Sabjis are an essential part of Indian cuisine. Whether it is a weekday rush for school/office to prepare lunch box or lazy weekends when you want to rest and spend time with family, preparing something quick yet healthy and tasty is crucial.
Sabji is a simple way to add a variety of vegetables and fibers to your meal. Understanding the logic behind quick preparations is important. A simple combination enhanced with tampering and a few spices cooked quickly can let you have lip-smacking sabjis for quick lunch.
So let’s look at quick yet healthy sabji ideas and recipes.
Tasty sabji does not always mean elaborate and rich gravy. Even a simple but aromatic tempering can work wonders. Vegetables like bhindi, lauki, tendli, aloo, cluster beans, paneer, etc., can be sauteed with onion, garlic, tomatoes, and tampering everyday spices. The basic spices used in different types of sabjis include red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder, and jeera powder. You can have variations in the cooking style, and the same vegetable tastes differently. For example, potatoes, from jeera aloo, dry aloo ki sabji, chatpata baby potato, to different vegetables combined with aloos such as aloo baingan sabji, aloo capsicum sabji, aloo matar sabji, aloo methi sabji, aloo palak sabji and many more, you can explore many quick combinations for tasty lunch. The Tendli aloo recipe tastes very differently and flavorful than just the tendli recipe with peanuts. Just with traditional tempering and a few handy spice powders, you can transform simple tendlis into a mouth-watering dish. You just need to think and try combinations that can turn into easy, healthy, and yummy dishes.
If you are the one who likes to have sabjis with rich gravy, keep some basic ingredients such as tomato puree, boiled potatoes, or even some basic gravies handy. This will make your task easy.
If you want something more exotic, toss up interesting combinations like coconut and tomato or mushrooms to make healthy and lip-smacking sabjis.
Pav bhaji is another mouth-watering and all-time favourite option anytime. This one-pot dish can be made quickly in the cooker and will have delicious taste, texture, and colour too. You can try different variations like pav bhaji recipe using sprouts, hariyali pav bhaji, etc. For this easy pav bhaji recipe in the cooker, you will need to heat the cooker on medium heat, add oil/butter, and fry onions until they turn golden. Then add finely chopped tomatoes and ginger-garlic paste and cook well. Then add pav bhaji masala, chili powder and fry well. Then add finely chopped vegetables of your choice like capsicum, cauliflower, green peas, potatoes, carrots, etc. you can add beetroot to make it healthier. Now, add salt and mix well. Add enough water and close the lid of the cooker. Let it cook on medium flame until 3 to 4 whistles. Now open the lid and stir well; use a masher to mash the vegetables. Now let the well-combined mixture simmer on medium flame. Add butter and your pav bhaji is ready.
Make easy and healthy sabjis, serve them with rotis, chapatis, or parathas for lunch, and get compliments for your quick recipes.