Weeknight Dinners: Make Your Meals With Masalewari Koki, Methi Malai Paneer & More

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Every day meal plans are a daunting task to do all by yourself, since you have many other tasks in the day, especially on weekdays. Weekends would be more blessed than weekdays because we have time to think and organize. It would be great if there is an early plan laid out for the week ahead such that we know clearly of what to shop and how much to shop for the week. Also, we understand the ease of making the recipes that could either be carry forward through transformation or packing it for lunch, or cooking with the same ingredients for the next day. Considering this, we are back again with the weeknight dinner recipe ideas that could be of help. This menu for weeknights have a blending mix of cuisines across India & the World (Especially for Friday nights) which help in wholesome nutrition for the nights.

We understand that the only peaceful time when you retrospect your fruitful day is at night. It would be lovely if less time goes into planning and preparing the dinners. This week, try Matar Millet Pulao Recipe (Peas Pulao Recipe), Masalewari Koki Recipe (Spiced Sindhi Roti), Cucumber Green Chilli Raita Recipe, Methi Malai Paneer Recipe, Creamy Dal Makhani Recipe, Tawa Paratha, Carrot Beans Sukhi Sabzi With Simple Masala, and more.

Dry Sabzis can be made into interesting paratha rolls for next morning's breakfast or the curries can also be packed for lunch the next day. Also make sure you soak in the pulses the previous night and sprout them in the morning to make sprout recipes for dinner, or soak them first thing in the morning to make them easy to cook for dinners. Stock up the groceries to ease out the weeknights and spice up daily life with lot more time to do other things than planning to dine. We have also included a whiff of additional plan for your weekend too! Take a look and make your meal plan accordingly for the whole week's dinners.

Monday

Matar Millet Pulao, Creamy Dal Makhani, Tawa Paratha and More

This Monday, prepare a super easy Matar Millet Pulao which will take of the millet intake which is recommended once in awhile. To complete the meal plate, prepare tawa paratha and pair it with a sukhi carrot and beans sabzi and a creamy dal makhani. You can also end your meal with a glass of Chaas.

Tuesday

Masalewari Koki, Methi Malai Paneer Recipe & Raita

Prepare a spiced Roti called koki from Sindhi cuisine and pair it with Methi malai paneer and a cucumber green chilli raita.

Wednesday

Handi Biryani WIth Chicken, Mirchi Ka Salan and Corn & Onion Raita

This Wednesday, prepare the Handi Biryani recipe with Chicken. If you are not looking for a non-vegetarian meal, you can prepare a Spicy egg biryani recipe instead and pair the biryani with Mirchi Ka Salan and a corn and onion raita.

Thursday

Tawa Paratha, Gujarati Trevti Dal and Kache Kele Ki Sabzi

Cook a simple tawa paratha, a Gujarati creamy Trevti Dal recipe and a raw banana sabzi to make a complete meal. You can end your meal with a masala chaas

Friday

Steamed rice, Kobbari Chaaru, Lemon Thyme Rasam and Poriyal

Prepare a simple Steamed rice, a coconut milk and dal sambar recipe for dinner today. South Indian typically have a second serving of rice with a rasam. You can make a lemon thyme rasam instead of tomato rasam that is regular. Also prepare karamani poriyal that is made with yardlong beans to have on the sides.

Saturday

Thai Basil & Tofu Rice with Yellow Curry

Prepare a layered high protein Thai style Tofu basil rice and pair with a Thai Yellow curry. End your meals with an easy to make dessert like Thai Style fried bananas.

Sunday

Pumpkin Tagine WIth Pita Bread and a Simple Salad

Sunday is a day where you have much to do and complete all the pending works at home and prep for the coming week, Prepare a simple pumpkin tagine recipe and serve it with pita bread. Have a cucumber salad along the meals to make it complete.