The Chef: LyndsayThe Menu: Hearty, spicy Eggplant Chana Masala courtesy of The Kind Diet by our very own January+February cover girl Alicia Silverstone! This take on a classic Indian vegetable dish calls for eggplant, onion, garlic, chickpeas, tomatoes, and a can of vegetarian chili—Lyndsay chose Pinto Beans and Spelt Chili by Eden Organic. Lyndsay seasoned the chana masala with cumin, curry powder, and fresh cilantro, and served the stewy mixture over piping-hot white basmati rice. Paired with a lovely green salad, this filling meal was the perfect perk-up for our particularly overcast Monday afternoon.
The Goods: Today kicks off our cookbook week for The Kind Diet, which is good news for VN staffers and readers alike. For the staff, it means having a recipe to follow instead of our usual flying-blind approach to lunchtime meal-making. For our readers, it means the chance to win a copy of Alicia's kind cookbook! To win today's copy, simply tell us in the comments: What is your favorite veg Indian dish?
my fave indian dish is samosa!
ReplyDeleteChana masala or aloo gobi!
ReplyDeleteyellow daal with lots of cilantro and rice
ReplyDeleteAny kind of dosa
ReplyDeleteAloo gobi or mixed vegetable masala from the Indian restaurant by my house!
ReplyDeletedal anything with some garlic naan bread!
ReplyDeletechanna or bhindi masala--i heart chickpeas and okra <3
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ReplyDeleteLove masala dosa
ReplyDeleteChana Masala because I simply cannot get enough chickpeas.
ReplyDeleteI recently had an amazing green chili tofu dish at a local Indian restaurant. It was amazing!
ReplyDeleteActually, chana masala is! Kashi makes a convenient frozen veggie chana masala entree I often take to work, but my fav is made by a native Indian friend along with her homemade poori.
ReplyDeleteIdli Sambar!
ReplyDeleteThose lovely yummy disks in a lentil sambar is a great entree or quick meal.
samosa, chana masala and gobi machurian. YUM
ReplyDeleteMala kofta and some veggie pakora... Yummmm
ReplyDeleteAloo Matar - the one with potatoes!
ReplyDeletevegetable vindaloo
ReplyDeleteYellow dal and saag soy "paneer"!
ReplyDeleteThis Vegan Dahl from Chef Tej at the Awaroa Lodge in New Zealand is da bomb! ツ
ReplyDeletechanna masala!
ReplyDeletenaan!!
ReplyDeleteI love a good channa Dal! with naan bread, and maybe some saag aloo on the side. and pilau rice.
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I love bhindi (okra) masala! I want some right now actually.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite vegetarian Indian dish is vegi bryani! all the spices & flavors in that dish just makes the food exciting, tasty, delicious, and spicy.
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Oh my. Aloo gobi and biryani. Nom nom nom.
ReplyDeleteAll dal every day!
ReplyDeleteFreshly made naan straight out of the oven. Mango chutney.
ReplyDeleteanything with chickpeas & potatoes!
ReplyDeleteI really have never been able to try true indian cuisine.. I wish I could have the chance/guidance to do so and cook an amazing meal! I know I love the ingredients that they use.. but I always get nervous trying to cook a dish like that myself.
ReplyDeleteI love samosa, but also love taking ingredients like tofu, potatoe, pea, carrot, onion, eggplants, etc and just adding curry and cardamon and cinnamon until it taste fantastic!
ReplyDeletechanna masala!
ReplyDeleteFavorite Indian dish is Aloo Tikki: like a spicy knish!
ReplyDeletePalak "Paneer" with tofu instead of cheese. Yum!!
ReplyDeleteI lovelovelove lentil dal, vegetable curry, and saag aloo!
ReplyDeletechana masala
ReplyDeletesaag tofu
ReplyDeleteI love Indian cuisine, and was really having a hard time trying to narrow it down to one favorite dish... until I remembered how much my gentleman friend and I liked being able to pick up some onion bhaji at the Indian restaurant that was close to our previous house. Since then, we moved to a different city where there is no Indian restaurant at all (I know!) and I dearly miss those yummy onion bhaji.
ReplyDeleteI love indian food. Any kind of dal is fine by me! I love the lentils :)
ReplyDeleteI have a bunch of faves:
ReplyDeleteBisibela baath
Puri aloo
Aloo paratha
Paneer butter masala
Rasam
Palak paneer
I have lots of favorite vegetarian dish! I like the Indian veggie food because it tastes good because of the spices.
ReplyDeletesaag paneer, with a feta-like tofu instead of cheese.and fresh, garlicy naan. yeah!
ReplyDeleteAloo palak - potato and spinach curry with naan to soak up the sauce
ReplyDeleteI am a sucker for any kind of saag dish, yum!! :)
ReplyDeleteAloo paratha - Spicy potato stuffed flaky bread goodness. All those carbs make me so happy!
ReplyDeleteWarm and comforting daal with red lentils.
ReplyDeleteI love samosas most of all, but about a million other dishes come close.
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ReplyDeleteI love Rajma! It makes my kitchen smell so wonderful when I make it!
ReplyDeleteRed lentil daal..yum!!
ReplyDeleteLauren
homemade naan with chana masala. yum. in fact, i'm eating it for lunch today!
ReplyDeleteI love red lentil dal with fresh roti... YUM.
ReplyDeleteDosas!
ReplyDeleteI really love a simple daal over rice. Really Indian food is just one of my favorites in general... I like it spicy, too!
ReplyDeleteI love aloo gobi and am actually have leftovers of it for dinner tonight. :)
ReplyDeleteSAMOSAS
ReplyDeletei like chana masala with cauliflower!
ReplyDeleteI love almost all indian food - we have a restaurant here in sacramento that is all vegetarian/vegan. my favorite dish to make is aloo gobi.
ReplyDeleteAloo palak and samosa.
ReplyDeleteMy fave would be pakoras! How can you not love the deep-fried delicious veggie fritters?!
ReplyDeleteChanna Masala or anything with potatoes and a tomato based sauce. But my husband loves Veg Vindaloo or anything EXTRA spicy!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is probably Saag but I also love vegetable Korma. So many to choose from!
ReplyDeletegotta be yellow daal. Of course samosas and pakoras are pretty good too. Actually I could eat Indian every day of the week!
ReplyDeletealoo gobi, hands down!
ReplyDeleteMy mom's pumpkin bhajji (vegetable) - spicy, slightly sweet, and oh so comforting.
ReplyDelete2nd and 3rd place: Dal Makhani (veganized), and good Hyderabadi Vegetable Biriyani
My favorite Indian dish must be veg pakora, I love it!
ReplyDeleteit's a toss-up between chana masala and daal... mm
ReplyDeleteGosh so many yummy indian dishes...for southern Indian, nothing can beat a dosa. Northern Indian, I love dal - any kind will do! Makes me hungry just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteChana masala with some good naan FTW!
ReplyDeleteCan't go past a good biryani... and a yummy daal is hard to pass up. Nom nom nom!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love samosas and daal and anything with potatoes and/or chickpeas.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Indian dish is any kind of dahl.
ReplyDeletealoo gobi or palak paneer
ReplyDeletebiryani is amazing, as are samosas.
ReplyDeleteI think my favorites have to be veggie samosas and naan - I love my carbs!
ReplyDeleteSaag, it's also one of the best spinach dishes in the world!
ReplyDeletechana masala
ReplyDeleteIdli with spicy sambhar for sure - yum!
ReplyDeleteDal, Dal, and more Dal!
ReplyDeleteDal is one of the most satisfying savory foods on the planet.
Who would have thought that a little bowl could bring such great comfort to one's soul. It's so easy to make, plus, everyone usually has all the ingredients on hand...what could be better?!
ANYthing with coconut milk in it! Those kinds of curries are so creamy, it makes my mouth water just thinking about it!
ReplyDeleteEven though they're fatty, I love samosas. I also love mixed vegetable Utthappam with coconut chutney & sambar, any kind of vegan Dosai, Bindhi Masala, Balngan bhartha, yellow daal, garlic naan & some mango juice. I guess I really like indian food. NYC has some of the best!
ReplyDeleteIt's not really a dish, but samosas all the way!
ReplyDeleteAloo paratha! I love the potatoes and peas!!
ReplyDeleteveggie pakora
ReplyDeletei don't know what it's called, but it has cauliflower and peas i think in a light brown curry sauce.
ReplyDeleteDal makhani! (Sans ghee.) I can't get enough lentils.
ReplyDeleteRunner-up: chana masala, love my chickpeas.