American veg ideas for Indian guests

[Anonymous]

What’s something dissimilar to what they eat? 🙏 maybe corn but is too much dairy difficult on systems? Thanks you

[Anonymous]

Veggie lasagna, eggplant parmigiana, couscous with veggies, pasta with tomato sauce, garden salad, quiche, home made mac and cheese, focaccia or any bread.
I make these for my Indian vegetarian sil, he loves it all. He has no problem with dairy.

[Anonymous]

Tacos. Here's a nice selection of recipes:

https://rainbowplantlife.com/#search/q=tacos

[Anonymous]

There's a lot of dairy in a lot of Indian food. Ghee, yogurt, cream, paneer, raita, cheese desserts...

Are they purposefully dairy free?

Deborah Madison and Mark Bittman both have great vegetarian cookbooks. Or check the Washington Post. Last week there was a section about seasonal eating and a lot of the recipes were vegetarian.

[Anonymous]

Capri salad (fresh, mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, fresh basil). Maybe some cayenne pepper on the side if the guests want to liven it up themselves.

[Anonymous]

These are great- thank you thank you
should modify the dairy part-when I make vegetarian I use cheese as a crutch. Probably too much cheese. So trying to have dishes where the vegetables and herbs are the stars? But cheese and butter are a oks

[Anonymous]

I agree with the caprese salad option, maybe with Burrata; fried okra, sautéed zucchini and yellow squash with Vidalia onion, some creamed corn might be nice if they can handle the dairy; collard greens + cornbread, candied yams, black eyed peas/hoppin John (can you tell I’m from the south…)

[Anonymous]

What are the other items you’re serving? That would be helpful for suggestions. are you looking for sides or main dishes?

[Anonymous]

Greek food.

[Anonymous]

I’m Indian and I love Tex-Mex.

[Anonymous]

Does it have to be American food?

Mexican/Americanized Mexican food will almost always go over well. Enchiladas, tacos, seasoned rice.

Mediterranean food would work too. Hummus, pita, baba ghanoush, salad, falafel.

Or go with Italian- pasta with veggies, salad, fresh bread

[Anonymous]

If you want to go super American, I’d serve homemade veggie burgers, roasted potatoes/fries, corn on the cob, coleslaw, etc. If you wanted more sides, there are tons of vegetarian options—caprese, kale salad, pasta salad, baked beans (made vegetarian).

(There are tons of veggie burger recipes on the internet, and they’re so easy to make that I don’t even use a recipe anymore, but I’ve seen lots of buzz about the one on Sally’s Baking Addiction.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want to go super American, I’d serve homemade veggie burgers, roasted potatoes/fries, corn on the cob, coleslaw, etc. If you wanted more sides, there are tons of vegetarian options—caprese, kale salad, pasta salad, baked beans (made vegetarian).

(There are tons of veggie burger recipes on the internet, and they’re so easy to make that I don’t even use a recipe anymore, but I’ve seen lots of buzz about the one on Sally’s Baking Addiction.)

Mind you if they are Indians from India - i.e. immigrants - they likely won't like American veggie burgers. My Indian parents/relatives/friends go on and on about how bad veggie burgers are here bc they are made of beans, rice, soy etc. -- and are forever comparing them to veggie burgers back home which are essentially potato patties. FWIW Indian vegetarians love potato in every form.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want to go super American, I’d serve homemade veggie burgers, roasted potatoes/fries, corn on the cob, coleslaw, etc. If you wanted more sides, there are tons of vegetarian options—caprese, kale salad, pasta salad, baked beans (made vegetarian).

(There are tons of veggie burger recipes on the internet, and they’re so easy to make that I don’t even use a recipe anymore, but I’ve seen lots of buzz about the one on Sally’s Baking Addiction.)

Mind you if they are Indians from India - i.e. immigrants - they likely won't like American veggie burgers. My Indian parents/relatives/friends go on and on about how bad veggie burgers are here bc they are made of beans, rice, soy etc. -- and are forever comparing them to veggie burgers back home which are essentially potato patties. FWIW Indian vegetarians love potato in every form.

Veggie burgers here are terrible because they’re frozen hockey pucks. If you make them from scratch—not hard!!—you can make them from whatever you want. Potatoes wouldn’t be my choice personally (potatoes between two buns?), but any combo of beans and veggies with some seasonings, panko or oats, and eggs can make a great burger!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want to go super American, I’d serve homemade veggie burgers, roasted potatoes/fries, corn on the cob, coleslaw, etc. If you wanted more sides, there are tons of vegetarian options—caprese, kale salad, pasta salad, baked beans (made vegetarian).

(There are tons of veggie burger recipes on the internet, and they’re so easy to make that I don’t even use a recipe anymore, but I’ve seen lots of buzz about the one on Sally’s Baking Addiction.)

Mind you if they are Indians from India - i.e. immigrants - they likely won't like American veggie burgers. My Indian parents/relatives/friends go on and on about how bad veggie burgers are here bc they are made of beans, rice, soy etc. -- and are forever comparing them to veggie burgers back home which are essentially potato patties. FWIW Indian vegetarians love potato in every form.

Veggie burgers here are terrible because they’re frozen hockey pucks. If you make them from scratch—not hard!!—you can make them from whatever you want. Potatoes wouldn’t be my choice personally (potatoes between two buns?), but any combo of beans and veggies with some seasonings, panko or oats, and eggs can make a great burger!

I'm the PP you're quoting - yes Indians from India do think a potato between 2 buns is a great meal; it is a carb heavy diet - as you can sometimes see by physique. I'm sure yours are better than the frozen pre made ones, I'm just saying that I wouldn't go thru the effort of making them for people who'll just be thinking - hmm potatoes are better than this.