>>7961
Just soak your dal's for a long time if you want to avoid cooker. Add some veggies to your dal for extra nutrients. Simplest recipie, works with rice , bread, roti etc. For variation , there is always pickle, yoghurt, gunpowder etc. If you get chole, then it is very to make spicy chole. Instead of Bhatura/Kulcha you can use rice or bread or wraps.
Pav Bhaji is also easy, I suspect you will enjoy that too. If you have a cooker and you get frozen veggies in your local supermarket. If you cooking basics are good, then palak paneer is also very easy, especially if you get frozen spianch.
Upma, Poha , khichdi are easy as well. They don't really appeal to me personally. Sambhar is easy if you don't mind using the powder. Dosa, Idli on the other hand requires prep. If the batter is not fermented, then it is just bad in my opinion. You can substitute rice flour for other more healthy grains.
Living alone, I usually use to make 2-3 meals at one go, tiffin the rest and fridge it (or keep it outside window in winters).
Meat, egg curries etc go bad very fast, if you eat them when they are even slightly bad, you are fucked hard. So not worth risking. Plus the meat in western countries is also bad unless you buy directly from farm.