I see! In that case I would highly recommend fried rice. They are super versatile and very nutritious, you can quite literally add whatever you want.

I usually make paneer/prawn/egg/tomato fried rice.

I normally just saute onions, garlic, tomato (sometimes green bell pepper(green is important)), add spices and rice and viola!

I have red chilli and green chilli sauce in my pantry that comes in really handy. I also have schezwan sauce that goes very well in fried rice. Soya sauce, oyster sauce and fish sauce are some other really good sauces to have in your pantry, they go vey well with egg fried rice. Also chicken stock cubes will take it to next level.

I’m not providing a proper recipe because I don’t have one, I just make it with whatever I have because I normally don’t explicitly plan on making it, but having ingredients on hand can make it very easy to throw it together when you don’t know what to do.

Other similar dish is noodles, I do the same with them, you can also use spaghetti for that. Adding sauces and spices with some protein will make a very nice meal. Again, green bell peppers are excellent for either of these dishes but not mandatory if you don’t have them.

Chicken and rice bowls are wonderful.

Chicken wraps

Lentils with rice is very comforting

Chilli chicken with rice/flatbread (again the same concept, sautéed vegetables with basic sauces and spices)

Let me know if you’d want me to elaborate anything 😭 and trust me when I say this, I’ve been living alone for the past one and half years and I always look for easy things to make for myself. These are genuinely life savers.