Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Besides Chinese food recipes, the best choice of Asian vegetarian recipes is obviously Indian cuisine. India is a country that rich with vegetables, spices, herbs, and fruits. Moreover, with Hinduism and Buddhism background culture, many societies in India practice vegetarianism in daily life.

These are couple examples of Indian vegetarian recipes, which using mushrooms as the basic ingredients:

 

Mushroom Baghaar

Ingredients:

225 grams Button mushrooms
1 Onion
2 flakes Garlic
1 teaspoon Dried thyme
1 teaspoon Dried sage
1/2 teaspoon Cardamoms, ground
1/2 Lemon
100 grams Oil
1 teaspoon Salt

Directions:

1. Trim away the hard parts of the mushrooms, slice and keep aside.
2. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the chopped onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes.
4. Stir in the thyme, sage and ground cardamoms.
5. Add the mushrooms to the frying pan, stirring constantly to ensure that they mix well.
6. Sprinkle in the salt, then squeeze in the juice of 1/2 lemon.
7. Cook further for a few minutes and serve.

 

Matar Mushroom

Ingredients:

1½ cups Green peas
200 grams Mushrooms
4 Green cardamom
1″ stick Cinnamon
2 Onions
1 tablespoon Ginger paste
1 tablespoon Garlic paste
½ cup Tomato puree
1 tablespoon Red chili powder
1 tablespoon Coriander powder
1 tablespoon Turmeric powder
1 tablespoon Garam masala powder
½ cup Cashew-nut paste
2 tablespoons Oil
Salt As required

Directions:

1. Clean, wash & cut the mushrooms into medium pieces and peel & chop the onions finely.
2. Sauté green cardamoms, cinnamon stick & chopped onions in oil until golden brown in colour.
3. Then add the ginger garlic paste and cook for ½ a minute.
4. Add tomato puree, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, salt & cook till
the oil leaves the masala.
5. Lastly add the cashewnut paste dissolved in 1 cup of water and stir well.
6. Add 1 cup of water, bring it to a boil, then add the green peas & mushrooms.
7. Cook on a high flame for seven to eight minutes or till the green peas are fully cooked.
8. Once done, serve hot with rice or roti.

Go and try those Indian vegetarian recipes, which not only healthy, but taste good too!

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