This homemade vegan naan is pillow soft and a must serve bread alongside steaming curries and spicy subzis. I love it topped generously with vegan butter and minced garlic for that restaurant-style garlic naan. I think everyone loves naan. What’s not to love?! It’s a soft, buttery bread. A perfect vehicle to eat Indian dishes …
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These vegan sheekh kababs are meaty Indian-syle (if we’re being specific they are Pakistani/Sindhi-style) skewers. Kebabs are heavily spiced and deliciously flavorful. They’re great served with basmati rice or paratha. This style of sheekh kabab (also spelled seekh kebab) is super popular in the Sindh province of Pakistan, where my dad grew up. It’s a …
Enjoy this homemade cilantro chutney alongside any Indian meal! It’s delicious with snacks like samosas and pakoras, and great with any dal, subzi, or curry. I’ve always loved cilantro chutney. It’s spicy, fresh tasting, herbaceous, citrusy, gingery, and garlicky. And it’s often a touch creamy and sour to balance all those flavors out. It’s probably …
This vegan tandoori sheet pan dinner is so flavorful, with cauliflower, tofu, and potatoes dressed in a spiced yogurt sauce and baked until steamy and tender. It’s good for you and just so happens to be gluten free as well! Sheet pan dinners! They’re fun and hands off, and like everything else that gets baked …
These vegan Mexican chocolate brownies are the perfect combination of chewy and fudgy, with a cinnamon and cayenne kick that lingers on the tongue. They are even better than your average brownies, but pair just as well with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream! These are my perfect brownies. Crackly topped and richly flavored …
The softest almond cake is studded with fresh rhubarb and finished with a strawberry rhubarb glaze in this beautiful vegan dessert. It’s so delicious and perfect seasonal treat! Rhubarb is a favorite springtime plant of mine. The gorgeous red-hued stalks have such a mouthwatering lemony-tart flavor. In my experience, starting in early spring you can …
This Sindhi vegetable biryani is a popular and traditional dish, with layers of spiced vegetables and chickpeas and basmati rice. It’s a delicious recipe, and extra special! Give this vegan and gluten free recipe a try! When it comes to Indian food, Biryani is in a class of it’s own. A spicy curry marinated filling, …
Raita is a cooling yogurt-based Indian sauce with cucumber and mint. This vegan version is quick and easy to make and tastes just like the original! Yogurt is a cornerstone of Indian meals, it’s served alongside the spicy curries to temper the heat. It can be served plain, which does the trick, or made into …
This tandoori cauliflower and seitan is hearty and flavorful Indian inspired dish. It’s tangy and creamy, with perfectly balanced spices with just a little heat. And it’s as easy as tossing cut veggies and seitan with tandoori sauce in a casserole dish and baking until tender.
So, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of tikka, and it’s likely you know what a kebab is, but you should probably stop everything right now and make these Afghan cauliflower and tofu tikka kebab skewers!