Easy Vegetarian Indian Dinner Recipes Ideas

Dinner recipes range from simple, quick meals to more elaborate dishes for special occasions. Popular tasty dishes like chhole, kadhi pakora, rajma, namkeen chawal, and matar paneer. These recipes use spices and fresh ingredients, creating satisfying meals and a comforting evening meal. The possibilities are endless, from quick and easy weeknight meals to awesome dishes for special occasions.

Top 5 Quick Indian Dinner Recipes

1) Chhole Recipe

chole masala served with Bhatura is a favorite among many Indians and is a favorite among many Indians and is a trendy meal in dhabas and north Indian restaurants. The combo of Chhole Bhature and Chawal is simply delicious.

      How to make chole recipe

1. 3 to 4 cups of chickpeas should be soaked overnight.
2. Put the chickpeas in the cooker and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, then
3. Pour 2 tablespoons oil into a hot pan. Add 1-inch cinnamon and a small piece of bay leaf.
4. Fry on medium heat, until the onions turn light brown. Add ¾ 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste.
5. Add 1 cup tomato puree, ½ tsp Kashmiri red chili powder 1/8 tsp turmeric,c, and ¾ tsp salt. Also, add the chole masala.
6. Saute for 5 to 10 mintues .
7. Add cooked chickpeas along with the chole cook.
8. On a low flame for 18 to 20 minutes or until the gravy thickens and reaches the desired consistency. Add 1 tsp crushed kasuri methi.

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2) Kadhi Pakora

kadhi pakora is a popular Punjabi dish consisting of pakoras served in a creamy and delicious yogurt sauce known as KADH. It is usually eaten with chawal but also goes with roti.

        How to make kadhi Pakora

1. How to make pakora put half a cup of besan and water in a bowl make a thicker mixer and add half an onion and half a spoon of salt.
2. You will need 1 cup of curd and ¼ grams for this recipe.
3. Then put curd and flour in a bowl and mix them both so as not to have any lump. Then add 3 cups of water.
4. In a large pot heat 1 ½ tbsp oil, Add cumin seeds, dried red chilies, and methi seeds.
5. Stir the besan mixture with the whisk and pour it here. Mix well on low heat add pepper powder, red chili, wider and test to adjust salt and the heat to medium to medium-low and let this simmer until it turns thick. Kee stirred the kadhi in intervals of 10 to 12 mins through the process.

3) Rajma

Rajma is a north Indian curry made by simmering red kidney beans in a spicy onion tomato gravy. Jeera rice goes very well with this.

      How to make rajma recipe

1. 3 to 4 cups of rajma should be soaked overnight.
2. Put the rajma in the cooker and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. For this recipe, you will need,1 cup chopped onion, ½ cup tomatoes, 1 ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
4. Heat 2 to 3 tbsp oil in a pan. Add 2 bay leaves and half tsp cumin seeds.
5. When the seeds begin to sizzle, add onion and saute on medium heat until deep golden for 4 to 5 minutes, and add ginger garlic paste.
6. Saute for 30 to 60 seconds
7. pour the pureed tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
8. Spices add, ¼ turmeric, ½ to Kashmiri red chili powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, and ½ tsp salt
9. saute for 5 minutes, Add the soft cooked rajma. Pour more hot water, ½ to 1 cup to bring it to a consistency.
10. Mix well and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

4) Namkeen Chawal

Namkeen chawal is a one-pot simple, flavorful, and delicious dish that can be made in just 30 min.

        How to make Namkeen chawal

1. Add 1 cup aged basmati rice to a bowl and rinse well for a few minutes until the water clears. Soak it for 30 minutes.
2. Heat the cooker with 2 tbsp oil. and add 1 bay leaf, cumin seeds, green chili
3. Add 1 sliced onion. On medium heat, the onions turn deep golden.
4. Add 1 cup of chopped mixed veggies. Saute on a medium to high flame for 3 minutes peas, potato, tomato, and carrot. Beans.
5. Add spices, ¼ turmeric, 1/8 salt, red chili powder,
6. Then let the cooker whistle four times.

5) Matar Paneer

Matar is a delicious Indian dish. This goes well with jeera rice and butter naan.

         How to make Matar paneer

1. Cut the paneer into cubes. And If using frozen peas cook them until tender.
2. Heat oil in a pan, Add onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger, garlic then deep fry. then blend everything in a mixer
3. Then heat oil in the pan,  Add,  2 bay leaves, ½ cumin seeds, ginger garlic paste
4. Then pour the mixture into the pan and cook for 15 mins
5. Add the peas and cook the 5 minutes
6. Then add the paneer cubes and mix everything for 2 to 3 minutes
7. Add the hot water to the gravy and cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
8. Sprinkle fresh coriander leaves.

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