SLS33-From My kitchen To Your Plate Week#6 Budget Feast

Greetings to everyone!!!

Welcome to Steemit Challenge Season 33 week#6 of "From My Kitchen To Your Plate"!. First of all I would like to thank @steemitblog for giving me this opportunity.

Introduction

I’m honestly so excited to start this 6-week journey with all of you From My Kitchen To Your Plate. For me, cooking has never just been about following a recipe or mixing ingredients in a pot. It’s about the smell that reminds you of your childhood home, the small creative choices you make when you’re short on time, and the stories that quietly live in every kitchen table and family meal.

This season, each week will bring a new theme for you to explore and make your own. Some will push you to be resourceful, others will pull at your memories, and a few will just be about having fun with food again. I can’t wait to read your stories, see your photos, and discover the unique ways you turn simple ingredients into something meaningful.

Let’s make this season full of flavor, laughter, and real moments we can share together.

Budget Feast

Eating good food shouldn’t mean emptying your wallet, right? This week we’re turning the kitchen into a money-saving challenge! For Week 6: Budget Feast, I want to see how creative you can get with just a less money. Your task is simple: cook a complete meal for 4 people on a very low budget and prove that delicious doesn’t have to be expensive.

Let’s show everyone that with a little planning and a lot of love, even a tight budget can turn into a feast. Who’s ready to cook smart and eat well?

My Recipe

For today's contest I'm making chickpeas biryani. Biryani is festive food in my culture so I'm making the recipe without meat (high budget) and using chickpeas. Some expensive ingredients also removed from the list but the result turned out to be excellent. For dessert I'm making Samolina pudding that is low cost dessert too. A refreshing lemonade drink .

Let's start today's recipe

Ingredients:

Ingredients	quantity
Chickpeas	250g
Rice	600g
Chilli powder	1 tbsp
Coriander powder	1tbsp
Chilli flakes	1/2tsp
Salt	as per taste
Cumin seeds	1/2tsp
Turmeric powder	1/2tsp
Garam masala	1/2tsp
Garlic ginger paste	1tbsp
Oil	5-6tbsp
Fried onion	3-4tbsp
Yougart	1/2cup
Food color	1/4tsp

Making:

• Take oil in a pan ,add garlic ginger paste in it and sotey it for few minutes then add spices and fried onions in it with little water(2-3tbsp) and fry them until aroma arises.

• Add boiled chickpeas in it fry with spices gor few minutes then add yougart and green chillies and cover the lid . Now cook it for few mintutes. Biryani masala is ready.

• Now boiled water by adding salt and Cuminseeds and cinnamon sticks in it. When it boils add soaked rice in it and cook rice up to 95% . Then strain excess water from it by using strainer.

• Last step is of laying rice and chickpeas masala . Put some oil in base of pan then make layer of rice then place masala on rice evenly then make layer of rice. At the top of rice add some orange food color. Put some (2tbsp) oil evenly on top layer.

• Cover the lid for 10 min and cook it on very low flame so all ingredients can integrate nicely. Delicious chickpeas biryani is ready to serve.

My full menu is chickpeas biryani, Samolina pudding and squash	Final Presentation

What to Share in Your Post

This contest is about food + stories. So in your post, please include:

1-Prepare recipe(4)

Share any budget feast recipe (main course) that you often made at home , share it with clear, original photos of your recipe. Show us the process and the final result. No AI or stock images please.

2. Share full menu(2 marks)

Share your full budget feast menu( main course+ dessert+drink), Share the reason why do you choose this menu for this contest?

3.Prices Of Ingredients(2Marks)

Share the total cost in localcurrency and steem, from where you bought the ingredients?

4-Final Presentation(1Mark)

Present your recipe beautifully with your name card with date.

5-Engagement+X Promotion(1Mark)

Make meaning full comments on 2 other participants and share its link in your post. Share your post on Twitter account.

Contest Rules

1. Post your entry in communitySteem For Pakistan community or on your personal blog.
2. Title your post: SLS33-From My kitchen To Your Plate Week#6 Budget Feast[Name of Your Dish]
3. Use at least 300 words and original photos.
4. Use tags: #fmktypw6 #steemexclusive #pakistan #food #club5050 or #club75 if applicable
5. Drop your post link in the comments of this post.
6. No plagiarism, no AI-generated content. Be original .
7. Invite 3 friends to join the contest.
8. Share your post on X .

Contest Duration

Starts: Monday, 17th August 2026, 00:00 UTC
Ends: Sunday, 23rd August 2026, 11:59 PM UTC

Reward

I’ll review every entry and select the top 4 posts based on creativity, story, presentation, and engagement. Winners will receive upvotes from @steemcurator01 .

Random support from the Steemit team is also possible for active participants but votes are not guaranteed.

Best regards
@suboohi