Indian Vegetarian Recepies

Everyday cooking is a challenge! How do you force a nutritious breakfast on a fast-moving family and serve balanced and interesting lunches and dinners day after day? Cooking for your family and providing nutritious tasty and economical meals, require good recipes, to say the least. So, for the large audience who wants to balance all these aspects in their cooking, we have listed some simple Indian vegetarian recipes for all times of a day i.e. from breakfast time to the desserts which are served after the dinner.

	Breakfast Dishes

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Upma	Porridge made of coarse semolina, perked up with spices	South Indian

	Soups

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Mushroom Soup	Soup of boiled mushrooms, flavoured with Indian spices	Indian
Tamarind Soup With Peanuts And Vegetables	A tamarind flavored soup of assorted vegetables	Indian

	Starters / Snacks

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Spicy Corn	A spicy corn dish made of thawed sweet corn	North Indian / Punjabi
Dhokla	Steamed gram flour cakes	Gujarati
Khandvi	Salted gram flour rolls	Gujarati

	Salads

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Cabbage Koshumbir	Cabbage salad dressed in lime juice, topped with capsicum, mustard seeds and curry leaves	Rajasthani

	Breads

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Pudina Parantha	Circular and flat wheat bread, sprinkled on with mint leaves	North Indian / Punjabi
Stuffed Parantha	Circular and flat wheat bread, stuffed with potatoes and chillies	North Indian / Punjabi
Naan	Flat leavened baked bread, made in tandoor or clay oven	North Indian / Punjabi
Masala Dosa	Dough crepe stuffed with spiced potatoes	South Indian

	Vegetable Dishes

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Kashmiri Dum Aloo	Potatoes in spicy yogurt gravy	Kashmiri
Bhindi Jhal	Ladyfingers / Okra with mustard paste	Bengali
Aloo Posto	Potatoes cooked in poppy seed paste	Bengali
Brinjal Curry	Brinjals cooked in tamarind flavored spicy curry / gravy	South Indian
Gobi Gashi	Cauliflower and potatoes in coconut and spiced paste	South Indian
Kande Ki Sabzi	Stewed onions	Rajasthani
Watermelon Curry	Watermelon stewed in thin spicy curry	Rajasthani
Papad Ki Sabzi	Indian senbei cooked in Indian herbs	Rajasthani

	Dal / Legumes

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Bhaja Moong Dal	Broiled green gram	Bengali
Narkel Chola Dal	Bengal gram with coconut	Bengali
Lemon Daal	Split red lentils flavored with lemon juice	South Indian
Chole	Dried chickpeas cooked in Indian herbs	North Indian
Palak And Chana Dhaal	Spinach with bengal gram	North Indian

	Rice Dishes

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Kashmiri Pulao	Brown rice with assorted vegetables	Kashmiri
Daal Rice	Basmati rice / Long rice with bengal gram, flavoured with Indian herbs	South Indian
Mangodi Pulao	Basmati rice / Long rice with mangodi / moong vadis, flavoured with Indian herbs	Rajasthani


	Yogurt Dishes

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine


	Desserts / Sweets

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Pistachio Dessert	Pistachio balls flavoured with rosewater, saffron and cardamom	North Indian
Sweet Potato Dessert	Sweet potatoes blended with milk and decorated with almond slices	Bengali
Coconut Sweet	Sweetened coconut dessert	South Indian
Chocolate Burfi	A chocolate flavoured sweet	North Indian
Apple Halwa	A confection of grated apples and condensed milk	Kashmiri
Rosgolla / Rasgulla	Cottage cheese dumplings in sugar syrup	Bengali
Sandesh	Sweetened cottage cheese moulds	Bengali
Rasmalai	Flat cottage cheese dumpings in thickened sweetened milk	Bengali
Payasam	Basmati Rice / Long Rice in thickened sweetened milk	South Indian
Pongal	Sweetened basmati rice, long rice, flavoured with saffron and cloves	South Indian
Makhane Ki Kheer	Milk pudding of lotus seeds	Rajasthani
Lapsi	Sweetened broken wheat / bulgar, perked up with Indian dry fruit	Rajasthani

	Combinations & Mini Meals

Indian Recipe Name	Style / Cuisine

Puri - Aloo With Kachumber	Indian
Makhni Dal With Stuffed Parantha	Indian
Chholey Chawal With Onion, Cucumber And Tomato Salad	Indian
Royal Kachori Aloo With Mint Chutney	Indian
Makkai Ki Roti With Saag And Lassi	Indian
Puri, Channe And Halwa	Indian
Dum Aloo With Missa Parantha	Indian
Gatte Ki Tarkari With Puri	Indian
Dal Chawal With Potato Salad	Indian
Vegetable Khicadi With Raita	Indian
Malai Kofta With Lachha Parantha	Indian
Shahi Paneer With Masala Roti	Indian
Rajmah Chawal	Indian
Kadhi Chawal With Khatta Meetha Achar	Indian
Sambar Dosa With Coconut Chutney	Indian

	Chutneys & Pickles

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

Pickled Cucumber	A sweet and sour pickle of cucumbers	Indian
Mango Chutney	A relish made of green mangoes and spices	South Indian / Maharashtrian

	Beverages

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

	Fat Free / Low Fat Recipes

Indian Recipe Name	Short Description	Style / Cuisine

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