Solving the multiple-requirement problem

Sometimes, the solo-cook is confronted with a lack of options. Sometimes it is the excess of options that plagues him/her. At other times, it is the several requirements that baffle.
Today's meal:


Pongal and beans tomato onion with chili powder dish. Something between beans fry and the famous tomato gojju.
Introduction to the MR problem
1. I wanted to eat some pepper.
2. I wanted to use up the dal that has been lying unused on my shelf for a very long time.
3. I wanted to eat some vegetables
4. I wanted it to be done very quickly
5. I wanted something sweet.

But there was no way I could fit that last one into the list, so I settled for some cream biscuits instead.

Well, today or tomorrow is Sankranthi/Pongal. So happy festivities!