I recently started watching the tips posted and love the idea! They are very useful. I thought I could contribute something for all those busy working women out there like myself. It is quite challenging to prepare dinner after you get home in the evening. I usually get home around 7:00PM and am quite tired. I like to cook and serve atleast one fresh meal for my family. Typically I like to spend not more than half hour to 45 mins in the kitchen. Here are a few things that can be done during the weekends that could speed up the cooking process during the week:

1. Peel the onion (do not cut the head out). Keep the whole peeled onion in a ziplock bag in the refrigerator. Each day it is easier to take the onions that you need and quickly chop them up. Sometimes, I use the food processor to chop the onions and it is mighty quick.

2. Grind ginger and garlic together into a paste and store in the refrigerator. This can be used for upto a week or more.

3. Put green chillies in a food processor. Do not grind them too fine. I like mine to be a little coarse. Store in the refrigerator.

4. Keep home made Dania powder and Jeera Powder handy.

5. I usually ask my babysitter to cut the vegetables for me. This way, when I get home I am ready to get going.

Doing all of the above would save me about 20-30 mins of prep time every day.