Fast food, made at home
Quick Meals and Snacks (45 Minutes or Less)
Weeknight dinners, breakfasts, snacks, sweets and drinks that are on the table in 45 minutes or less, plus our shortcut hacks: masala packets, store-bought pastry and more.
Quick meals
Quick snacks, sweets and drinks
Hack Shortcut hacks
- Restaurant-Style Kadai Chicken: use Shan Karahi / Fry Gosht Masala
- Creamy Mushroom Masala: use MDH or Everest Kitchen King
- Paneer Bhurji (with Homemade Paneer): use MDH or Everest Kitchen King
- Sookhe Kaale Chole: use MDH Chana Masala or Everest Chhole Masala
- Dal Makhani: use A packaged dal makhani masala
- Rajma Chawal (Mothi Chawal): use MDH Rajmah Masala
- Tandoori Momos: use Shan Tandoori Masala
- Tandoori Chicken: use Shan Tandoori Masala or MDH Tandoori Chicken Masala
- Tandoori Lamb Chops: use Shan Tandoori Masala or MDH Tandoori Chicken Masala
- Dahi Puri (Doi Phuchka): use Store-bought tamarind chutney, green chutney and chaat masala
- Chicken Sweet Corn Soup: use An instant sweet corn soup mix (Knorr and Ching’s both make one)
- Chana Dal: use A packaged dal tadka masala
- Green Moong Dal: use A packaged dal tadka masala
- Veg Hakka Noodles: use Ching’s Secret Schezwan Chutney
- Aloo Gobi: use MDH or Everest Kitchen King
- Chicken 65: use Aachi Chicken 65 Masala
- Khatte Aloo with Puri: Mission flour tortillas, cut into rounds and fried, stand in for homemade puris.