What are some vegetarian meals or dishes you think people should know about?
I’m pretty guilty of using meat as a crutch in most of my cooking. I’d love to hear about some good meals for inspiration. Ideally things that aren’t made to imitate/replace meat but exist well on their own.
6·16 days ago- Pierogi (and similar dumplings such as pelmeni and varenyky)
- Mapo tofu (without ground meat–Chinese tofu dish)
- Various styles of hot pot (meat products are optional)
- Soondubu (Korean tofu soup)
- Doenjang jigae (meat products again optional–Korean miso stew)
- Wild mushroom risotto
- Wild mushroom cream sauce on (whatever you prefer–pasta, baguette, gnocchi)
- Moroccan red lentil stew
- Butter paneer (Indian curry)
- Baingan bharta (Indian eggplant dish)
- Various Thai noodle dishes (meat is optional)
- Plus a huge variety of Japanese side dishes such as nimono (braised dishes; can include eggplant, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, etc), agedashidoufu (fried tofu with dashi), grilled eggplant, aemono (blanched green vegetables with dressing), ohitashi (blanched vegetables with dashi), onsen tamago (lightly poached egg with dashi, etc)