Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
Baigan panir tarkari is a rustic eggplant and bell pepper stew enriched with cubes of fried paneer. Curry leaves, asafetida, and a ginger-chili base give it a South Indian accent. The vegetables simmer soft while the paneer stays golden at the edges. Ingredients Ghee...
Date yogurt, khajar dahi, is sweetened set yogurt at its most natural — whole milk infused with pressed ripe dates and cardamom, then cultured with yogurt starter until set, and scattered with pistachios. No sugar at all: the dates do every bit of the sweetening. The...
Stuffed arbi leaves in tomato and sour cream sauce — urad dal bhara arbi patta — is a dish worth hunting down taro leaves for: each leaf is spread with a whipped, pepper-salted urad dal batter, rolled, and simmered in a silky tomato and sour cream sauce. Cumin and...
Spicy potato-stuffed green peppers, aloo bhara simla mirch, are big mild peppers filled to bursting with hot mashed potatoes seasoned with roasted cumin, turmeric, and chat masala. The chickpea-flour binder keeps the filling sturdy, and there's an optional pocket...
This BBQ seitan sandwich is the saucy, hearty answer to a pulled sandwich craving, minus the meat. Thin strips of seitan simmer in barbecue sauce with onion and garlic until everything is glossy and rich. Piled onto toasted sourdough, it makes a dozen generous...
This basic homemade seitan is the budget-friendly protein workhorse every vegetarian kitchen needs, and it costs a fraction of store-bought versions. Vital wheat gluten comes together with soy sauce, garlic, and onion powder into a firm, sliceable loaf. Simmered...
These budget-friendly baked tempeh patties turn one inexpensive block of soy tempeh into a protein-packed dinner. A quick simmer in vegetable broth tames tempeh's natural bitterness before the patties soak up a garlicky soy and sesame marinade. They bake up...
This red-hot vegetable curry is a butter-rich pot of potatoes, green beans, zucchini, and spinach in a deeply browned onion base, seasoned with cayenne and hot paprika in equal measure. It's the kind of curry you eat with the windows open — aromatic, serious...
Sweet cheese vareniki, Russian dumplings at their most tender, are the dish every Eastern European grandmother guards: soft dough wrapped around a filling of farmer cheese, sour cream, sugar, and egg. The dough is nothing but flour, egg, butter, and a little water,...
A hearty mushroom barley pilaf that tastes like it simmered all day, thanks to dried porcini and their soaking liquid going straight into the pot. Pearl barley turns plush and glossy while fresh cremini give it something to chew on. It's the side dish that...
This cozy mushroom bourguignon is beef bourguignon's vegetarian cousin — the same depth, none of the beef. A pound and a half of mushrooms braises in a thick tomato-and-broth sauce with thyme, bay, and sweet pearl onions. It's dark, savory, and exactly what...
Ultimate Potato Enchiladas are exactly what the name promises — cumin-and-cayenne mashed potatoes rolled into flour tortillas under a creamy green chile sauce and melted Colby-Jack. Carb-on-carb comfort that is completely unapologetic. They disappear fast, so plan...