My cooking approach: Veggie Side Dishes

In a previous essay, I outlined the main dish I cook which is centered around a meat or legume as a protein source. Some of those dishes can also be loaded up with selected vegetables which simplifies matters. Examples are Chili, Sambhar, and Kootu. Others lose their signature character if you load them up with vegetables. On those latter cases a side vegetable dish is needed to meet my diet goals. 

I have little experience with vegetable side dishes. But India is famous for tasty vegetable dishes. I selected a collection of these to slowly try out in the future. So far have not tried any. 

Here is the list. 

  • Aloo Baingan (Potato Eggplant Dish)
  • Aloo Gobi (Potato Cauliflower Dish)
  • Baingan Bartha (Eggplant Dish)
  • Brussel Sprouts Curry (Self Explanatory)
  • Carrot Poriyal (A Tamil Dish)
  • Eight Poriyal Dishes with Various Vegetables (Tamil Dishes)
  • Gobi Manchurian (a Sino-Indian Cauliflower Dish)
  • Gujarati Dry Sabji (A Gujarati Potato Dish)
  • Navratan Korma (Peas, Carrot, Cauliflower, Beans, Potato Dish)
  • Mullangi Curry (Radish Dish)
  • Vatha Kulambu  (A Kerala Black Nightshade Berry Dish))
  • Okra Tomato (a US Southern Dish)
  • Okra Curry (South Indian Dish)
  • Vegetable Curry (Mixed Vegetable Dish)
  • Zucchini Curry (Zucchini Dish)
  • Pav Bhaji (Bombay Street Food)




 


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