20 Easy Indian Recipes That Make Delicious Weeknight Dinners, from Curry to Tandoori

You have to try this take on dakshini murgh, a southern Indian-style chicken dish packed with flavorful ingredients like coconut milk and roasted fenugreek and coriander seeds.

A quick turn in the skillet and a handful of spices are all you need for super flavorful, tender okra. We go the extra mile with fresh coconut, which adds just the right amount of sweetness, and a squeeze of lime at the end, which brightens the versatile side dish.

We lighten up this classic curry by swapping in yogurt for the usual heavy cream. You can use chicken breasts instead of shrimp for an equally delicious result.

Simple, affordable, good for you—the list of attributes for this vegetarian dish goes on and on. Serve the flavor-packed lentils over rice with cooling yogurt and a spicy cucumber-cilantro relish.

Upend your roast chicken routine by going for the tandoori treatment. Rub the bird with a bold mix of spices, onion, and yogurt. You'll enjoy tender, flavorful meat every time.

Serve this rice dish as a side or even a light vegetarian main—it's that good and comes together in just 35 minutes. Curry leaves are the MVP ingredient here—they add an incredible aroma.

Combine lamb shoulder with potatoes, chicken broth, and aromatics and spices in your pressure cooker, and 24 minutes later, you'll be rewarded with a rich, flavorful curry. Magic!

Cook once, eat twice! This simple one-pot recipe makes a rich, spicy chicken dinner that's just as delectable the next day for lunch.

How do you take chicken wings from good to great? Marinate them in garam masala-spiced yogurt, broil, and glaze with mango chutney. Buffalo wings will be a thing of the past after you taste these.

These juicy steaks rely on the three Cs for their divine crust: cumin, coriander, and cinnamon. Serve alongside charred tomato-okra relish and Grilled Corn with Lime and Chile to take your cookout to flavorful new heights.

These fluffy lamb meatballs have a sweet surprise on the inside: prunes! Serve with plenty of naan to soak up all that spicy tomato sauce and pickled carrots to cut the richness.

You've never had fried chicken like this before. Marinated in traditional tandoori flavors and served with cucumber spears and herbed red onions, this bird is undeniably delicious.

Curry is a wonderful cold-weather comfort food, especially when you throw in sweet winter squash like Kabocha or butternut to temper the spice.

Go for the gold with this sunny supper that flavors plump shrimp and tender cauliflower with curry powder and ginger. It's ready in just 25 minutes.

Move over, chicken noodle! This piquant soup is our new go-to dish for when we've got the sniffles or just need a bowl of something super comforting.

Frozen okra and shrimp are the secrets behind getting this satisfying dish on the table in just 20 minutes. Serve with a quick Coconut-Cilantro Chutney, store-bought mango chutney, rice, and naan, then cool down with lassi-inspired Yogurt-Pistachio Smoothies.

Classic tandoori flavors are transformed into juicy chicken burgers. Tuck them into pitas instead of buns and serve with a cooling cumin yogurt sauce and slices of sweet watermelon.

It calls for just a few spices, so you can put together this zesty salmon dish in less than 20 minutes.

Ingredients borrowed from Indian cuisine give far-flung flavors to these kebabs. Naan and a summer-fruit chutney cool the spicy dish.