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.

  • communism@lemmy.ml
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    13 days ago

    A lot of South Asian food is naturally vegetarian or vegan. I make chana masala and lentil dahl a fair amount. Lots of flavour from the spices—there’s no need for meat.

    I also like scrambled tofu, which you can season any way you like. I tend to put curry seasoning on it.

    Avocado toast too, but that’s infrequent because avocados are expensive.

    If you’ve never made creamy harissa butter beans I highly recommend it. One of the nicest vegan recipes I’ve made. If you’re not keen on spice, make sure to get mild harissa, as the spicy harissa gets quite spicy, speaking as someone who enjoys spice.

    Generally I like any tofu dish. Tofu is often meant to accompany meats (traditionally at least) but I find that a lot of tofu dishes that traditionally have meat, work very well without the meat. My go-to lazy lunch is boiling some water with stock cubes and chucking in noodles, medium-firm tofu, a vegetable of my choice, and chilli crisp.