Weekly Menu Plan: 5 Super Easy Weeknight Dinners - Aug 10 - Aug 14

What to cook up for weeknights is always a dilemma. It needs to be fast, it needs to be nutritious and not much chopping and fuss required. I have lined up my weeknight dinner menu for this week. All of it is vegetarian and some of it vegan

MONDAY

Pasta in a two minute sauce, sounds unreal? Well, it’s for real and I do this quite often to rustle up dinner under 15 minutes. Fry up some eggs on the side, for extra protein

TUESDAY

Cauliflower and peas kootu– no grinding of masalas, no chopping onions and tomatoes, just the kind of comforting and quick meal you need on a weeknight. Eat with reheated store bought rotis or with dosa or steamed rice

WEDNESDAY

Black eyed peas curry (Lobia / Karamani)- Soak the black eyed peas in the morning. A small pressure cooker or pressure pan takes care of the rest in the evening. The masala can be ground in a bigger batch and frozen in an ice cube tray and used through the month in various dishes. Serve with rice or rotis

THURSDAY

Roasted pumpkin soap with lemongrass and ginger – A hearty, healthy soup to for a rainy day evening. Cooking the pumpkins on stove top doesn’t require any supervision, so you can get your other work done in the meanwhile. Pick up a good loaf of bread. Slice thick and toast in the oven or on a skillet until somewhat crisp. Serve with soup along with a quick cucumber, tomato, lettuce salad

FRIDAY

Eggplant gothsu – another Tambrahm dish with minimum fuss and maximum flavour. The eggplant does need to be roasted on an open flame for 7-8 minutes, but you can multitask by getting the other prep for this dish ready when it is roasting. Serve with rice or a quick rice-moong dal pongal in the pressure cooker