vegetarian
Recipes and ideas for vegetarian days or for a vegetarian diet.
Tofu with basil and soy sauce
Tofu for a vegetarian dish with southern Asia flavor. Serve with rice noodles or brown rice.
Grilled tomatoes with fried sage leaves
Grilled tomatoes with fried sage leaves make a flavorsome side dish for your barbecue or roast, or a zesty warm appetizer.
Vegetable soup for a crowd
A warm vegetable soup that is easy to cook in large quantities; perfect to feed a crowd.
Indian venerable vada
In a land with so many cultures living side by side, you would expect India's desserts to be equally varied. Even the venerated vada or vadai - a type of fritter or donut - shows this spread of ideas. Here is a type made from urad dal, a type of black lentil that mashes nicely into a dough.
Roti done right
Roti is a delicious bread that complementes your Indian cuisine. Roti is a flat bread. It is unleavened and not baked, but cooked on a tava, or griddle, with oil. Want to make your own righteous roti? That is as easy as one, two, three. OK, maybe it will take a half-dozen or so steps. But they're all simple.
Broccoli slaw
Wonderful new flavors happen to broccoli when you cut it thin, mix it with vegan mayonnaise and add a touch of spice. It becomes a flavorful vegetarian treat.
Kitchuri
If you were an Indian mother looking for a suitable meal for your toddler, kitchuri would likely be your choice. it is soft, easily digested and the young ones love the spiced flavor.
Hummus
Use hummus as a dip or a spread for sandwiches. It is especially good on toasted pita bread. Hummus is rich in fiber, iron and vitamin C. It is also a good source of protein.
Scrambled tofu on toast breakfast
A healthy and delicious vegetarian breakfast.
Nori sushi
Nori sushi is one of the most popular types of sushi. The rice and filling are rolled in nori, a type of seaweed. The filling can be anything you like - carrot, cucumber, avocado, smoked salmon, raw fish prepared the Japanese way, and more.