Read on to find my easy tricks to make these restaurant styled Indian dishes for dinner in low calorie. These Simple Indian Vegetarian Dinner Recipes are packed with nutrition and flavor and are so easy to make. Indian cuisine is known for its rich and diverse flavors, aromatic spices, and vibrant dishes that are enjoyed by people all around the world. Whether it’s a North Indian Dal Makhani, Aloo Gobi, Malai Kofta or South Indian Uttapam, Curd Rice, lemon rice, or Masala Dosa, Mumbai Pav Bhaji or a main dish or paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) snack, a quick curry or vegetable Biryani, these Popular and traditional Indian Dinner Recipes are hearty and vegetarian and help you make a complete meal in a jiffy. While I love food served at Indian Restaurants, I prefer making healthy Indian meals at home with the same restaurant touch minus the loaded oils or creams using my simple recipe. The reason is that restaurant food is not made fresh and is reheated several times using the same gravy by adding more cream and butter, every time they reheat. This collection of Easy Indian Dinner Recipes uses fresh and local ingredients. Each component of them is made from scratch and most of these recipes use Desi Ghee. Your dinner table and menu are sorted with this collection for busy weeknights! You may also like the other collections of Healthy Recipes from my blog: Low Calorie Breakfast Ideas- Veg, Healthy Beet Recipes, Low Cal Veg Soups Without Cream, and Healthy Paneer Recipes.
Why Would You Love This Collection?
Flavorful and amazingly delicious recipes Mostly made in Desi Ghee. Low-calorie Perfected Recipes. Made with simple and fresh ingredients. Easy, quick and Flavorful! Popular Indian Recipes. Taste like a Restaurant but are made in a much better and healthy way! A complete wholesome Indian meal that is nourishing for all age groups. Includes one-pot meals. Kids Friendly. The Best Indian Vegetarian Dinner Recipes!
What is a Typical Indian Dinner?
An Indian vegetarian dinner consists of a variety of dishes from lentils and curries to rice and Chapati (flatbread). It depends on which part of India we are referring to. South Indian food mostly includes rice, Idli, Dosa and Sambhar and makes use of coconut in their recipes, while North Indians prefer to have Dal (Lentils), Curry (vegetables), and Chapati or paratha. Since I am North Indian, this collection of Indian dinner would mostly consist of the dishes inspired from North India.
Indian Spices
Indian cuisine is renowned for its use of a wide variety of spices and herbs, which contribute to the complex and flavorful nature of Indian dishes. Here are some of the most commonly used Indian spices: Pls don’t be overwhelmed by this huge list of spices. It’s not necessary to include all spices in one dish on a daily basis. We make use of the whole spices when the paneer or special curry dishes are made for guests. For a regular dinner at home, you might need a few spices only.
Expert Tips For Tasty Indian Vegetarian Foods
Preference to use Ghee over butter in small quantities for all gravy-based recipes like Lentils, Paneer dishes, and Legumes. Avoid mixing any fats like ghee with butter or oil with ghee for a healthy meal. When Onions are sauteed in ghee, add spices before adding tomatoes. Onions would leave ghee after browning, separate onions from the sides in a wok and on slow flame add spices. When making dry vegetables, add spices before adding vegetables in just warm oil (not hot as the spices might burn). I use GM Foods brand spices for Chole, Pao Bhaji, and paneer dishes, and in my experience, it gives the best restaurant style taste without making the food too spicy. Keep a small bowl filled with water over the wok lid to avoid the burning of vegetables. This helps you cook in steam and you don’t have to add any extra oil for sauteing.
Collection of 25+ Indian Vegetarian Dinner Recipes
Indian Starters
Onion Pakora or Fritters Recipe
Healthy Paneer Tikka Recipe
Air Fryer Corn on The Cob In Indian Style
Indian Gravy, Curry, Lentil Recipes
Healthy Palak Paneer Recipe
Paneer Jalfrezi
Chole Masala Recipe
Spinach Chana Dal Recipe
Kala Chana Chaat Recipe
Dry Mushroom Masala (Low Calorie) Quick Recipe
Lentil Vegan Gluten Free Meatballs (Lentil Kofta With Gravy Recipe)
Dal Daliya
Aloo Methi Subji
Raw Banana Curry | Kacche Kele Ki Subji
Mushroom Matar Recipe
Aloo Beans Curry | Green Beans and Potatoes
Instant Green Split Moong Dal Uttapam
South Indian Upma Recipe
Indian Rice Recipes
South Indian Lemon Rice
Jeera Rice
Veg Brown Rice Pulao
Tomato Rice
Vegetable Rice Recipe
Indian Flatbreads/ Paratha
Ragi Roti or Paratha (Flatbread Recipe)
Bathua Paratha
Pumpkin Paratha
Indian Curds or Yogurt Recipes
Bathua Raita
Beet Raita
Cucumber Radish Salad Amla Murabba Recipe- Indian Gooseberry Jam Makhana Chaat Recipe Sweet Potato Chaat (Shakarkandi Chaat) Easy Vegan Latkes (Potato Pancakes)- Gluten Free! Spiced Walnuts Recipe
