The Ultimate Indian Vegetarian Feast - Six Recipes for an Epic Dinner

The Ultimate Indian Vegetarian Feast - Six Recipes for an Epic Dinner

This is the one. The ULTIMATE Indian vegetarian feast and honestly one of the most joyful things to come out of this kitchen. Six recipes, one incredible spread, and every single dish completely vegetarian. We have got a spiced potato and tomato curry, saag halloumi, an egg curry with fennel and curry leaves, spiced yoghurt broccoli, rice pilaf, and onion and coriander chapatis. It is a PROPER feast and my god, does it deliver on flavour.

Now before you panic, none of these recipes are difficult. The key to pulling this whole thing off without losing your mind is your mise en place. Get every single bit of prep done before you start cooking. Onions, garlic, ginger, chillies, coriander, they all appear in almost every dish, so chop everything at once, divide it up onto plates, and you are ready to go. Once your prep is done, this whole feast flows beautifully.

Every single recipe is already on the website,  click through to each one below for the full method, tips, and everything you need. You can make the whole feast together, or pull out individual recipes for a quick weeknight dinner. The saag halloumi alone on a Friday night with some rice is INCREDIBLE. Every single one of these dishes stands brilliantly on its own.

Watch the full feast being made on YouTube!

Recipe Details:

• Prep Time: 1 hour (for the whole feast)
• Cook Time: 1.5 to 2 hours (for the whole feast)
• Total Time: Around 3 hours
• Serves: 4 to 6 as a full feast
• Difficulty: Medium (each individual dish is easy, there is just a lot going on!)
• Special Equipment: Large frying pan, blender or stick blender, oven, air fryer (optional)

The real magic of an Indian feast like this is in the layers of flavour that build across every dish. Each curry has its own personality, its own spice profile, its own texture, but they all belong together on the same table. The potato curry is rich and deeply spiced. The saag halloumi is silky and salty and completely addictive. The egg curry is gentle and creamy and completely unlike anything else on the table. The broccoli is charred and spiced and just extraordinary. The pilaf rice is fragrant and buttery. And the chapatis? Hot from the pan, flaky, herby, and absolutely the best thing to scoop everything up with. Together it is just NEXT LEVEL.

Why You'll Love This Feast

• Every dish is vegetarian: A complete, satisfying, protein-packed feast with absolutely no meat required
• Make ahead friendly: Most of the curries are better the next day once the flavours have had time to develop, making this perfect for a dinner party
• Mise en place is your superpower: Prep everything at once and cooking becomes a joy rather than a stress
• Each recipe works on its own: Pull out just the saag halloumi or just the egg curry for a quick weeknight dinner, no need to make the whole feast every time
• Completely show stopping: This spread on your table will have everyone absolutely blown away

The Six Recipes

Recipe 1: Potato and Tomato Curry (Alur Dom)

The most gorgeous, deeply spiced potato curry cooked in a rich tomato sauce. The potatoes are fried first to get some colour on them, then simmered in a spiced tomato base until they are completely tender and coated in the most incredible sauce. Make this one the day before if you can, it gets better and better as it sits.

Get the full recipe here: Potato and Tomato Curry - Alur Dom

Recipe 2: Saag Halloumi

Saag paneer but make it halloumi, and honestly? No regrets. Silky spiced spinach sauce, crispy golden halloumi, a tiny splash of coconut milk to bring it all together. This one is SO fast to make on its own, perfect for a weeknight and absolutely incredible as part of the feast.

Get the full recipe here: Saag Halloumi - Saag Paneer but with Halloumi

Recipe 3: Egg Curry with Fennel and Curry Leaves

The surprise star of the feast. Mustard seeds, fennel seeds, cardamom, curry leaves, and coconut milk give this curry a completely different flavour profile from everything else on the table. Gentle, creamy, fragrant, and absolutely delicious. Soft boiled eggs sitting in the most beautiful golden sauce, you have to try this one.

Get the full recipe here: Egg Curry with Fennel and Curry Leaves

Recipe 4: Spiced Yoghurt and Curry Leaf Broccoli

This broccoli will change your life. A two-stage marinade of turmeric, Kashmiri chilli, onion seeds, curry leaves, garlic, ginger, and yoghurt, rubbed all over a whole head of broccoli and roasted until the outside is golden, charred, and completely extraordinary. Make it the day before so it can soak up all that flavour overnight, then roast when you are ready.

Get the full recipe here: Spiced Yoghurt and Curry Leaf Broccoli

Recipe 5: Rice Pilaf with Caramelised Onions and Caraway

Not just steamed rice, a proper pilaf. Onions slowly caramelised in butter, caraway seeds toasted in the oil, rice toasted until each grain is coated and glossy, then baked in the oven until perfectly fluffy. It goes in alongside the broccoli which makes the timing of the whole feast much easier to manage.

Get the full recipe here: Rice Pilaf with Caramelised Onions and Caraway

Recipe 6: Onion and Coriander Chapatis

Flaky, herby, oniony flatbreads made with wholemeal flour, fried in lots of butter until golden with the most gorgeous charred onion edges. Start these first as the dough needs a rest before rolling, and cook them fresh just before serving. There is nothing quite like a warm chapati straight from the pan to scoop up all of those incredible curries.

Get the full recipe here: Onion and Coriander Chapatis

Tips for Making the Whole Feast

Mise en place is everything: Before you start cooking a single thing, get every bit of prep done. Chop all your onions, garlic, ginger, and coriander at once, divide onto plates, and you will be amazed how smoothly everything flows from there.

Start with the chapati dough: It needs a rest before rolling so get it made first, cover it, and come back to it when you are ready to cook.

Marinate the broccoli early: The broccoli can be marinated the morning of or even the night before. The longer it sits in that spice marinade the more incredible it will be.

Make the curries the day before: The potato curry, saag halloumi, and egg curry all improve significantly overnight. Make them ahead, refrigerate, and reheat gently before serving. It also means you only need to cook the rice and the broccoli on the day.

Cook the rice and broccoli together: Both go into the oven at the same time, which makes the timing of the whole feast much more manageable. The rice goes in at 185°C for 35 minutes and the broccoli starts at 180°C before being cranked up to 220°C for the last 5 minutes.

Taste and season as you go: Every curry needs salt at the end. Taste each one before serving and adjust. The halloumi in the saag is already salty so go carefully with that one.

Ghee is the dream: If you can get your hands on ghee use it instead of butter wherever the recipes call for it. It has a higher smoke point so less chance of burning, and the flavour is just extraordinary. Clarified butter works too.

Make Ahead Plan

This feast is genuinely brilliant for a dinner party because so much of it can be done in advance. Here is a simple plan:

The night before: Make the potato curry, saag halloumi, and egg curry. Marinate the broccoli. Store everything covered in the fridge.

The morning of: Make the chapati dough and leave it covered to rest. Prep any remaining vegetables.

One hour before serving: Get the broccoli into the oven. Make the pilaf rice and get it into the oven alongside the broccoli.

30 minutes before serving: Reheat the curries gently on the stove, stirring occasionally.

Just before serving: Fry the chapatis fresh in butter. Plate everything up and get it on the table!

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Enjoy!

Del x

Six recipes, one epic spread, and every single dish vegetarian. This Indian feast is a labour of love but every single minute of it is worth it. Get your mise en place done, make the curries ahead, and you will have the most incredible, flavour-packed dinner on your table with far less stress than you think. Click through to each recipe above and get cooking!