Pickled dipped in hummus.
Kimchi/sauerkraut on hot (plant) buttery toast.
Stove top popcorn with chaat masala.
Samosas (I buy big bags of frozen ones from supermarkets here, idk if you have this option tho)
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Get high quality Thai curry pastes and you're 95% of the way to a delicious quick and easy meal. Heat it up with some coconut milk and add any veggies you can manage.
Tteokbokki can be similar. Gochujang, veggie stock, sugar, gochugaru, rice cakes, mix and heat.
Lots of Asian staple dishes are built around a super satisfying and flavorful sauce, which means you can add whatever you want to them and still have a tasty meal ready quickly.
So stock up on flavors/bases you like, and then think about what inoffensive veg/carb/protein you could add.
You've got many restrictions around what you'll eat. That means it will be harder work to find staples. The alternative is to die, so put in the work, and you'll be rewarded!
There’s a vegan place in town here that makes a buffalo seitan sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and vegan mayo. Nothing wild, but it has never once let me down and would be easy enough to recreate at home.
When I’m looking for a quick dopamine hitting lunch, I air fry a block of tofu, soak it in buffalo sauce and wrap it up in a tortilla. Pickles, celery, lettuce optional.
All of that sounds amazing together! Pickles are magical.
Works with BBQ sauce too
I'll rinse a can of beans, cook them for 10-ish minutes in the air fryer, and then put them on a tortilla with some kind of spicy sauce. Chickpeas and butter beans pair really well with buffalo sauce, whereas red and black and pinto beans are better with barbeque sauce.
Basically no effort but super filling and delicious.
If I want to put in some effort I'll also fry up onion, bell pepper, chilies, and maybe some corn. Mix the air fried beans in the veggies, top it with chilled tomatoes and lettuce and sauce, and it'll fill about two tortillas.
https://theplantbasedschool.com/falafel/
Dip in ranch, tzatziki sauce, put in salad, make into mini-burgers. DELICIOUS!
Why do you not simply follow Indian recipes for lentils? What's preventing you from doing it?
If it's ingredients and you have no Indian groceries in your city, then look for a recipe that uses ingredients you have, or look up substitutions. For example, I believe you can use lemon juice instead of amchur powder.
https://www.budgetbytes.com/vegan-creamy-mushroom-ramen/
I can't overstate how much I like this recipe. The prices on this site are kinda unrealistic, and it's obviously more expensive than meat, but that's the price we literally pay for eating stuff that isn't subsidized to hell and back
I watched some authentic indian mum making curry on youtube to learn how to recreate those yummy currys, they are the cheap, healthy and full of protein. My goto late-night-snack atm are korean instant noodle soups (not the cheap ones) topped with kimchi, tofu, tomatoes and spring onions.
Annie's brand has some vegan mac and cheese options if you need a Velveeta replacement. There's a good chance major grocery stores would have that. I haven't been impressed with the flavor personally, but you could probably just add a bit more plant butter and vegan milk to get it more rich and creamy like Velveeta.
Aldi has some vegan options for cheap if there is one near you. The Earth Grown taco filling resembles ground beef a lot in my opinion, so there's a lot of things you can add it to easily. They also have plenty of pasta options and things like potstickers that you can just stick in a microwave. I've been enjoying some of their meatless meatballs with marinara on toasted bread lately. They also have shredded dairy free mozzarella and chedder that can be good melted (otherwise the texture and aftertaste are off-putting for me).
Trader Joe's also has a lot of frozen vegan meals in my experience, especially Indian stuff. Most of it you just stick in a microwave/air fryer/oven. They also have a "21 Seasoning Salute" which is a variety of spices and I like to add it to all kinds of things.
And there's stuff like vegan pizzas, chicken tenders, and burgers that you can get through a lot of brands at plenty of grocery stores. I like them, but you do end up paying more for them compared to what they are mimicking.
Keep in mind that a lot of flavor for things can come from sauces and spices that you use with them. Even a small amount of something like vegetable/olive/coconut oil or stir fry/pasta sauce can save something that would otherwise be bland.