Make Your Own Sandwich

so use chicken breast and lean cuts of meat, legs have fat but they also have more iron.
and if you have the spices available, it takes a couple minutes to get your spices ready. masala packets vary in the amount of sodium, but they generally are much better than canned or jarred stuff.

I am not sure who cooks for 3 hours for a meal, atleast in touch time, elapsed time may vary but if you are cooking something on low heat for 40 minutes its not like u cant chill in the meantime.

so desi food does not take too long to cook if people are organized and have sensible expectations.

rice cooker rock btw, u can do more with it than just make plain steamed rice..