Cooking Vegetarian: 2,600+ Recipes
Mashed potato balls with horseradish — masala aloo bharta — turn fluffy buttery mash into something you eat with your hands and a wedge of key lime. Freshly grated horseradish runs through the potatoes with white pepper and paprika for a nose-tingling kick....
Crispy baked pita chips with zesty yogurt dip are the snack I make when people are coming over and the cupboard looks bare. The chips go from soft pita pockets to golden, shattering crisps in about 10 minutes, and the dip whisks together while they bake. Garlic salt,...
This smoky baba ghanouj is everything roasted eggplant should be, silky, charred, and deeply savory. Tahini, toasted cumin, and fresh lemon juice turn the flesh into a creamy dip that tastes like it took far more effort than 80 minutes of mostly hands-off roasting....
These vegetarian avocado and shiitake pot stickers are little parcels of creamy avocado and earthy mushrooms wrapped in chewy vegan dumpling wrappers. A splash of balsamic vinegar and soy sauce seasons the crumbled silken tofu filling without weighing it down. They...
Kaddu bhaji — crispy pumpkin wafers — is festive-season snacking made easy: thin slices of pumpkin dusted in rice or chickpea flour and fried to a crackle. There's a special kind of magic in turning a humble vegetable into a snack so crispy and addictive you can't...
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...
Aloo gajar bhaji — crispy potato carrot fries — turns two everyday roots into golden julienne fried to a crunch and showered with lemon and red spice. There's an undeniable magic in the sound of a perfectly crispy, deep-fried snack. Today, I'm sharing a recipe that...
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...
Vibrant mango ginger sorbet with lime and chili is dessert that behaves like a palate cleanser and disappears like ice cream. Very ripe mangoes churn with lime juice and zest and freshly grated ginger, with an optional flick of chopped chili for heat on the finish....
Black bean and plantain burritos are the sweet-savory weeknight trick I pull whenever I am bored of everything else. Cumin-and-ancho black beans and seared ripe yellow plantain roll up with queso fresco and cilantro in whole wheat tortillas. Twenty-five minutes, two...