5-INGREDIENT INDIAN RECIPES FOR A STRESS-FREE DINNER

In today’s fast-paced lifestyle, preparing tasty dishes quickly is difficult. There are so many recipes that can be equipped with five ingredients. These Indian recipes can be prepared with minimal ingredients and in no time. 

Indian recipes, such as delicious masala kheema recipe, Indian lemon rice recipe, eggplant curry, or any recipe, more or less require only fewer ingredients for a tasty and perfect meal for lunch or dinner.

Many 5-Ingredient Delicious Recipes

The Indian recipes for most dishes with five ingredients recipes are explained further.

Masala Kheema Recipe

Masala kheema consists of meat pieces with flavorful spices. This recipe is easy to make and results in a delicious masala kheema. It tastes best when served with roti, paratha, naan, and rice. Keema is basically known as minced mint, and masala is the spice. 

Ingredients

• 500 Gms- Minced meat
• 3 Tbsp- Cooking oil
• 3 Tbsp- Ghee/butter
• 2-3- Green chilies
• 1- Bay leaf
• 6-7- Cloves
• 5 Tsp- Black pepper
• 1-inch- Cinnamon stick
• 1 Tsp- Red chili flakes
• 1.5 Cup- Chopped capsicum
• 1 ½ Tsp- Ginger-garlic paste
• 2 Tsp- Cumin seeds
• 2 Tbsp- Alco coriander powder
• 1 Tbsp- Alco Kashmiri red chili powder
• 2 Tsp- Alco red chili powder
• ¼ Tsp- Alco turmeric powder
• 2 Tsp- Alco garam masala
• 1 Cup- Chopped tomatoes
• ½ Cup- Tomato puree
• ½ Cup- Coriander leaves
• ¼ Cup- Hot water
• 3 Tbsp- Heavy cream
• To Taste- Salt

Instructions

• Take a heavy-bottomed pan, and add mustard oil and butter.
• As mustard oil starts evaporating, add the whole spices-cumin seeds, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, and red chili flakes.
• Add the chopped onions and cook until they become brown.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste and chopped capsicum to the pan.
• Stir continuously for 30 seconds.
• Add cumin seeds and water for greater consistency.
• Add all the ground spices- Alco coriander powder, Kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, and red chili powder.
• Add the tomato puree and chopped tomatoes, and cook for 10 minutes.
• Now, add the minced mint to the pan.
• When meat gets mixed, add hot water to the pan.
• Cook in low heat and stir at regular intervals.
• Put the lid on the pan, and keep it in low flame.
• Check if the masala Keema is ready or not.
• Add chopped coriander leaves and heavy creams to the keema.
• Serve this delicious masala keema with rice, roti, naan, or steamed rice.

Lemon Rice

Indian lemon rice recipe is an easy recipe to make with fewer ingredients. This is the tangy and savory form of rice recipes. It has cooked rice, flavorful spices, curry leaves, and peanuts for a greater taste level. It is considered a staple food in many South Indian regions. It has the intense flavor of lemon juice with hints of spices and rice.

Ingredients

• 4 Cup- Cooked rice
• 3 Tbsp- Lemon juice
• To Taste- Salt
• 2 Tbsp- Cooking oil
• ¼ Tsp- Mustard seeds
• 3 Tbsp- Salted and roasted peanuts
• ½ Tsp- Alco turmeric powder
• 2- Green chilies
• 8-10- Curry leaves
• 1 ½ Tsp- Chana dal
• 1 ½ Tsp- Urad dal
• 1 Pinch- Hing

Instructions

• Heat a heavy-bottomed pan, and add oil to a low-medium flame.
• Add mustard seeds, chana dal, and urad dal.
• Saute them in low heat until they become aromatic.
• Add green chilies and curry leaves to add extra flavor.
• Add hing, Alco turmeric powder, and salt to the pan.
• Add a little water and stir.
• Add the cooked rice to the pan.
• Keep the flame over the low heat continuously.
• Transfer the cooked rice with the dal and spices to the plate.
• Squeeze the lemon juice into the cooked rice.
• Sprinkle roasted and salted peanuts over the lemon rice.
• Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
• Serve this fantastic Indian Lemon Rice recipe for lunch or dinner.

Egg Curry Recipe

The egg cury recipe is a simple egg-based recipe in which fried eggs are dipped in tomato-onion-based gravy. The spicy gravy has all the whole and ground spices to make it more flavorful and tasty. Eggs are a good source of protein; thus, including eggs in your diet benefits you in many ways. Having these eggs with spicy gravy in an egg curry recipe is a win-win dish.

Ingredients

• 5-6- Eggs
• 2 Tbsp- Mustard oil
• ½ Tsp- Cumin seeds
• ½ Tsp- Mustard seeds
• 3-4- Dry red chilies
• 1-2- Bay leaf
• 2 Cups- Sliced onions
• 1 Cup- Chopped tomatoes
• 2 Tbsp- Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 Tsp- Alco turmeric powder
• 1 Tsp- Alco coriander powder
• 1 Tsp- Alco red chili powder
• 1 Tsp- Alco Kashmiri red chili powder
• To Taste- Salt
• 1 Tbsp- Chopped coriander leaves

Instructions

• Boil the eggs by adding water to the eggs and let them boil.
• Peel the outer shell of the boiled eggs.
• Pinch the fork to give holes to the boiled eggs to absorb masalas.
• Heat oil in a pan, add the boiled eggs, and fry them until brown.
• Take the fried eggs out of the hot pan.
• Again heat oil in the pan.
• Add mustard, cumin, bay leaf, and dry red chilies.
• Let them splutter, add sliced onions, and saute until they become pinkish-brown.
• Add ginger-garlic paste and chopped tomatoes to the pan.
• Add ground spices such as Alco coriander powder, turmeric powder, red hot chili powder, and Kashmiri red chili powder and salt.
• Sprinkle freshly chopped coriander leaves into the egg curry.
• Serve this delectable egg curry with jeera rice, naan, chapati, and parathas.

Kadhi Recipe

The Kadhi recipe is most prevalent in Punjab but is now loved by every region. It is made of gram flour and also chana dal/Moong dal. It has a tangy flavor because of the sour curd in preparing this recipe. 

Ingredients

• 1 Cup- Sour curd
• ¼ Cup- Besan (gram flour)
• 3 Cups- Water
• 2 Tbsp- Cooking oil
• ¼ Tsp- Methi seeds
• ½ Tsp- Cumin seeds
• 1- dry red chilly
• 2-3 Tbsp- Chopped onions
• 1-2- Green chilies
• 2 Tbsp- Ginger-garlic paste
• ¼ Tsp- Alco turmeric powder
• ¼ Tsp- Alco Kashmiri red chili powder
• ½ Tsp- Alco coriander powder
• ½ Tsp- Alco garam masala
• 1 ½ Tsp- Chopped coriander leaves

For pakoras,

• ¾ Cup- Besan
• ¾ Cup- Onions
• ½ Tsp- Ajwain
• 1-2- Green chilies
• ½ Tsp- Alco garam masala
• 1/8 - Baking soda
• 2 Tbsp- Coriander leaves
• 4 Tbsp- Water
• Oil for deep frying

For tempering,

• 1 Tbsp- Ghee
• ⅓ Tsp- Cumin seeds
• 2-3- Dry red chilies
• ⅛ Tsp- Hing

Instructions

• Add gram flour and curd in a large glass bowl.
• Whisk the batter properly, and add water.
• Add ghee to the pan, cumin seeds, and red chilies.
• Add chopped onions and green chilies.
• Add ginger-garlic paste, Alco red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, and garam masala.
• Add the besan batter to the pan.
• Keep stirring, and keep the flame low as soon as the mixture boils.
• When kadhi is ready, add salt.
• Add besan, onions, ajwain, and green chilies in a bowl.
• Add Alco garam masala, baking soda, and coriander leaves to the mixture.
• Add water to make a batter, and deep-fry in the hot oil.
• Add ghee, cumin seeds, dry red chilies, and hing for tempering.
• Mix the tempering, kadhi, and pakoras for a perfect kadhi recipe.

Summing Up

The 5-ingredient recipes are a boon for working mothers and office-goers. These recipes can be prepared at a great time with ultimate taste and flavor. Many such recipes are vegetable curries, masala kheema, and kadhi recipes. These dishes get ready quickly and hardly take 45 minutes to get ready for a delicious dinner or a regular meal.