After getting through a tough day at work, we understand if you are in no mood to spend hours over the stove. But fresh home-cooked food can be such a stress reliever and feel-good factor that we wanted to help you work around your schedule. We looked up the easiest recipes and put them together to offer you variety, spice and all things nice on your dinner table. Here are some easy but lip-smacking vegetarian recipes that will take you less than 15 minutes to prepare.
Spicy Potatoes: This super simple recipe ranks high on taste. With an extremely easy process for a quick and flavourful meal, this preparation can be relished with rotis. Find the recipe here.
Looking for a recipe that will be ready in less than 20 minutes so that you can serve dinner on time? Here?s a dish that you will love once you?ve tried it out. Although it?s super simple, this one ranks high on taste with an easy process that makes it popular. Make these crispy, spicy potatoes for dinner that you can eat with rotis and relish.
Ingredients:
½ kg potatoes
5-6 curry leaves
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin
1 tsp dhania-jeera powder
A pinch of haldi
1 full tsp red chili powder
Salt to taste
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
Coriander for garnish
Oil
Method:
1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into small square pieces and put them in water so that they do not turn black.
2. In a non-stick pan heat oil. Add curry leaves, mustard seeds, cumin, haldi, red chilli powder and dhania-jeera powder.
3. Saute and add salt to taste.
4. Now add the potatoes. Do not add any water. Sauté till the potatoes become crisp.
5. Cover the pan with a lid and make the flame low. Let the potatoes simmer till they are properly cooked.
6. The potatoes will become dry and leave little oil. This is the indication that your dish is ready.
7. Remove the dish from fire and let it cool.
8. Now add one tbsp of tomato ketchup to the potatoes and mix well.
9. Serve garnished with fresh coriande
Sprouts Kadhi: Healthy and easy are words that describe this recipe well. Perfect for a light meal, Sprouts Kadhi is an easy dish to prepare instantly. Check out the recipe here.
We love simple Indian food that?s healthy, light and satiating. This sprouts kadhi adds a shot of nutrition to our curd mix and makes for a memorable and fascinating meal. This recipe was added to our go-to list when we learnt how easy it is to make and how delicious it tastes. So here?s the recipe of sprouts kadhi that can be served accompanied by soft khichdi for a fulfilling meal.
Ingredients:
1 cup mixed sprouts
2 to 3 tsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp asafoetida
2 whole dry red kashmiri chillies
1 bayleaf
¼ tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp green chilli paste
¼ tsp chilli powder
salt to taste
1 ½ cups low-fat curds , whisked
4 tsp gram flour
For garnish:
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander
Method:
1. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker; add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
2. When the seeds crackle, add the asafoetida, red chilies and bayleaf and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
3. Add the mixed sprouts, one and half cups of water, turmeric powder, green chilli paste, chilli powder and salt, mix well and pressure cook for three whistles.
4. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside.
5. Combine the curds with half cup of water and besan and mix well till no lumps remain.
6. Add the curds-besan mixture to the prepared sprouts mixture, mix well and cook on a medium flame for three to four minutes.
7. Serve hot garnished with coriander.
Here’s the video:
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Spicy Fried Bhindi: Bhindi is an easy vegetable to cook and this spicy fried bhindi recipe is one of the easiest to make on a hectic day, not to forget a flavourful one. Here is the recipe.
For a simple meal that needs a tinge of spice to make it worthwhile, try this easy yet interesting spicy, fried bhindi recipe. This mundane everyday veggie can be turned into a total delight with the addition of a few spices that you can savour. Here?s the super-easy spicy fried bhindi recipe.
Ingredients:
½ kg bhindi
1 small tomato, thinly-sliced
1 green chili
4-5 curry leaves
Salt to taste
½ tsp jeera
1 tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp red chili powder
½ lemon
Oil for cooking
Coriander for garnish
Method:
1. Wash the bhindi and cut its head and tail. Slit it into four.
2. In a pan, add the oil, bhindi and lemon juice and sauté till the stickiness goes away.
3. While sautéing add curry leaves, tomato slices, salt and one green chili.
4. Add jeera, coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder and sauté.
5. Keep sautéing till the bhindi becomes crisp, begins to dry and leaves oil.
6. Serve hot garnished with finely-chopped coriander.
French Bean Foogath: A variation of the popular South Indian dish, French Bean Foogath has spices that make it oh-so-flavourful. Here is the recipe.
Cooking veggies in an interesting way and making them healthier is the kind of fun that we look out for in every recipe. Well, we love a little variation with some spice here and some salt there. Today, we bring you a variation of a popular South Indian dish popularly known as French bean foogath. South Indian sabzis that have coconut and curry leaves are known as Foogath.
In this recipe, kitchen queen Tarla Dalal adds chana dal to the dish to bring a twist to its existing flavour. Try it out to prepare a healthy and easy lunch.
Ingredients:
2 cups stringed and diagonally cut french beans
1 ½ tsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds (rai / sarson)
1 tsp soaked urad dal (spit black gram)
2 tbsp soaked chana dal (split bengal gram)
4 to 6 curry leaves (kadi patta)
¼ tsp asafoetida (hing)
2 slit green chillies
salt to taste
¼ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
¼ cup grated coconut
2 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
Method:
1. Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds.
2. When the seeds crackle, add the urad dal, chana dal , curry leaves, asafoetida and green chillies and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
3. Add the french beans, salt and 2 tbsp of water, mix well and cover and cook on a slow flame for 10 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
4. Add the coconut and coriander, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
5. Serve hot.
Here’s the video:
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Chili Paneer Stir Fry: Paneer fans will rejoice with this easy recipe that needs no more than 15 minutes and makes for a wholesome meal. Take a look at the recipe.
How to Make Chilli Paneer Stir Fry [Video]
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Being a vegetarian doesn?t mean you cannot enjoy good food. That said, paneer has a huge fan following especially among vegetarians who choose this white creamy dairy product over other vegetables.
It is used as a substitute for meat in recipes, which have to be tweaked for vegetarians, and makes for great dishes. Here?s a delicious appetiser recipe for all those who think vegetarian food is boring.
Made from milk and thus a great source of calcium eating paneer couldn?t have been tastier.
This simple recipe with its rich taste makes up for the meaty starters and kitchen queen Tarla Dalal takes you through the process with ease. Enjoy the video and try out the recipe yourself.
