When I was growing up, our family ate Indian food nearly every day of the week! It was part of our culture, and I loved the flavors and spices. These are my favorite Indian recipes for kids that have become my go-to recipes for my own kids now that I’m in charge of meal time!
My parents are both amazing cooks. Growing up, they would trade off cooking, and made the most delicious meals for us kids!
When my husband and I lived close in the Bay Area, we used to have dinner with my family on a weekly basis and got to enjoy homemade, gourmet, Indian meals regularly.
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These vegetarian Indian recipes are straight from my family, and represent what I think is Indian Home Cooking at it’s best: easy to prepare, really nutritious and good for you, but so flavorful you keep going back for seconds, and thirds, and fourths… you get the picture.
I’m sure your kids will love them as much as I did as a kid! They’ve now become some of my kids’ favorites too!
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This Curry Spaghetti Squash recipe is wonderfully spicy, delicious, and filling! It’s a good substitute for pasta, and a great way to enjoy an Indian pasta dish that’s totally low-carb! Topped with fire roasted tomatoes and chickpeas for added protein, it makes a healthy and satisfying dinner for the whole family!
This flavorful authentic Chana Masala recipe is an easy, Indian chickpea curry, with the perfect amount of spice and veggies! Served with creamy yogurt and cilantro, it’s healthy, naturally gluten-free and easily made vegan too!
A simple instant pot dal has a rich, creamy texture and is an easy, healthy and delicious weeknight dinner! Made with cauliflower, diced tomatoes, carrots, bell pepper, moong dal, and Indian spices, it’s a nutritious dish with only 25 minutes of hands on time. It’s great for sneaking in veggies for fussy kids who don’t like to “see” veggies in their meals. If you don’t have an instant pot, you can make this on the stovetop or in a regular pressure cooker too! Family-friendly and a one pot meal!
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Indian Vegetables or Vegetable Sabji is best described as sautéd veggies with roasted Indian spices to amp up the flavor.It’s a delicious side dish, or can be a main meal when served with roti, daal, or plain yogurt for protein!
These homemade Samosa Wraps are super easy to make, vegan, easily made gluten-free and tastes great warm or at room temperature, packed in lunch boxes. It’s an incredible dish filled with spiced potatoes, green peas, protein-packed tofu, warm spices and fresh jalapeños all rolled into a soft, whole grain tortilla.
This Indian Fried Rice (or vegetable khichdi) is wholesome, delicious, and packed with lentils and fresh veggies. It’s super easy to make, and is naturally gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan. Filled with lots of healthy nutrients, topped with fresh coriander leaves and spiced to perfection, it’s the perfect family-friendly one-pot weeknight meal!
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This Pav Bhaji is the perfect Indian inspired street food, but it has a healthy and nutritional twist that is insanely good. Munching on this Indian spiced, sloppy-joe-style healthy sandwich will keep the entire family happy. Feel free to use burger buns, dinner rolls, or slices of bread for serving. Great for lunch or an easy recipe for dinner!
This Indian Stew with rice and lentils create a complete protein in this one pot vegetarian meal. A combination of fresh vegetables and Indian spices give this stew a rich depth of flavor. Feel free to change things up by using wild rice, quinoa or even coconut rice with these lentils. Perfect for an easy family dinner!
This vegan tikka masala is quick, healthy, easy and oh so tasty! Fresh paneer is substituted for tofu in this vegan friendly dish. Packed full of delicious Indian spices, this is a great recipe for an easy weeknight meal. Made with coconut milk, this mild curry will be a hit with the whole family!
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Grab a knife and fork and dig into this Naan Bread Pizza — a real treat for the senses! Whole wheat tandoori naan bread is topped with a delicious topping to create a healthy, vegan, and well balanced meal.
A healthier, Indian samosa recipe that’s lightened up but just as flavorful as the traditional version! These savory puff pastry packets of heaven are spicy and sweet, with a crispy crust surrounding a piping hot filling of potatoes, onion, and peas!
This Rajma Masala (or Indian Spiced Vegetarian Chili) is thick and creamy: simmered in a rich tomato sauce with onions, garlic and ginger. It’s easy to make, healthy, vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free, but so satisfying that it will please everyone at your dinner table!
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This delicious Indian cabbage with peas is spiced with cumin seeds, coriander, and turmeric powder. In India it is called sabzi which means “vegetable dish.” It’s got a bit of a kick from the cayenne pepper, and a nice char on the cabbage gives it a smoky flavor! A delicious traditional Indian side dish!
Palak Tofu, or vegan palak paneer, switches out tofu for cheese but has all of the delicious fragrant flavor of a traditional palak paneer recipe! Traditionally made in northern India, it’s a healthy but indulgent dish that is super easy to make and ready in just 40 minutes!
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I have 100 + traditional and authentic Indian recipes both from North Indian and South India. But in this post, I am sharing the best of the best dinner recipes that are quick and healthy to make, some popular restaurant-style recipes, and some pressure cooker and instant pot recipes that you can use as a guide to plan your weekly menu.
South Indians love to eat white or boiled rice with sambar or rasam, curry, and vegetable stir fry for a healthy meal or to make life easier; some even prepare one-pot rice recipes for dinner, and any leftovers are stored and reheated and packed for the next day lunch too. You can check my rice recipes section for more such recipes.
North Indians eat chapati or roti with sabzi, dal chawal, or khichdi for their meal. When it is a special dinner, chole bhature or makhani gravy is prepared.
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Now having said that you will find a family who loves to eat idli and dosa, a popular breakfast item, and even for dinner. So if you belong to this category, check out some of the best breakfast recipes from India.
I have not categorized into North Indian dinner recipes or South Indian Dinner Recipes but have given the popular and top dinner ideas from India - vegetarian only.
While you are here, check out some of the best Indian bread recipes (roti, naan, kulcha, paratha), paneer recipes for any meal, Indian dal, and how to cook it on the stovetop or instant pot.
Indian Vegetarian Meal Plan
Some popular vegetarian Indian dishes that you can make at home easily with simple steps and basic ingredients - Includes restaurant-style paneer butter masala, healthy palak paneer, Punjabi chole or chana masala, tadka dal, mixed vegetable kadai, biryani with vegetables of your choice, khichdi with millets or lentils (dal) and rice, South Indian lemon rice (chitranna), potato-stuffed flatbread and hotel style sambar recipe.
Restaurant-style Paneer Butter Masala or Paneer Makhani is a very popular Indian dish that is rich, creamy and delicious, prepared using basic ingredients like butter, onion, tomatoes, paneer, cashews, and cream. This can be served with any flatbreads like naan, roti, chapati, pita, or along with steamed rice, jeera rice, ghee rice, or pulav.
Lasooni Dal Tadka is a popular restaurant-style Indian dal recipe prepared using lentil (dahl), garlic, ghee, and aromatic spices.
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