Salna (or Chalna) is a popular side dish served with parotta or chapati. Commonly known as Parotta Salna (Parotta Chalna), this is commonly found in various roadside stalls across Tamil …
Salna (or Chalna) is a popular side dish served with parotta or chapati. Commonly known as Parotta Salna (Parotta Chalna), this is commonly found in various roadside stalls across Tamil …
While these green chillies are popularly used to make Milagai Bajjis, they can also be used for various other dishes. This gravy/masala makes for a great side dish with roti …
Good side dish to go with any dal or curry.
Sweet Potatoes are a healthy and nutritious vegetable rich in vitamins, fiber and anti-oxidants. This Bombay Sweet Potatoes recipes is a perfect accompaniment to your main course – rice or …
Cabbage Poriyal is a very popular South Indian side dish served with rice and sambar or rasam during lunch or dinner. They are also a popular dish in wedding menu. …
Ponnanganni Keerai (or Dwarf Copperleaf) is a highly nutritious spinach variety popular in South India. Rich in iron, calcium and other nutrients it is commonly used in siddha medicines to …
Brinjals stuffed with maharashtrian peanut-coconut masala
This quick and easy Bengali style cabbage stir-fry goes well with any dish/meal. Ingredients: Cabbage – 350 to 400 gms, finely chopped Red Chilli Powder – 1/4 tsp Ginger Paste …
This is a quick and easy to make potato curry popular across North East India. The potatoes are cooked in spices and garnish with coriander leaves. Makes a tasty side …
A simple, delicious side dish for almost all dishes – rice, roti, paratha, naan, pulao or biryani. Ingredients: Green Peas – 100 gms, shelled Onions – 2, small (or 1, …
A simple to make, tasty side dish for rice or roti. Ingredients: Capsicum – 2, chopped Tomatoes – 2, chopped Onions – 3 to 4, depending on size, chopped Pepper …
Punjabi Chana Masala
Spring Onions (or Green Onions) is a popular vegetable often used in salads and chinese cuisine. They are rich in nutrients – Vitamins C, B2, A, K, copper, magnesium, fiber …
A tasty beetroot masala curry with sambar onions, garlic and tomatoes. Serve as a side dish to rice or dosa. Ingredients: Beetroots – 500 gms Shallots (Sambar Onions) – 18 …
Mochakottai or Butter Beans (or Lima Beans) is a popular ingredient down South. They are often used to make sambars or sundals. Ingredients: Mochakottai (Butter Beans/Lima Beans) – 500 gms, …
Side dish recipes are vegetarian recipes which are served along with rice and chapatti in a typical Indian thali (plate). The curry and side dish combination makes the Indian food special and tempting.
There is no particular recipe to make a side dish as different vegetables can be cooked or boiled as per the requirements. You can cook a side dish with just one vegetable or blend multiple veggies together. Moreover, each recipe has different treatments and procedures.
Also, there are dry vegetarian side dishes and side dishes with gravy. The most common veggies used in these recipes are beans, cauliflower, cabbage, potato, tomato, ladies fingers, and brinjal.
Moreover, there are different methods to prepare these side dish recipes. You can either use garam masala (blend of spices) or cook it with basic ingredients like chili powder, turmeric, salt, and coriander.
There are plenty of recipes that need the vegetables to be deep roasted or fried well in oil before cooking. Green vegetables like Palak (spinach), Methi (fenugreek), etc. are also cooked either separately or blended with other vegetables like potato, beans, etc.
Nowadays people love the vegetarian side dishes which include green peas and paneer in them. These types of vegetables are available in different varieties in hotels and restaurants as well. However, homemade recipes are always better, nutritious and you can always control the spices and flavor when you are cooking by yourself.
Some of the popular side dishes recipes are Tomato panner sabji, Mango Gotsu, Mushroom Corn Masala, Dal Palak, etc. which are popular all over India. South Indian recipes such as Paneer Podimas, Kovakkai Poriyal, etc. are also delicious and healthy.
Veggies have ample amount of vitamins, anti-oxidants, minerals and other nutrients which are good for the overall development and maintenance of our body. Therefore, including them in our daily diet is a must.