One Pot Indian Vegetarian Dinner Recipes for Lockdown

One pot Indian vegetarian dinner recipes that are super quick, easy to make, and delicious. These budget-friendly Indian vegetarian dinners are perfect for the Coronavirus lockdown when access to groceries is limited. You can enjoy these Indian vegetarian dinner recipes any night of the week.

Try these easy Indian vegetarian dinner recipes to make wholesome, healthy, comforting, and super quick vegetarian meals with pantry staples. Each Indian vegetarian dinner brings unique flavors to your table.

These dinner recipes are simply effortless, time savers and can be made from easily available ingredients in the pantry.

One Pot Indian Vegetarian Recipes

These one dish Indian vegetarian dinner recipes from Indian cuisine are perfect to cook and make excellent easy one pot dinners.

1. Most of these recipes are quick to cook, and require 20-30 minutes.
2. These one pot meals are a complete meals by themselves. You can eat them on their own or just with a side of curd/raita or pickle is enough.
3. Not many dishes to wash after cooking (especially with no house help available during lockdown.
4. Everyone can cook these Indian vegetarian dinner recipes, beginners, novice, experts. Even Bachelors who stay alone and are learning to cook.
5. Since access to grocery may be limited, You can cook most of these from the pantry staples we stock in Indian kitchens.

In case you want to know which pantry staples to buy during grocery shopping you can check:  2-3 week’s grocery List to Buy during coronavirus  Lockdown 

For more Indian vegetarian dinner ideas, check out our detailed recipe posts.

The best part is not only during lockdown. These Indian vegetarian meal ideas are perfect for any time. I sometimes serve them for lunch or brunch as well.

If I cannot convince you enough, let me tell you about these best one dish Indian vegetarian dinner recipes. Especially if you are a lazy cook like me and still want to eat home-cooked meals.

7 Easy One Pot Dinners Recipes Video

You can watch all the 7 recipes on video given below or scroll down and click individual recipe links to check out the detailed posts. 

Mix Vegetable Pulao

I think this is one of the most common one pot Indian meals ever. Everyone has their own version of mix vegetable pulao. This rice dish is so versatile that you can add different combinations of veggies and every time it tastes different. You can make Vegetable Pulao in Instant Pot or Easy Mixed Veg Pulao in a Regular Pressure cooker. 

Saucy Vermicelli Bowl

This easy Asian style vermicelli noodle bowl makes a perfect Indian vegetarian dinner you can make in 20 minutes. This super flavor-packed, healthy, vegetarian, vegan-friendly meal is delicious.

You can make it with wheat vermicelli or rice vermicelli. The ingredient list for making this spicy meal is slightly long but most of these are easily available. You can even make substitutions if you can’t find certain ingredients for the recipe during lockdown. Do write to me in the comments if you have any queries.

Dalia Pulao/Broken Wheat Pulao

Dalia Pulao is a healthy one pot Indian vegetarian dinner meal that you can cook with wheat dalia/broken wheat or even bulgur. You can make this diabetic-friendly wholesome and delicious Indian vegetarian dinner with pantry staples and freezer veggies in 30 minutes.

Coconut Rice

This Indian vegetarian dinner is perfect when served with a side of coconut chutney.

This flavourful one pot rice dish, Coconut Rice from south Indian cuisine does not require any introduction. If you love coconut flavour you will definitely love it, because this is super easy to make. Serve it with beetroot raita to make a hearty meal in under 30 Minutes.

Bhuni Khichdi

If I am talking about one pot Indian vegetarian dinners, and do not mention this Bhuni Khichdi recipe, it is next to impossible. This insanely delicious chana dal Bhuni Khichdi recipe is a staple in Indian vegetarian dinner menus passed down through generations in my family.

Protein Packed Wholesome Indian Vegetarian Dinner: Vermicelli Pulao

Make this awesome tasting vermicelli pulao recipe that is a wholesome, vegetarian meal packed with protein. Vegetables add a healthy dietary fiber tofu is a great source of protein. You can substitute tofu with boiled chana/chickpeas or paneer as well.

Kuska Biryani

Make this awesome tasting vermicelli pulao recipe that is a wholesome Indian vegetarian dinner packed with protein.

This is another flavourful rice dish from southern Indian. Kuska Recipe is a plain biryani that is cooked without any addition. It is mostly served with a salan or an egg curry.  But you can serve this spicy rice dish it with a side of cucumber Raita and a popad to make a delicious comfort meal.

Amritsari Chana Pulao: A Flavorful Indian Vegetarian Dinner

Another delicious one pot vegetarian dinner, that is very spicy and flavourful. Chana pulao or Chickpeas pulao is healthy flavourful and perfectly balanced meal. Amritsari wadi for a flavour punch, chickpeas for a protein and fiber. This is one of the best vegetarian meals for dinner or lunch. 

I have compiled the easiest one pot Indian vegetarian dinner recipes that I make the most. However, there are many more such easy and delicious Indian vegetarian dinner recipes on the website.

I also have many Weekly Indian meal plans and delicious Recipe collections. You can checkout and explore the website for them.  

More One Dish Meal Recipes to Try 

In case you want to make some one Dish meals that may not be necessarily One pot meals you can try these recipes.

Quinoa vegetable Khichdi 

Dal Khichdi

Quinoa Upma

Paneer Biryani

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