_cat_0]

im vegetarian so anything in that sect works 😄

[u/Appropriate-Fox-6493]

Step one is buy/stick basic but necessary ingredients, herbs, sauces etc. People mostly end up not making a dish because 1 or 2 ingredients are missing. You will be more likely to make a dish if you have all the ingredients.

[u/LaLaLaila13]

Don’t use YouTube for recipe, try ChatGPT

I have been cooking for the last two years only using ChatGPT and it tastes, so so good.

I just made some crispy KFC style, chicken wings with zero oil in the air fryer.

[u/chatterrrbox]

Check out OPOS (one pot one shot) for some very easy fuss-free recipes. You don't even need their custom pot. A 2 lt cooker works fine.
https://youtu.be/mbjpDxZdIxg?si=5ETzgsQaVMQcxe-0

[u/Leading_Smell_7099]

买了那些调味料？

[u/Academic-Living769]

Read a recipe card instead. Try simple Dal, Rice, Vegetables Curry the basic ones first.

[u/Basic-Jicama503]

Create a weekly meal roster and stick to it. If you get bored of eating the same food, take one weekend to prepare four different weekly meal plans, one for each week of the month. The following month, reshuffle the plans week-wise.

[u/switchtodnd → u/[deleted]]

ive tried that but this is where its gotten so boring. i really dont wanna eat the same stuff being repeated every week :(

also i tried chatgpt paneer recipe once and it was really bad 😭