Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
Greens and plantain with toasted almonds — kacha kela sak — pairs green, unripe plantains with wilted spinach and mixed greens in a mustard-and-cumin-scented base. The plantains turn golden and custardy inside while cornmeal or chickpea flour thickens the pan juices...
Bengali spinach badaam sak is what happens when greens get the nut treatment — a paste of soaked almonds, peanuts, or pistachios folded through spinach cooked in ghee with mustard, cumin, and fenugreek seeds. Fresh ginger and green chilies bring heat, while shredded...
Restaurant-style braised Swiss chard with lemon and butter turns a humble bunch of greens into the kind of side dish people ask about. Shallots and strong vegetable stock build the braising liquid, and a swirl of butter at the end makes it glossy and rich. On the...
These 5-minute lifesaver peas are the side dish I turn to when dinner needs one more green thing on the plate. A bag of frozen peas, a little water, and a pinch of sea salt at the end is genuinely all it takes. Bright, sweet, and ready before the rest of the meal hits...
Vegetarian baked peppers and onions roast up sweet and jammy alongside small red potatoes on one sheet pan. A slick of extra-virgin olive oil and a good hit of kosher salt is all the vegetables need to turn golden at the edges. It is a hands-off 45-minute side that...
Hari mirch bhaji — deep-fried stuffed hot green chilies — is pure street-food drama: jalapeños packed with a spiced yogurt-chickpea paste and fried until blistered and glossy. Craving a snack with a serious kick? Let me introduce you to my absolute favorite fiery...
Fried bitter melon with ground almonds — bhona karela bhaji — wraps the vegetable's famous bite in a rich cloak of ground almonds and almond butter fried in ghee. Let's talk about bitter melon. I know, I know—it has a reputation! But what if I told you there's a...
Crispy bitter melon chips with coconut are exactly what they claim: thin salted slices of bitter melon fried to a shatter, dusted with spice, and mellowed with lime and coconut. Let's be honest, 'bitter melon' and 'irresistible snack' aren't usually in the same...
Crispy plantain wafers — sada kacha kela bhaj — are mandoline-thin slices of unripe plantain fried to glass-shatter crispness and misted with a turmeric-salt water. That late-afternoon craving for a salty, satisfying crunch is all too real, isn't it? While a bag of...
Ekadasi arbi aloo bada — mixed vegetable croquettes of colocasia, potato, and green plantain — are crisp outside, creamy inside, and completely grain-free for fasting days. Get ready to fall in love with the incredible texture of these Ekadasi Arbi Aloo Bada! These...
Khasa aloo bhaji — crispy double-fried potatoes — are tossed in a crush of toasted sesame, cumin, coriander, and fennel seeds with fine salt and a final squeeze of lime. Forget everything you know about fries! We're taking the humble potato to a whole new level with...
Vegetarian butter soft eggplant wedges — bhona baigan bhaji — prove that four ingredients are enough: eggplant, turmeric, salt, and a patient shallow fry in ghee until the wedges collapse into tenderness. If you’re looking for a side dish that completely steals the...