5 Easy – Peasy Indian Vegetarian Recipes For Lazy Bachelors Living Alone !
Living your bachelor life can be liberating as well as difficult too. For those who have lived in the loving shadow of their mothers far too long and for those whose mothers did not seem to realise the importance of teaching cooking to their adorable sons, here are 5 simple vegetarian dishes that are easy to make and can be eaten whenever they want. Afterall, you can’t keep eating Maggi and bread all month long!

1. Chickpea salad

What you need for this simplest of dishes is a pressure cooker, a knife and some vegetables and spices. After soaking the chick peas overnight or 5-6 hours, just boil them in a pressure cooker. While it is being boiled, chop vegetables of your choice like tomato, onion, green chillies, carrots, cucumber, mint or coriander. Once the chick peas are done or completely boiled, remove the excess water and then mix all the chopped vegetables along with it. Add salt to taste, green chillies, chat masala, red chilli powder and one teaspoon lemon juice. Your Chickpea salad is ready.

2. Paneer bhurji

This is one of the simplest dishes to make. Just mash a cup of paneer. Take one tablespoon of oil in a pan. Sauté onion and tomatoes in it. Add the mashed paneer along with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt. Let it cook for 5 minutes and your paneer bhurji is ready. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and enjoy it with bread or chapati.

3. Vegetable Stir Fry

Yet another simple recipe for those who do not want to do elaborate cooking. Just chop all your favourite vegetables. Take a wok, put a tablespoon of oil in it. Add minced garlic and then onions. Sauté for some time and then add all the cut and diced vegetables one by one – carrots, broccoli, capsicum, cabbage, etc. Sauté all these on a high flame for 5-7 minutes. Add salt to taste and black pepper powder. You can also add soy sauce and vinegar to add that extra zing and it is ready!

4. Curd Rice

Simple and savoury with the least amount of ingredients and when you are not in the mood of cutting and chopping vegetables. Just Take one big bowl of cooked rice. Add equal amount of curd in it. Mix it well. Now add a teaspoon of oil in a pan, splutter some mustard seeds and curry leaves. Then add the mixture of curd and rice. Let it cook for 3-4 minutes and the curd rice is ready.

5. Besan cheela

Another nutritious dish that you can prepare in a jiffy is besan cheela. Just make a batter with besan while adding little by little water into it. Add salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder and chat masala to it. You can also add choped onion and other finely grated vegetables to the batter. Spread it on a non stick pan or pour it while moving the pan to spread the batter. Bake from both the sides and the cheela is ready.

See? Not that difficult to eat healthy food even when you are a lonely lazy bachelor! Haha!