Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Shalini0072016

Hey everyone. Well. I think everyone can share there own vegetarian dishes. I want to try western vegetarian dishes. All I know is to make sandwiches. Hope you can share, in your free time.

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Shalini0072016

Here you go

augustremulous

@Shalini0072016 I'm afraid dark tamarind is the only kind I ever see here in Indian stores! Most Indians here cook with it.

@amazetome, thanks for the tip about curry leaves! I might buy a plant from them.

Shalini0072016

Here you go
Substitute
There is no particular substitute for curry leaves. Instead you can use Basil @Pinkylee77
Jaggery- brown sugar, muscovado sugar, demerara sugar @zenjen13

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beadgalsarita

If you have access, I believe panela/piloncillo is close to jaggery as well. You can find this at most Mexican/Latin American grocery stores, or regular grocery stores if the Latin American population is large enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panela

zenjen13

My tamarind is a paste in a block, when you say light coloured you mean the actual fruit? I have had the fruit before in a box but it went off before I could use it. Yes, I substitute Demerara for jaggery when it's called for.

Shalini0072016

Pav bhajji(Serves 3)

1 serving- 200 cal

Ingredients

Potatoes- 3 (boiled & mashed)
Ginger garlic paste
Onion paste- 1 cup
Tomato paste/puree- 2 cups
Green chillies- 4 finely chopped(optional)
Refined oil -2 to 3 tbsp
Salt- To taste
Chilli powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric- 1 tsp
Garam masala- 1tsp
Chat masala- 1 tsp
Butter- 1 tsp
Whole wheat Burger buns or bread slices- 1( bun), 4 slices.
Onion- 1/2 cup finely chopped
Coriander-1/4 bunch finely chopped
Lemon juice- 2tsps

Preparation for Bhajji

Heat a frying pan with oil, fry the onion paste, ginger garlic paste until golden. Add the tomato paste & cook it for 5 mins. Now, add the mashed potatoes and green chillies(optional), mix them well, make sure there are no lumps. Add all the spices, a cup of water & mix well.Transfer it to a serving bowl & garnish it with onions & coriander.

Preparation for pav

Heat a frying pan. Melt the butter(low flame. Add, salt, chilli powder, turmeric, gram masala, chat masala. Now slit the buns horizontally and toast them in the butter or toast the 4 slices of bread. Serve it with bhajji.

Happy Healthy eating...

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Shalu

Shalini0072016

Beetroot fry(Serves 4)

Ingredients

Beetroot - 5 to 6 sliced into triangles
Coconut- 1 cup grated
Refined oil-4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chilli powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric- 1 tsp
Fennel seeds- 1 tsp
Water - 2 cups

Preparation

Take a blender. Blend the coconut & fennel seeds with 1 cup water into a thick paste. Heat a frying pan with oil & add the beetroot, salt, chilli powder, turmeric & mix it together well, fry it for 5 mins. Now add the coconut paste, saute it for 5 mins. Add another cup of water & cook it for 30 mins in low flame, stirring it once in 5 to 10 mins.The beetroot would shrink in size. Make sure it doesn't get burnt. Transfer it to serving bowl. Serve it with sambhar rice, curd rice or chapathis.

Happy healthy eating...

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Shalu

AliceA2013

Thank you for posting

I don't know whether this is an authentic Indian recipe but it is delicious!
http://www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/food/recipes/aubergine-chickpea-and-sweet-potato-curry

Shalini0072016

Your welcome @AliceA2013

Shalini0072016

Tomato Rice( Serves 4)

Ingredients

Refined oil- 4 tbsp
Tomatoes- 5 finely chopped(deseeded)
Onion- 2 finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp
Green chillies- 3 finely chopped
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Black gram- 1 tsp
Split chick peas- 1 tsp
Salt- To taste
Chilli powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric- 1/2 tsp
Cooked white/brown rice- 4 cups( piping hot)
Coriander-1/4 bunch finely chopped
Curry leaves- 10

Preparation

Heat a frying pan with oil. Pop the mustard, black gram, chick peas. Start frying the onions, ginger garlic paste, green chillies until golden. Now add the tomatoes, spices and mix well. Fry it for around 15 to 20 mins. Keep stirring it. Don't let it get burnt. Once done. Add hot piping cooked rice to it and mix it well. Serve it hot and garnish it with coriander.

Best combination with this rice would be a dollop of Greek yogurt.

Happy healthy eating...

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Shalu

Shalini0072016

Hi everyone. Most of them have curd rice. By just adding curd to cooked rice. But, we can make it real delicious. Here you go.

Curd rice

Ingredients

Greek yogurt/ yogurt- 250 ml
Milk- 1 cup(chilled)
Oil- 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Black gram- 1 tsp
Split chick peas- 1 tsp
Salt- To taste
Cooked White rice- 3 to 4 cups( cold)
Green chillies- 5 finely chopped.
Ginger- 1 inch (grated)
Curry leaves- 10.
Coriander- 1/4 bunch finely chopped.
Pomegranate- 1 cup.

Preparation

Heat a frying pan with oil. Pop mustard, black gram, chick peas, fry the curry leaves, green chillies and turn off the flame. Transfer the contents to a serving bowl, now add rice, curd, milk, salt,ginger, pomegranate and mix well. Finally garnish it with coriander and serve it with mango pickle ( if you can find).

Happy healthy eating...

Note: The best rice to use for curd rice is. The previous day's. It tastes more delicious.

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Shalu

Shalini0072016

Hey there. Can anyone share hummus recipe, please? Thanks. Have a nice day.

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Btheodore138

Here's one of my favorite vegan Greek recipes for you! http://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/2011/10/vegetarian-stuffed-grape-leaves/ If you can't find fresh grape leaves or jarred ones at a local store, you can order some on Amazon. Walnuts will also work in a pinch if you can't find pinenuts.

augustremulous

Shalu, here is a hummus recipe as you asked:

Soak 4 cups of dried chickpeas in water over night
Drain, but reserve some of the liquid for later
In a grinder or blender, pulse chickpeas and three cloves of garlic until roughly chopped
Add 1/3 up of tahini and 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice
Add salt to taste, and blend until smooth. Add reserved chickpea water as necessary

Serve flat on a plate. Make a slight indentation in the center, and add a extra virgin olive oil to taste, and sprinkle with chopped parsely and a dusting of sumac.

Shalini0072016

Thank you very much @augustremulous

Shalini0072016

If your eating it from a food court it would be 400 cal. Homemade is 200 cal. @crazyravr

Shalini0072016

Hi everyone. Today I am in no good mood. May be, after my singing class. I would feel better. Still want to update a recipe. Really. My mind is totally blank now. May be Gujarati Chapathi. May be I will go for a walk. I may feel better.

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Shalu

Shalini0072016

Got that @crazyravr

enterdanger

I adore Indian food, but all my recipes are mostly northern Indian. I like a big pot of Rajma on a sunday afternoon. I've also been making a baked version of mathri's lately for snacking.

I'm on the east coast in Delaware and our local farmers market has an immense asian section. I've been able to find pretty much every spice I need. I've also started to create a couple of masala dabbas for my spices (not just for indian food) I was thinking about picking up an idli maker, but I'm not sure how much use we'd get out of it.