Sample Menus
Use these sample menus to make your vegetarian meal-planning a little easier.
Traditional Indian vegetarian meals are delicious and nutritious and usually consist of roti (Indian flatbread) and/or rice with an array of vegetable curries, lentils soups, raitas/salads. These are served with a variety of condiments such as pickles, chutneys, and pappadums and other fried and crunchy accompaniments like yogurt-chillies and can be added as desired. (Many of these condiments are available in Indian grocery stores.) These combinations of dishes are usually well-balanced and take care of general nutritive requirements.
Use the appropriate serving size to meet your specific needs calorie- and nutrition-wise. These menus work for any meal – lunch or dinner.
Here are some sample menus for everyday meals as well as special occasions.
I have tried to create menus that, for the most part, include recipes already on the site.
I’ll be adding more menus, so do check back often.
Vegetarian Menus
Bottlegourd Dal (Lentil Soup with Bottlegourd)
Stuffed Okra
Rice and/or roti
Plain Yogurt
Yellow Lentil Soup
Potato Bell-Pepper Curry
Roti and/or Rice
Plain Yogurt/Raita
Spinach Dal
Bell-Pepper Onion Fry
Rice and/or Roti
Plain Yogurt
Black-Eyed Peas Curry
Potato Raita
Rice and/or Roti
Mor Kolambu (Kadhi)
Tindora with Coconut
Toor Dal Chutney
Rice
Cabbage Paratha
Methi Yogurt
Lemon Dal
Pickle
Poori
Potato Masala
Spinach Raita
Eggplant-Drumstick Curry
Plain Dal
Rasam
Rice
Eggplant-Cilantro Curry
Amaranth Dal
Rice
Plain Yogurt
Plantain Fry
Sambar
Rice
Plain Yogurt/Raita
Special Occasions
Chana Masala
Okra Fry
Plain Basmati Rice and Naan
Tomato-Onion Raita
Semolina Kheer (Pudding)
Dal Makhani
Stuffed Bell-Pepper
Cucumber Raita or Salad
Basmati Rice and Paratha
Kidney Beans Chili
Okra Curry
Jeera Dal
Spinach Raita
Plain Basmati Rice
Ice Cream
Matar Paneer
Fried Rice
Onion-Chili Yogurt
Plain Paratha
Carrot Halwa
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