Easy Indian Dinner Recipes
“Quick Dinner Ideas”, “Healthy Dinner Recipes”, “Veg Dinner Recipes”
Masoor Dal Tadka
Intro: Red lentils cooked and tempered with garlic and spices—light, nutritious, and perfect for dinner.
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins | Serves: 2
Ingredients:
½ cup masoor dal
Garlic, cumin, red chili
Onion, tomato, turmeric, salt
Instructions:
- Pressure cook dal with turmeric and salt.
- In a pan, prepare tadka with garlic, cumin, red chili, onion, tomato.
- Mix tadka into dal. Serve hot with rice or roti.
Bhindi Masala (Okra Stir-Fry)
Intro: Dry-fried okra flavored with Indian spices, ideal with roti or paratha for dinner.
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins | Serves: 2
Ingredients:
250g bhindi
(okra), sliced
Onion, turmeric, amchur, coriander powder
Instructions:
- Wash and dry bhindi.
- Sauté onion, add bhindi and spices.
- Cook uncovered until soft and slightly crisp.
- Serve with chapati.
Jeera Rice with Boondi Raita
Intro: Lightly spiced cumin rice paired with a cooling yogurt raita—a quick, satisfying meal.
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 15 mins | Serves: 2
Ingredients:
1 cup cooked basmati rice
1 tsp cumin seeds, ghee
For raita: 1 cup yogurt, 2 tbsp boondi, salt, cumin
Instructions:
- Heat ghee, crackle cumin seeds.
- Add rice, sauté gently.
- Mix yogurt, soaked boondi, and salt for raita.
- Serve together warm and chilled.