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    Lunch

    Curated Indian recipes that are easy to meal-prep and will keep you full during your busy day!

    • Curried egg salad with cottage cheese and green onions on top of toast on a gray plate.
      High Protein Curried Egg Salad
    • Two slices of edamame chaat avocado toast. The toast has shelled edamame, cut red onions, tomatoes, green bell pepper, cilantro, salt, chaat masala, and thin sev on top.
      Edamame Chaat Avocado Toast
    • Lemon rice on plate with hand reaching to eat it. Yogurt on the side
      South Indian Lemon Rice
    • Fluffy stovetop basmati rice in a bronze platter.
      How to Cook Basmati Rice on the Stovetop
    • 4 indian vegetable sides photos. Top left is of cabbage poriyal, top right is of a chickpea chaat salad, bottom left is of crispy kale chaat, and bottom right is of tamarind glazed brussel sprouts.
      Indian Vegetable Side Dishes
    • Pictures of high protein Indian dishes like Black eyed peas curry, chow chow dal, chickpea sundal, and malai chicken kebabs.
      High Protein Indian Recipes
    • A plate with Indian turmeric yellow rice.
      Indian Turmeric Yellow Rice
    • A bowl filled with a kala chana or chickpea salad. The salad has black chickpeas, pickled onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, mint, cilantro, and toasted peanuts.
      Kala Chana (Black Chickpea) Salad
    • A gray bowl with cabbage poriyal or cabbage stir fry in it.
      Cabbage Poriyal (Indian Cabbage Stir Fry)
    • Black eyed peas curry with coconut milk in a large white bowl. The top of the curry has curry leaves, cumin seeds, and mustard seeds.
      South Indian Black Eyed Peas Curry with Coconut Milk | Lobia Curry
    • Chow chow kootu or a chayote squash dal curry in a white bowl with spices on top.
      Chow Chow Kootu (Chayote Squash Dal Curry)
    • Green beans poriyal in a cast iron pan with a wooden spatula holding some of the beans.
      Beans Poriyal (Indian Green Beans)
    • Indian Curly Kale Chaat Appetizer
      Indian Crispy Curly Kale Chaat Appetizer
    • Roasted masala potatoes served with lemon halves
      Masala Roast Potatoes
    • Pumpkin sambar in a white bowl
      Pumpkin Sambar with Moong Dal
    • Stovetop moong dal over basmati rice in a large bowl.
      Simple Moong Dal without Pressure Cooker
    • Pineapple rasam topped with spiced thalipu in a large white bowl and yellow napkins
      Simple Pineapple Rasam without Dal
    • Milagu jeera rasam sadam or rasam rice served in a bowl. Hands are being as utensils to scoop up the rasam rice.
      Milagu Jeera Rasam Sadam | Spicy Rasam Rice
    • A big bowl of mutton bone broth soup in a gray bowl with a hand holding a metal spoon.
      Mutton Bone Soup | Indian Bone Broth Soup
    • Curd rice with ghee tadka on top.
      Indian Curd Rice with Tadka
    • A brown hand holding an Indian mint chutney cucumber tea sandwich. There is a tea plate with sliced cucumbers, a bowl with homemade cilantro mint chutney, and a tea stand with sliced Indian tea sandwiches.
      Indian Mint Chutney Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
    • Oven-Baked Cornflake Chevdo Chicken
      Indian Oven-Fried Cornflake Mixture Chicken
    • Nila Sadam (Moon Rice)
      Moon Rice (Nila Satham)

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    Indian Food Science

    • Which rice is the best for making dosas. Four cups with ponni rice, idli rice, basmati rice, and jasmine rice on a plate.
      What Rice Yields the Best Dosa?
    • Crispy puris for pani puri
      Crispy Puris for Pani Puri
    • 12 brands of ghee spread on parchment paper with the names of the brand above them in marker. Describing the brands from top to bottom and from left to right. Deep brand ghee is on top with a liquidy and grainy consistency that is white. Laxmi brand is creamy and pale white. Amul brand is grainy but solid and also pale. Next row has simple truth organic, 365 foods, and O Organics. Simple truth is liquidy, light yellow, and grainy. 365 foods is grainy, liquidy, and yellow. O organics is yellow and liquidy. Next row has organic valley that is smooth, creamy, and pale yellow. Ancient organics is creamy and light yellow. 4th & heart is light yellow and creamy. Nanak is bright yellow, grainy, and liquidy. Pure Indian foods is grainy, slightly liquidy, and light yellow. Last but not least is homemade ghee made from kerry gold butter and it is liquidy, slightly liquidy, and darker yellow.
      Best Brands of Ghee To Buy
    • A photo with four glass cups of gulab jamuns. 3 of the glasses have an x icon indicating that those are mistakes. 1 glass has a green check mark indicating it is the correct way to make a gulab jamun.
      Common Gulab Jamun Mistakes and Tips for Solving Them

    Indian Cocktails/Mocktails

    • Nimbu pani cocktail with limes and lime zest in the background
      Spicy Nimbu Pani Cocktail | Indian Lime Drink
    • A brown hand holding lychee rose mocktail in a glass with pink hued glasses in the background.
      Lychee Rose Mocktail
    • Indian style watermelon juice with chaat masala
      Indian Style Watermelon Juice with Chaat Masala
    • Gulab jamun cocktail or a saffron gin cocktail in a coupe class with a strand of saffron on the top.
      Gulab Jamun Cocktail (Saffron Gin Cocktail)

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