Cooking every day is easier when you decide once, for the whole week. This is a simple 7-day plan using Banglar Rannaghor recipes you already know, with one prep tip per day, and leftovers used the next day where they make sense.

 

Monday: Easy start

Lunch: The Perfect Palong Shaak Dal with rice

Dinner: A simple vegetable bhaji with rice

Prep tip: Cook extra rice at lunch, save it for Tuesday.

 

Tuesday: Chicken curry night

Lunch: Leftover dal and rice, with a fried egg if you like

Dinner: The Perfect Chicken Curry with gorom bhat

Prep tip: Marinate nothing fancy, just cook the curry fresh.

 

Wednesday: Butter chicken night

Lunch: Leftover chicken curry with rice

Dinner: The Only Butter Chicken Recipe You'll Ever Need with rice or Roghni Naan Recipe (Soft Pakistani Sesame Naan)

Prep tip: Make the naan dough in the morning if you are using naan, rest it during the day.

 

Thursday: Fish day

Lunch: Leftover butter chicken with rice

Dinner: Kochur Loti Chingri with rice

Prep tip: Clean the loti in the morning, so dinner is just cooking, not prep.

 

Friday: One-pot, easy weekend start

Lunch: A light dal and vegetable rice

Dinner: The Only Chicken Tehari Recipe You'll Ever Need, one pot, no extra dishes

Prep tip: Tehari is a one-pot dinner, cook it once, serve it hot, no extra washing up.

 

Saturday: A bit special

Lunch: Leftover tehari, warmed up

Dinner: The Perfect Morog Pulao Recipe

Prep tip: This is the weekend dish, take your time with it, it is worth it.

 

Sunday: Family day, slow cook

Lunch: A simple dal and rice, light before the big dinner

Dinner: Kosha Mangsho, the kosha way, with rice or luchi

Prep tip: Start the koshano early, the dark colour and tenderness come from the long, slow koshano itself.

 

Shopping list for the week, at a glance:

Rice, basmati and regular, moong dal, palong / baby spinach, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, green chillies, chicken, butter chicken ingredients, loti and chingri, morog pulao spices, kosha mangsho meat, plus salt, turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, cumin, and ghee.

 

How to use this plan:

Cook once, eat twice where it says leftover. Swap any day with another day if you are busy, the plan still works. All linked recipes are on this website, just click the title above.