Weekly meal planner: Indian dinners

Weekly meal planner: Indian dinners

A sprinkling of nigella seeds here, a dash of garam masala there ... Spice up your life with a week of easy Indian-inspired meals. Need to stock your pantry? Read our beginner's guide to Indian ingredients.

Karen Martini's butter chicken.

Fresh ginger gives this vegan curry a nose-clearing kick.

EASY

Speedy vegan lentil and coconut curry with fresh ginger

< 30 mins

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EASY

Cheat's samosas (vegetable curry puffs)

30 mins - 1 hour

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Karen Martini's cauliflower, green bean and fenugreek salad.

MEDIUM

Green bean, cauliflower and turmeric salad

30 mins - 1 hour

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Speedy spicy fish with cooling raita.

EASY

Spiced Indian fish with chickpea raita

< 30 mins

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Salt cod kedgeree.

MEDIUM

Or British-Indian salt cod kedgeree

< 30 mins

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lamb

MEDIUM

Lamb cutlets in masala with almond and pumpkin curry

30 mins - 1 hour

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Tandoori drumsticks with almonds and sultana rice.

MEDIUM

Or tandoori drumsticks with sultana rice

30 mins - 1 hour

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Anjum Anand's 'best-ever' spiced beef burger with crispy onions.

Takeaway favourites with an Indian twist

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Bacon, egg and kasundi jaffle

MEDIUM

Bacon, egg and kasundi jaffle

< 30 mins

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MEDIUM

A slightly lighter spin on butter chicken

1-2 hours

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Adults-only rocky road.

EASY

Add some mukhwas mix to this dark chocolate rocky road

< 30 mins

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Slow-baked lamb shoulder with garam masala.

MEDIUM

Slow-baked lamb shoulder with garam masala

2 hours +

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One-pot lamb and quinoa biryani.

MEDIUM

Or one-pot lamb and quinoa biryani

2 hours +

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Spicy cauliflower and chickpeas.

MEDIUM

Spicy cauliflower and chickpeas with minted yoghurt on the side

< 30 mins

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Turn the family's favourite curry into a pie.

MEDIUM

Turn leftover butter chicken into pies with naan lids

30 mins - 1 hour

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