Indian Meal Plan with easy recipes for breakfast lunch and dinner for a week. After posting 9 dinner plans finally, I am posting a menu plan for the whole day that includes breakfast, lunch as well as dinner.
Planning a weekly meal plan is key to eating healthy and tasty food throughout the week. If you are a busy professional or a homemaker juggling with so many things planned this Indian weekly menu plan is the best way to provide a balance of nutrition and taste on our meal plates.
So, in this week’s meal plan you will have one healthy recipe every day. Since all these recipes can be put together in less than 30 minutes, you can easily plan them ahead and you will be sorted for a week.
Why I Plan My Menu In Advance
My main motive behind starting the Weekly Meal Plan was to save time. As the majority of my time was spent worrying about what to cook on a daily basis.
Now, with Meal Plans, I can stay away from the everyday hassle of buying groceries, save my time, money and rarely order a takeout.
With meal prep, We rarely skip meals and therefore stay healthy. If you are new then Meal Prep Guide For Beginners will help you plan your meals accordingly.
Coming back to this edition of Indian Meal Plan, you would find some really delicious, wholesome and nutritious recipes on your table every day. If you have a sweet tooth or are more on the spicy side, then don’t worry I have not skipped any of that in this Week’s Meal Plan. If you want to keep it healthy just skip the dessert and eat fruits instead 🙂
All you have to do is read the meal prep, select from the menu ideas, buy the ingredients from the grocery list and enjoy a hassle-free week. All these recipes are cooked with fewer ingredients and easy to cook. Most of them take 30 minutes or less to cook. It is a perfect meal plan for busy people.
I would also like to take a moment and thank all of you for sending feedback on The Indian Meal Plan series. It is because of you all that I continue sharing these tips and plans. 🙂
Here is another set of Meal Plans if you want to look for simple Indian cuisines. There is also a 20 Minutes meals section on the website, so even if you are not really prepared for the whole week’s commitment you can cook a decent Indian meal in under 20 Minutes.
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- Grocery Shopping Tips When Starting New Kitchen
- Let’s Break Some Common Meal Planning Myths
- How to Make Basic Grocery List For New Kitchen
- How to Start Weekly Meal Planning for Indian Meals
- Indian Lunch Box Ideas for Adults
Grab your pen and note down the grocery list for this Week’s Meal Plan. I would also suggest that you buy the grocery at the start of the week so that you only focus on executing the meal prep until the weekend.
Other than this week’s meal plan, you can also try other Weekly Meal Plans like Weekly Meal Plan-1, Weekly Meal Plan-2, Weekly Meal Plan-3, Weekly Meal Plan-4, Weekly Meal Plan-5 and many more. So, let’s get started with planning this week's meal.
Grocery List for this Week's Meal Plan
Vegetables/Fruits
- Moong Dal
- Spinach Leaves
- Green Chili
- Oil
- Lime Juice
- Lemon
- Potatoes
- Green Peas
- Carrots
- Brinjal
- Drumsticks
- Tomatoes
- Gram flour/Besan
- Curry Leaves
- Tamarind Pulp
- Cauliflower
- Green beans/French Beans
- Onion
- Carrot
- Green Bell pepper
- Yellow Bell pepper
- Red Bell pepper
- Jalapeños
- Coriander leaves
- Cabbage
- Scallion
- Coriander Stalk
- Cream
- Cottage cheese/paneer
- Ginger
- Almond Milk
- Honey
- Chia Seeds
- Raspberry
- Blueberry
- Blackberry
- Apricots
- Bread
- Eggs
- Cheese Slice
- Butter
- Mango Pickle (optional)
- Mushroom
- Frozen corn
- Vermicelli Pasta
- Sriracha sauce hot sauce
- Soy Sauce
- Thai Ginger
- Water
- Milk
- Roasted Peanuts
- Coffee Powder
- Sugar
- Icecream Scoop
- Chocolate Syrup
- Rice
- All-purpose flour/Maida
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Corn flour
- Mint Leaves
- Dry Fruits
- Almonds
- Saffron Threads
- Cashew Nuts (powdered)
- Whole wheat flour
- Masoor Dal
- Makhana/Lotus Seeds
- Raisins
- Pistachio
- Pepita/Pumpkin Seeds
- Wheat Tortilla/Flour Tortilla
- Sprouted Beans
- Peri-peri masala
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Roasted red chili flakes
- Dried fenugreek leaves
- Methi/Fenugreek leaves
- Pav bhaji masala
- California Walnuts
- Semi-sweet chocolate
- Any digestive biscuit
- Dark chocolate
- Vanilla Extract
- Cocoa-Dutch Powder(processed)
- Laddu
- Spring Onion
- Suji/Semolina
Basic Spices
- Garam masala powder/paste
- Fenugreek seeds
- Turmeric powder
- Red chili powder
- Tamarind lemon paste ball size
- Red chilies dried whole
- Ginger-garlic paste
- Coriander powder
- Cumin seeds
- Cardamom
- Dried Parsley
- Black Pepper
- Fennel Seeds
- Mustard Seeds
- Onion Seeds
- Cinnamon stick
- Salt
Meal Preparation To Do On Weekends
- Boil eggs
- Boil Potatoes
- Boil Dal
- Wash vegetables
- Chop onion, tomatoes, and other vegetables
- Make Onion paste and tomato paste (It will be easier if you make Bhuna masala)
- Ginger-garlic paste
- Knead dough for Chapati/Paratha
- Blanch Spinach
Indian Meal Plan for The Week
Monday Menu
Get past your Monday blues and start your day with healthy South Indian Pesarattu Dosa. Keep the lunch light with Dhaba style mix veg and the dinner delicious with Sindhi khadi, steamed rice, and Vegan Chia Seeds Pudding.
Tuesd Menu
Nothing starts a day better than a plate full of grilled egg in the hole sandwich with a glass of orange juice. Keep it low and make achari karela sabzi and have it with paratha. End the day with a healthy bowl of vermicelli and chilled cold coffee with an extra scoop of chocolate ice cream. 😉
Wednesday Menu
Start your day with an easy yet delicious Eggless Omelette. Munch-on besan laddoo while you prepare for Chettinad egg curry and basmati rice for dinner. Do not forget to make Kaju halwa to serve along with the curry.
Thursday Menu
Let’s start the day desi style with Matar paratha and a bowl of fresh curd. After the mouthwatering breakfast, go ahead and make Gujrati style Khatti dal, and some rice for lunch. Keeping the dinner light let’s make palak mushroom and paneer makhana kheer for sweet.
Friday Menu
It's weekend and we are all set to start it with Spanish omelette for breakfast. Keep the lunch cheesy with Peri-peri quesadilla and the dinner luscious with balti paneer, roti, and some hot chocolate.
Saturday Menu
Let’s start the weekend on a healthy note, shall we? For Saturday, let’s make the healthy coriander soup followed by Moong Dal Chilla for lunch. Since we have some eggs left in the fridge let’s make Masala omelette curry and serve it with paratha and the satisfying Laddu and kheer nutty fruity cups.
Sunday Menu
Keeping the health note in mind, let’s make Spinach Cheese Omelette for a happy Sunday Breakfast and some Methi Na Gota for lunch.
It’s Sunday, go ahead and invite your friends for dinner and serve them spicy tawa mushroom and some chocolate walnut fudge.
Rupali
Yay, I always look forward to your meal plans. Thank you for sharing such meal plans everytime. 😀
Aditya
I was just penning down my grocery list when I recieved the notification. Perfect timing!
Komal Shah
Ever since I have tried meal preps, I am less worried about dinner ideas. This is just perfect! Thumbs up to Meal Plans !
Aparna
Saturday Meal Plan is my favorite, will start the preps from tomorrow itself. 😀