10 EASY WEIGHT LOSS DINNER RECIPES

1. Green gram pancake(moong dal chilla)

Ingredients

• Green gram - 1 cup
• Green chilli-1
• Garlic pods – 4
• Ginger- 1 inch
• Water – ¼ cup
• Finely chopped onion – ¼ cup
• Coriander leaves- as required
• Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida – a pinch
• Salt – to taste
• Chilli flakes – 1 tsp

Method

Wash and soak green gram for two hours. Drain the water and blend it smoothly using a grinder. Now, add green chili, garlic pods, ginger, and ¼ cup of water into it and blend again to get a smooth batter. Transfer this mixture into a bowl and add chopped onion, coriander leaves, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt, chili flakes into it and mix all together. Add water little by little to adjust the consistency of a smooth batter. Now pour the batter into a pan and cook both sides. Serve hot your healthy Green gram pancake with mint chutney.

2. Quinoa and vegetable stuffed peppers

Ingredients

• Uncooked quinoa – ¼ cup
• Tomato- 1
• Zucchini – 1 small sized
• Red Onion- ½ small sized
• Water – ½ cup
• Garlic – 1 clove
• Chilli powder – 1/8 tsp
• Oregano – 1/8 tsp
• Olive oil – 1 tsp
• Bell pepper - 4
• Black pepper- as required
• Salt – as required

Method

Chop tomato and zucchini in cube shape and finely mince onion.  Pour water into a pan and add 1/8 tsp of salt into it. After boiling, put the quinoa into it, then cover and cook for 10-15 minutes. Take another pan, drizzle olive oil and then put the chopped garlic, onion, zucchini and sauté for some time. Now, add tomato, chili powder, salt, black pepper, oregano, and sauté until the vegetables cook. Then, add cooked quinoa to it and mix everything. Cut the top of bell peppers, remove the stuff inside it and fill the quinoa-vegetable mixture in it. Bake these at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Exotic Quinoa- vegetable stuffed peppers are ready now.

3. Methi thepla

Ingredients

• Wheat flour – 2 cups
• Fenugreek leaves – 1.5 cups
• Gram flour – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp
• Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• White sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
• Carom seeds – ¼ tsp
• Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
• Crushed green chili and garlic – 1 tsp

Method

Add all the ingredients given above and pour water gradually to make a stiff dough. Make sure that while kneading, all the ingredients are mixing evenly. Now drizzle some oil and knead again for 2 minutes. Cover and rest the dough in a bowl for 25 minutes and after resting, knead it again for 1 minute. Take the medium ball-sized dough and cover it with some wheat flour, then roll into a thin circle. Cook all these in a hot pan for one minute and your tasty Methi thepla is hot to serve now.

4. Chicken with green beans

Ingredients

• Chicken Breast – 4 oz.
• Chopped beans – 3 oz.
• Chopped carrots – 2 medium-sized
• Chicken broth or water – 2 tbsp
• Crushed garlic – 1 tsp
• Olive oil – 1 tsp
• Salt and black pepper – to taste

Method

Take a pan and drizzle some olive oil. Drop the chopped carrot and beans into it along with water or chicken broth. While the carrot and beans cook, cut the chicken breast in cube shapes and sauté them with garlic paste in another pan. Now, add this cooked chicken into the carrot-beans mixture and blend. Sprinkle required salt and fresh black pepper into it to enhance the taste. Your delicious Chicken with green beans is ready now.

5. Kidney beans pulao

Ingredients

• Brown rice – 1 cup
• Chickpeas sprouts – 2 tbsp
• Green gram sprouts – 2 tbsp
• Kidney beans(Rajma)- 2 tbsp ( soaked overnight)
• Chopped onion – 1 medium-sized
• Water – 2 cups
• Bay leaf – 1
• Green cardamom – 2
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Ghee- 1 tbsp
• Finely chopped ginger- 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Pepper powder – ½ tsp
• Lime juice – 1 tsp
• Salt – to taste

Method

Drizzle some ghee in a pan and sauté bay leaf, green cardamom, cumin seeds. Then, add chopped onion, required salt, ginger, turmeric powder, and pepper powder into it and toast everything well. Now, add chickpeas sprouts, green gram sprouts, and kidney beans into it and mix them all. Add brown rice and two cups of water, then cover and cook until the rice is done. Finally, drizzle lime juice into it, and your delicious Rajma pulao or Kidney beans pulao is ready to eat.

6. Soya salad

Ingredients

• Soya chunks – 1 cup
• Hung card – 250 gm
• Onion – 1 medium-sized
• Capsicum – 1 medium-sized
• Tomato – 2 small-sized
• Water – 3 cups
• Chicken masala – 1 tsp
• Cumin powder – 1 tsp
• Garlic-coriander paste – 1 tbsp
• Black pepper – ½ tsp
• Salt – 2 tbsp
• Oil – 1 tbsp

Method

Boil the soya chunks in three cups of water mixed with one tablespoon of salt until the soya softens. Strain excess water, squeeze them, and smash them into small pieces. Drizzle oil in a pan and sauté the smashed soya. Mix chicken masala, cumin powder, salt to taste, and cover the lid to cook for two minutes. Mix the hung curd with garlic- coriander paste, one teaspoon salt, and black pepper. Now, add chopped onion, tomato, capsicum, and finally the prepared soya mixture into this curd mixture. Your protein-rich soya salad is ready now.

 7. Hummus soup

Ingredients

• Chickpeas – 4 oz.
• Low-sodium vegetable broth – 1 cup
• Onion – 1/4
• Sesame seed paste(tahini) – 1 tbsp
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp
• Cumin seed – 1/8 tsp
• Sliced garlic clove – 1
• Black pepper – 1/8 tsp
• Chilli powder- 1/8 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Lemon juice – to taste

Method

Sauté cumin seeds in the olive oil for one minute and add thinly sliced onion and garlic clove, toast them for 5 minutes. Now, add chickpeas, sesame seed paste, vegetable broth, and black pepper into it. Stir the mixture occasionally for 7 minutes and then remove from the heat. Add lemon juice and season with chili powder, salt, and pepper if needed. Take a sip of your Hummus soup.

8. Shrimp cauliflower rice

Ingredients

• Peeled and deveined shrimp – 4 oz.
• Beaten egg – 1
• Riced cauliflower – 1 cup
• Frozen peas – 1 oz.
• Chopped green onion- 1small sized
• Minced red ball pepper – ¼ medium-sized
• Minced garlic – 1
• Low sodium soya sauce – ½ tbsp
• Olive oil – 1 tsp
• Salt- ½ tsp
• Black pepper – ½ tsp

Method

Fry the cleaned shrimp with salt and black pepper in olive oil, till both sides browned. Remove them from the pan and pour the beaten egg, scramble them and transfer to another bowl. Now, toast garlic, bell pepper, green onion in the pan and add riced cauliflower and cook. Then, mix the frozen peas into it and then the prepared shrimp, scrambled egg, soya sauce and brew them. Your mouth-watering Shrimp cauliflower rice is all set now.

9. Pesto chicken veggies

Ingredients

• Vertically minced chicken thighs strips – 4 oz.
• Chopped yellow grape tomatoes – 7
• Chopped red grape tomatoes – 7
• Chopped green beans – 5 oz.
• Basil pesto – 1 tbsp
• Olive oil – 1 tsp
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Black pepper – 1 tsp

Method

Drizzle olive oil in pan and toast thinly sliced chicken strips with salt and pepper. Add chopped yellow grape tomatoes and red grape tomatoes into it, then sauté very well. Cook the minced green beans in water and add these cooked beans into the chicken. Finally, add one tablespoon of basil pesto into the mix and blend very well to get your super tasty Pesto chicken veggies.

10. Turkey penne pasta

Ingredients

• Whole wheat penne pasta – 2 oz.
• Ground turkey – 4 oz.
• Thinly sliced red bell pepper – 1 medium-sized
• Water – ½ cup
• Tomato sauce – ½ cup
• Olive oil – 1 tsp
• Italian seasoning – 1/8 tsp
• Paprika – 1/8 tsp
• Salt – as required
• Black pepper – as required

Method

Add one pinch of salt in ½ cup of water and boil it. After boiling, cook the whole wheat pasta in it. Take another pan, drizzle olive oil, and cook the ground turkey in it. Then, mix Italian seasoning, paprika, salt, black pepper, and bell pepper into it. After cooking it, add tomato sauce and then cook pasta. Mix all together and add parmesan cheese, if needed. Your alluring Turkey penne pasta is waiting to savor your mouth.

I hope these healthy and easy weight loss dinner recipes can be a great help for your incredible transformation and glow-up.