Hungry and in a hurry? Recipes prepared under 30 minutes
Quick recipes for when you're in a hurry
Eat tasty without wasting any time
Updated: Jun 23rd, 2023
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| Man cooking a dish in the kitchen (image: Envato Elements) |
Picture this: you are home after a really long day with no time to stop and grab food. Tired and hungry. Sure the first thing that comes to mind are those luring food apps that keep suggesting take-aways. While they are not the best health option, they are also not pocket-friendly. Without much ado, here are some quick recipes for those crazy hunger pangs!
Chickpea (Chole) Curry Bowl
10 minutes
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| Chickpea (chole) Curry (image: Envato Elements) |
Boiled chickpeas (chole) could provide you with enough fibre to suffice for a meal at one time. Adding some spices ‘swad anusar’ gives this dish just the savoury touch to please your taste buds in the shortest amount of time.
Basic ingredients: Soaked chickpeas (chole), onion, garlic, masalas
Veggie Rice Rolls
15 minutes
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| Veggie Rice Rolls (image: Envato Elements) |
The quick and adaptable veggie rice rolls could be prepared without deep-frying them and work best as a quick snack. You can add stuffings of your choice to these rolls, which could be fulfilling on the days when time overpowers your hunger.
Basic ingredients: Tofu, veggies, lettuce, rice paper
Lentil Curry with Cauliflower Rice
20 minutes
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| Lentil Curry with Rice (image: Envato Elements) |
Home-cooked food and the comfort attached to it is an emotion in itself. But a dish that can bring you homely comfort without draining out an ample amount of your time, is dal (lentil curry). A touch of cauliflower in the rice, and it becomes your staple ‘Dal Chawal’, which is the epitome of quick home-cooked food.
Basic ingredients: Soaked lentils, cauliflower, rice, peas
Chilli Gobi
25 minutes
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| Chilli Gobi (image: ENvato Elements) |
A blend of crisp and spice asks for your time in abundance. But you don’t have to allocate your hours to chilli gobi. This deep-fried, snacky-crispy dish could be a quick solution to your spicy, crunchy cravings.
Basic ingredients: Cauliflower, corn flour, maida flour, capsicum, chilli sauce
Kashmiri Paneer
30 minutes
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| Paneer slab to be used in Kashmiri Paneer (image: Pixabay) |
Brace your tongue, as it could be drenched with mere thoughts of soft paneer chunks dipped into a milk-based gravy. Kashmiri Paneer stays on your taste buds longer than the time it takes to make this savoury dish.
Basic ingredients: Paneer, milk, bay leaf (tez patta)
So, the next time the urgency arises, you need not resort to food delivery apps. Get your apron out and cook yourself your favourite dish faster than the food delivery.
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