Home-cooked Vegetarian Dishes That You’ll Love

Being a vegetarian often comprises of times when you’re the only one who orders a vegetarian dish at the restaurant table. No matter what your friends or colleagues make you feel, there is no harm in admitting your love for paneer butter masala. There are times when you are tired of regular dal chawal and want to treat yourself with fancy home-cooked stuff. On such days, you don’t need to stress and worry about complicated procedures and ingredients. Often, it’s only the spice list that looks longer but are easily available. Vegetarian food is considered boring and even more boring if it’s home cooked. But the truth is, home-cooked food is more delicious because the ingredients used are of high quality and cooked properly. Here’s a list of vegetarian home-cooked dishes that you’ll love and would like to cook for yourself.

1. Paneer Butter Masala

It only makes sense to start with paneer because it’s every vegetarian’s favourite. Restaurant-style paneer delicacies can be easily made at home. The secret is to use spices and masalas that enhance the taste of your dish. These days dish specific masalas are available that are customised as per the dish and flavours that people like. Apart from regular gravies, you can also go for paneer chilly or paneer kurkure that are a nice diversion from mainstream paneer dishes.

2. Beans Quesadilla

Quesadilla look and sound fancy but in reality are the easiest to cook. You can use leftover beans or rajma or even moong to make Quesadilla at home. This mexican dish is made like a taco but not crunchy. It is filled with cheese and any other veggie that you’d like. The tortilla base is available or can be cooked at home too.

3. Chole Masala

It is impossible to miss Chole when it comes to vegetarian food. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, there is a certain soft spot for Chole Bhature that all of us have. Chole Masala is one dish that you can cook at home if you’re in the mood for heavy north-indian food. The only thing one needs to keep in mind is that Chole have to soaked in water, the night before you have to cook them. Gravy is made in the same way but with chole masala and other spices.

4. Mac n’ Cheese

Every cheese lover’s dream, Mac n’ Cheese is a perfect vegetarian delight that you can cook when you’re having friends over. It’s quick and easy to make. You can always alter the type of pasta or cheese and veggies you want. You can keep it basic by using just corn. It’s also comfort food for most people out there.

5. Soup

If you’re feeling a bit under the weather, soup is your best friend. The best part about soup is you can make it the way you like or add whatever ingredients you like and add some spices like cinnamon powder and black pepper powder which will bring some warmth and make you feel better.