Quick And Easy Curry Recipes Perfect For Weeknight Dinners

Each recipe is crafted to balance flavor with health, ensuring you can enjoy your favorite comfort food without compromising nutrition. Whether you’re a fan of creamy coconut milk-based curries or prefer the tangy kick of a tomato-based sauce, there’s something here to delight every palate. These recipes emphasize fresh, wholesome ingredients and are designed to cater to a range of dietary preferences, including vegan, vegetarian, gluten–free, and low–carb options. You’ll find curries that incorporate many vegetables, lentils, chickpeas, peas, and tofu, all cooked with heart-healthy oils and seasoned with spices known for their anti–inflammatory properties. For many more 30-minute meal ideas, check out our 30-minute meal category page. This lentil curry is 100% plant-based, enabling you to enjoy a wholesome and fiber-rich meal.

2. Tofu curry

There is no need for chicken or beef with this chewy and fulfilling meatless tofu curry. This easy tofu curry is simple, healthy, tasty, family-friendly, nutritious, and fulfilling. Everyone at the table will take seconds. Chickpea curry is a creamy plant–based meal that can be easily tailored to your taste. Add your favorite veggies, such as cauliflower or broccoli, and you’ll have a complete meal.

4. Eggplant curry

Roasted eggplants are excellent for curry because they soak up all the flavor from the spices and become soft and buttery as they simmer in the sauce. This eggplant curry is fork-tender, perfectly spiced, and endlessly creamy, an absolute family favorite.

5. Cauliflower curry

This cauliflower curry is an easy, vegetable-packed meal. Once you’ve toasted the spices with garlic, ginger, and onion, add chickpeas and cauliflower to the pot and let them cook. In less than 30 minutes, you’ll have a delicious, flavorful, nutritious cauliflower curry. You’ll taste the mild natural sweetness of the sweet potato, which melds perfectly with the spices and chickpeas and absorbs their delicious aroma.

7. Chana Masala

Here’s an easy one-pot meal with affordable and easy-to-find ingredients. Chana masala is a creamy, wholesome, and delicious Indian dish with mixed-spiced chickpeas cooked with onion, garlic, ginger, and tomatoes.

8. Vegan butter chicken

Creamy, tangy, and a perfect combination of firm tofu with a balanced curry spice mix. This vegan butter chicken has hand-torn pieces of tofu that are hugged by a rich yogurt marinade and balanced with a creamy tomato sauce.

9. Thai red curry

Vegetable–packed and coconut–infused Thai red curry is a fresh and 30-minute curry idea. It’s a creamy one–pot meal with plant-based protein from tofu and peas, and it pairs wonderfully with basmati rice and a garnish of lime juice and fresh cilantro. You can make it with affordable ingredients, and it only needs to simmer for about 30 minutes.

11. Potato curry

This potato curry (aloo curry) is a creamy and comforting dish inspired by southwestern Indian cuisine. In this dish, vegetables are simmered in a rich and aromatic coconut-based sauce. Our recipe is easy to make in one pot and excellent for a weeknight dinner or meal prep. Leftovers keep well for days and become even more flavorful the day after.

12. Pumpkin curry

Inspired by our lentil curry and Indian home cooking, this pumpkin curry combines tender chunks of kabocha squash (you can also use winter squash like butternut and pumpkin) with nutritious chickpeas. All is simmered in a rich and aromatic gravy infused with spices such as cumin, turmeric, and coriander.

13. Vegetable curry

Vegetable curry is a cozy, easy, and delicious Indian-inspired recipe packed with vegetables, flavorful spices, and creamy coconut milk. It can be made in about 30 minutes and served as a main dish with a bowl of rice, noodles, or warm naan bread. It’s made with slightly chewy marinated and oven-baked tofu pieces cooked in a rich, creamy, and aromatic tomato-based sauce.

15. Curry lentil soup

You’ll love this recipe because, like our Italian lentil soup, it’s easy to make in just over 30 minutes in one pot. It’s also packed with flavor and umami. Curry lentil soup is wholesome, nourishing, fulfilling, and satisfying. You’ll feel great after eating this comforting meal.

16. Aloo gobi

This aloo gobi recipe is the essence of Indian home cooking, where simple ingredients combine to create a nourishing and satisfying dish. Cauliflower and potatoes make this meal a healthy Asian recipe with plenty of fiber and vitamins. Add pan-fried tofu and green peas for additional vegan protein, and you will enjoy a creamy and nourishing curry dish.

18. Chana saag

Chana saag is an easy, tasty, and nutritious Indian curry with chickpeas, spinach, and tomatoes simmered with aromatic spices like cumin and coriander. This delicious and fulfilling recipe can be served with basmati rice or breads like roti or naan and a garnish of pickled red onions. It’s excellent for a weeknight dinner and meal prep.

19. Chana Dal soup

You’ll love the comforting and warm flavors, creamy texture, and satiating properties of chana dal. It’s the perfect plant-based meal for weeknights and meal prep.

20. Moong dal

Split mung beans have a mild nutty flavor, a creamy and tender texture, and are packed with nutrition and wholesome plant protein. Also, they cook fast on the stovetop in about 20 minutes, making this recipe excellent for a tasty Indian-inspired weeknight dinner or meal prep.

Flatbread pizza with brushed olive oil and grated garlic (similar to Naan bread) Piadina (an Italian flatbread identical to Indian roti) is made with three ingredients; no proofing is needed! Roti flatbread (chapati) Naan brushed with a garlic oil marinade.

Serve with salad or sauces and get an extra dose of greens:

Tomato cucumber salad: an easy side dish that complements with crispiness and freshness Shirazi salad: this Mediterranean salad is beautifully paired with curry and flatbread Cucumber yogurt sauce with grated garlic, a quick and light white condiment to soften the curry spices Asian cucumber salad with peanuts and red onions. Avocado spread: a surprisingly strong pairing with its green color and fresh flavor.

Other side dishes that go well with curry are mango chutney, aloo gobi, Indian yogurt sauces such as Raita, and mint or onion paste.

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