High-protein recipes: lentils, chickpeas, paneer, eggs

Recipes built around protein-rich ingredients: lentils, chickpeas, paneer, eggs and chicken, from weekday daal to festive biryani.

This list is chosen by ingredient only. A dish appears here when lentils, beans, chickpeas, paneer, eggs or chicken are a main ingredient, and we make no claims about nutrition or health. It is simply a way to find dishes where one of these is the centre of the plate, whichever one you have at home.

This collection has 94 dishes, including Chana Daal, Anda Curry, Anda Paratha. A typical recipe takes about 55 minutes, and each one comes with step-by-step instructions and cooking timers.

94 recipes

Popular recipes in Urdu

آلو بھرتا بینگن بھرتا بسبوسہ بھنا گوشت بٹر چکن چنے کی دال چنا مصالحہ چکن 65 چکن قورمہ دہی چاول ماش کی دال مونگ کی دال دہی بڑے انڈے کا سالن انڈا فرائیڈ رائس گاجر کا حلوہ جریش خبیصہ خلیۃ النحل خبز رقاق لبن لبنہ لاؤ ساگ بھاجی لیموں کا شربت تلی ہوئی مچھلی ملائی کوفتہ مٹر پنیر میزبانی بیف مغلئی پراٹھا ملوخیہ نمکی پنیر بھرجی پنیر ٹکہ پائے راجما روغن جوش سبزی پلاؤ سمبوسک سرسوں دا ساگ شملہ مرچ قیمہ تندوری چکن تندوری نان ام علی اندھیو اپما ورق عنب زردہ

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High-protein recipes: lentils, chickpeas, paneer, eggs

Split Chickpea Lentils

Egg Curry

Egg-Stuffed Flatbread

Pakistani-Style Omelette

Egg Fried Rice

Chicken Sajji

Chicken Haleem

Chicken Tikka

Chicken Pulao

Idli Sambar

Kidney Bean Curry

Spinach and Cottage Cheese Curry

Lentil Fritters in Yogurt

Masala Dosa

Butter Chicken

Potato and Egg Curry

Paneer Bhurji

Split Mung Bean Lentils

Rice and Lentil Porridge

Malai Kofta

Piyazu (Lentil and Onion Fritters)

Dim Bhorta (Mashed Egg)

Samosa Chaat

Lentils with Rice

Chicken Tikka Masala

Bottle Gourd with Split Chickpea Lentils

Chicken Macaroni

Malai Boti

Anday ka Khagina (Spiced Scrambled Eggs)

Dal Makhani

Chicken Haleem

Misal Pav

Chicken Machboos

Paneer Tikka

Chicken 65

Chicken Chettinad

Balaleet

Minced Meat and Lentil Patties

Kofta Curry (Meatballs in Gravy)

Chicken Rezala

Dimer Torkari (Egg Curry)

Kadai Paneer

Chicken Shawarma (Home-style)

Dhakaiya Haleem

Matar Paneer

Rasam

Morog Polao

Moglai Porota (Mughlai-Style Stuffed Paratha)

Dal Tadka

Shahi Paneer

Chebab Pancakes

Chicken Mandi

Chicken Karahi

Ful Medames

Freekeh with Chicken

Murgir Jhol (Everyday Chicken Curry)

Chicken Qorma

Shorbat Addas (Lentil Soup)

Maqluba

Shakshuka

Mulukhiyah

Mutabbaq

Saleeg

Chicken Biryani

Chickpea Salad

Spiced Chickpeas

Pani Puri

Hyderabadi Haleem

Paneer Butter Masala

Chotpoti (Spiced Chickpea Stew)

Medu Vada

Masoor Daal (Red Lentil Daal)

Nargisi Kofta (Egg-Stuffed Mince Curry)

Tandoori Chicken

Bhuna Khichuri

Bombay Biryani (Aloo Biryani)

Bangladeshi Chicken Korma

Fuchka (Bangladeshi Pani Puri)

Kachori with Aloo Sabzi