The Pressure Cooker Is Your Best Single-Serving Tool
Most solo cooks default to instant noodles because a full pressure cooker feels like overkill. Flip that logic. A 2-litre pressure cooker, the smallest size widely available in Indian kitchens, cooks a single serving of dal, rice, or sabzi in under ten minutes. Cook your moong dal and rice together in a 1:2 ratio with a pinch of haldi and jeera. One whistle. Done. Chanakya wrote in the Arthashastra that efficiency is the first mark of intelligent action, cooking your protein and carbs in a single vessel at the same time is exactly that. No second pan. No second wait.
