Cooking for mixed appetites at home — how do you decide portions and plates?
In many households someone cooks one meal for everyone, but appetites vary (teenagers, parents, elderly, kids). On busy weeknights people either add extra rotis or a second sabzi. What do you actually do at home to decide portion sizes and plate composition so no one is hungry and there’s minimal waste? Share one small rule or routine you follow.
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Try one simple household rule: “base + extras + hand-portions.” Cook a common base (grains + one sabzi/dal) sized for the typical adult, keep extra rotis/dal handy, and let people self-serve using hand-portion cues — palm-sized protein (dal/curd/egg), a fist of cooked vegetables, and 1–2 cupped-hands of grains for adults; reduce for kids, add for active teens. The family-style serving plus reserved extras minimizes waste and matches common food-based guidance used by nutritionists/NIN.