Weeknight Dinners: Make Your Meals With Phalguni Dal, Laccha Paratha & 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 Saturday 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 recipes like Pizza Topping Wheat Paratha Recipe, Barnyard Millet Bisi Bele Bath Recipe, Boondi raita recipe, Parshe Maacher Jhal Recipe (Mullet In Mustard Sauce), Narkel Diye Cholar Dal Recipe (Bengali Chana Dal With Fried Coconut Slices), 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

Pizza Topping Wheat Paratha, Homemade Mayo and More

Pizza Topping Wheat Paratha Recipe is a relatively simple recipe to make on a weekday. This has a lot of veggies within and is a great fusion recipe to spice up the start of your working week. You can make homemade mayonnaise and dhaniya pudina chutney as accompaniments with it and end your meal with desi masala chaas.

Tuesday

Barnyard Millet Bisi Bele Bath, Boondi Raita, Salad & More

Make a millet meal with Barnyard Millet Bisi Bele Bath Recipe, and pair it up with Boondi raita recipe, and crunchy papads. Also prepare cucumber tomato corn Peanut Salad With Lemon Recipe to complete the meal.

Wednesday

Parshe Maacher Jhal, Bhaja, Rice, & Phulka

On this Wednesday, prepare Parshe Maacher Jhal Recipe which is Mullet In Mustard Sauce. If you are looking for a vegetarian option, prepare Narkel Diye Cholar Dal Recipe, a Bengali Chana Dal With Fried Coconut Slices. Make hot Steamed rice, a Bengali Potol Bhaja Recipe which is Bengali Style Parwal Sabzi and a few Phulka to complete the meal.

Thursday

Phalguni Dal Recipe, Laccha Paratha, & Curry

Prepare Phalguni Dal Recipe which is Bengali Style Red Lentils With Fresh Green Peas and make Laccha Paratha to scoop it up. Also make Sweet Potato, Broccoli and Tofu Curry Recipe and a Garlic Toasted Beans Salad Recipe to complete the meal plate

Friday

Pumpkin Dal With Garlic Tadka, Rice, Phulka, & Kadai Egg Masala

Make Pumpkin dal with garlic tadka and steamed rice. Also prepare phulka, and Kadai Egg Masala Recipe. Wash it down with a refreshing pudina Buttermilk to complete the meal.

Saturday

Milk Braid Rolls, Vegetable Clear Soup With Lemon Grass, & More

Prepare Milk Braid Rolls Recipe for a bread option with Vegetable Clear Soup. This soup has Lemon Grass with a soothing effect. Have Sweet Potato & Green Bean Salad Recipe. Make a Lemon Grass Oats & Almonds Pudding Recipe with Macerated Berries for a fine dessert.

Sunday

Egg Manchurian, Black Bean Noodles, & Chili Sauce

Prepare a simple dinner of Indo Chinese Egg Manchurian Recipe as an appetizer. Make Black Bean Noodles Recipe for main course and have along Sichuan Style Bird Eye Chili Sauce Recipe as well that can instantly be homemade.