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The best vegetarian Indian cookbooks
by Genevieve Halbert
published on 2 January 2024, last updated on 4 January 2024
India has the world’s largest vegetarian population so it’s little surprise that it leads the world in veg-focussed cuisine that’s so packed with flavour it’s hard to miss the meat or fish. These cookbooks put flavour-packed veg at the centre of the plate, with curries, rice dishes, sides, salads, pickles and soups from Madhur Jaffrey, Meera Sodha, and more.
The go-to guide for vegetarian Indian cooking
130 stunning recipes with a fresh and light feel
Beautiful puddings with Indian-inspired flavours
Fresh India
Food writer and author of the best-selling cookbooks Made in India and EAST (see below), and Guardian column, The New Vegan, Meera Sodha has become known for her vibrant, fresh and simple Indian dishes. Fresh India is no exception. This vegetarian cookbook spans dals, curries and pickles, with a focus on seasonal British ingredients. Expect everyday recipes, from spinach, tomato & chickpea curry to savoy cabbage, black kale and potato subji and weekend showstoppers, like vegetable biryani and cauliflower korma.
Delicious meat-free recipes
Simple recipes for popular classics
A perfect introduction to vegetarian curries
Curry Easy Vegetarian
“Indian vegetarian food is perhaps the most flavourful, the most nutritionally balanced, and the most varied in the entire world”, so begins Madhur Jaffrey’s vegetarian follow-up to her bestselling cookbook, Curry Easy . An adventurous ride through India, you’ll find both familiar and lesser known dishes from whole red lentils with cumin & shallots sabut Masoor to chana dal with spinach and tomato.
120 vegan and vegetarian recipes from Meera Sodha
Easy meat-free dishes from across the East
Featuring favourites from Meera’s Guardian column and more
EAST
While this isn’t an exclusively Indian recipe book, you’ll certainly find a healthy dose of Indian dishes in this celebration of vegan and vegetarian recipes from across the Asian continent. From best-selling author of Made in India and Fresh India , Meera Sodha certainly knows a thing or two about fresh Indian curries and rice dishes as well as salads, sides and sweets. Get a taster with this Sri Lankan-style beetroot curry or this tomato curry
A collection of curry house-inspired recipes for vegans
Packed with flavoursome, plant-based twists on popular classics
Including curries, dhals, biryanis, and street snacks
SpiceBox
From popular street food-turned-vegan curry house, SpiceBox, comes this new cookbook packed with 100 fresh, vegan curry house favourites. Expect vibrant, colourful dinners, light bites and all of the most popular SpiceBox dishes.
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