Quick Easy Indian Recipes For Lazy Non-Cooks

I hate cooking, whatever I try is a disaster most of the times. So when I google, its always the easy recipes that take less time and efforts. But you have an indian boyfriend or husband, its kind of obligatory to cook sometimes the most talked about recipes. Okay, so for a long time I kept on trying recipes by taking people's advice which didn't workout well, first of all most of these folks are old or show offs who work with approximations and secondly its very frustrating to listen, remember the whole procedure and tricks. 

After years of toiling hard and getting sad annoyed dinner endings at least two times a week, i have established system that works. If you have an indian boyfriend or husband or anyone and you hate to cook, you might like these recipes. These are all tested by me , and they work. I am not going to write the whole recipe, just follow the links.

We went to pirates restaurant where we ordered methi malai paneer. I was extremely skeptical how it would come out. But it was very tasty and so after 2 years, I thought I should make it. Here is the version I tried, I followed the recipe till the toddler word. And didn't add garam masala. 



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Second Recipe that i just made this week is Bhindi Sambhariya....




http://www.sailusfood.com/2011/08/18/bhindi-sambhariya-gujarati-style-stuffed-okra/

Third recipe is Dum aloo,which is made with baby potatoes and curd. 



http://www.rakskitchen.net/2011/05/aloo-dumdum-aloo.html

Fourth recipe that me and my husband tried and worked even in cooker is of a cake, nigella cake. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXeVh1CvVw4

Another cake that we tried is typical plum cake with spices. My husband mixed nigella's cooking on stove with this recipe. He made syrup, then in a pan added rum, nuts after boiling added eggs, switched off gas and then wrapped into it flour with baking powder. We then put it inside pressure cooker for 35 minutes. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRHYPZZBEE4


Third cake Was apple cinnamon cake. 

http://www.joyofbaking.com/AppleCake.html

Fourth cake was choclate orange cake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkAhuVD-m4

These all cakes were made by my husband. I ate them and assisted in cutting nuts or washing dishes. :) :) 

Okay moving to indian recipes, Cabbage kofta is another one. Its easy to make. Believe me when I say it, I don't like investing more than an hour to any meal. 



http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2009/04/23/cabbage-kofta/

Moving forward, we come to a form of bread known as palak paratha. It is the easiest of all parathas and tastiest. I don't cook palak like in the recipe. I just mix chopped spinach with all the spices I like and knead it with flour into a dough.You can make methi paratha by substituting methi in place of palak. 



http://www.rakskitchen.net/2011/07/easy-palak-paratha-recipe.html

For Aloo/Potato paratha, Cauliflower Paratha...follow manjulaskitchen recipes.



http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/06/21/gobhi-paratha/

http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2007/01/14/aloo-parathas/


Now there is this tasty version of khichdi I came across. Instead of rice pulses you can use broken wheat and moong which is even more healthy but less tasty. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvvWb9sbR04&feature=fvwrel

Its time for me to make palak paneer for my mum-in-law who is coming to stay with me. So at the end i am going to add palak paneer recipe.

http://www.tarladalal.com/Palak-Paneer-(-Subzi-)-30899r

And some things I learned.

Firstly you can use Everest tea masala for spices mix in curries, cake. Its got cinnamon etc spices which are very good. Just buy it.

Secondly, there is kasturi methi you should have for instant methi paratha or methi flavor in curries. 

Thirdly, the best thing to make as a side extra dish is boondi raita. I have already said this article is for who hate cooking and want it to finish asap. Raita is one of those dishes which take less time and people like them. 

Fourthly for desserts the simplest indian recipe is simaiya. It takes 20 minutes and is very healthy. I never added condensed milk, just boil 4 cups milk till its 3/4th from original, then add 1/2 cup vermicelli, 4 spoons sugar, keep tasting and stirring to meet your sweetness apetite, after about 10 minutes your dessert is ready. Add cashews, raising, almonds and serve cold. 

Also you can have custard for which the recipe is fixed. 


http://madcookingfusions.com/semiya-recipe-vermicelli-dessert/


These are all the easiest recipes you can have. My favorite recipe blogs are by manjula and joyofbaking. Next post will be on soups,salads and authentic indian desserts which of course will be quick and easy. 

Here is link to next post on 4 course indian dinner made easy. 

http://myfilmilist.blogspot.com/2015/12/indian-cooking-decoded-part-1curry.htmlhttp://myfilmilist.blogspot.com/2015/12/indian-cooking-decoded-part-1curry.html



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