15 Easy Vegetarian Recipes

15 easy and comforting Pantry staples Vegetarian recipes to keep you satisfied and filling in these crazy times of limited groceries at home.

pantry staple vegetarian recipes roundup

These days times are tough and with limited groceries, in the pantries, I thought to compile a list of pantry staples recipe to help you all.

Most of us normally have spices, rice, and lentils, pasta, beans, milk, etc in our pantry, so I have listed 15 easy and filling pantry staple vegetarian recipes below to try with these common ingredients at home.

Few of my blogger friends were kind enough to help me by sending their recipes to include in the post, hope you can try these easy panty staple recipes while staying home. Stay safe you all!

Below are 15 easy vegetarian pantry staples recipes listed. Hope you’ll like them.

Srividhya’s Instant pot chana dal biryani is made without onions and garlic using instant pot. So if you have rice and lentil at home just put on the IP and enjoy this comforting meal.

Qabooli Biryani | Instant Pot Chana Dal Biryani
Hyderabad fame qubooli or the qabooli biryani with the goodness of Bengal gram dal but without any onion and garlic made in the Instant Pot.
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Sowmya’s Karamani Kuzhi Paniyaram made using cowpeas, and or black-eyed peas. Use whatever lentil you have in your pantry and enjoy this yummy snack with tea.

Karamani Kuzhi Paniyaram | Bread Therapy
Since we were good yesterday and had some nutritious mung sprouts soup, we can indulge ourselves today with this crispy kuzhi paniyaram or fried dumplings. Usually this is made with leftover idli batter but since we are on a protein rich theme, we shall make this with cowpeas / one eyed peas / lobia…
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Archana’s Vegetarian Tehri is loaded with exotic and rich flavors of spices. This is an easy one-pot meal and I guess you can add or remove whatever vegetable you have in your pantry.

Vegetarian Tehri My Tryst With Awadhi Cuisine – The Mad Scientist’s Kitchen
Simple and aromatic Palif that is a cross between pulao and biryani.Yet delicious and filling one-pot meal!
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Padmajha’s Ogarnay Anna means seasoned rice is the easiest and very tasty rice dish which basically needs only rice and few spices. Enjoy it with yogurt and stay safe.

Ogarnay Anna | Seasoned Rice – Seduce Your Tastebuds…
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Priya’s Lachko dal is red lentil curry made with lentils and few spices. It pairs just amazing with some boiled rice and voila you have got yourself a meal ready!

Lachko Dal – Mashed Toor dal/Pigeon peas – I camp in my kitchen
Lachko dal, a gujarati dish, mashed toor dal, tempered with spices. This dal makes a delicious accompaniment with rice, real comfort meal.
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Mirelle’s Kalonji Dal is simple dal recipe made with lentils, tomatoes and onion seeds. If you do not have onion seeds at home simply replace them with cumin seeds and enjoy.

Kalonji Dal – Nigella Seed Dal
Kalonji Dal – Nigella Seed Dal – This Bengali dal is simple and easy with just chillies, kalonji (black onion seed) and tomatoes. Just 20 minutes and you have dal to eat with all of your Indian meals
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Amara’s Paneer rice is a very flavorful rice dish made using paneer and few spices. If you don’t have paneer at home you must be having some milk, then make your own homemade paneer and try this recipe.

Paneer Rice
This Paneer Rice is such a quick and easy dish with full of flavours. Spices that I used are basic everyday spices, what brings a unique flavour to the dish is frying the onions till brown. This ri…
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Pavani’s Vegetarian black beans and rice is a one-pot meal made of rice and black beans. Use your tinned black beans or any other beans you have got at home and top it with your favorite toppings.

Vegetarian Black Beans & Rice | Instant Pot Recipe – Cook’s Hideout
This vegetarian black beans & rice recipe is quick & easy to make and is great for a weeknight meal. Top it with your favorite toppings and enjoy!!
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Pantry staple vegetraian recipes

Usha’s Oats Pulihora is a savory oats dish that tastes just amazing. If you are bored of eating oats porridge everyday try this savory version for a change.

Oats Pulihora – MySpicyKitchen
When I decided to do “cooking with store bought mixes”, all I could think of was desserts and sweets; brownies, cakes, trifle pudding and if these were not enough, I went and picked up sheer kurma mix and vermicelli pudding mix from the Indian store. I told myself I was not going to do more…
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Tex Mex Rice is a one-pot rice dish made with rice, black beans, tomatoes, and corn. You can use tinned beans and tomatoes as well.

Tex-Mex Rice
A Texas Mexico atyle one pot rice dish loaded with beans, peppers and tangy tomatoes.
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Potatoes are common pantry staples, turn them into theses delicious wedges and enjoy the time with family.

Herbed Potato Wedges
Spicy baked potato loaded with lots of herbs are perfect to serve with Thanksgiving dinner.
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Whatever pasta and vegetables you have got at home just through in everything in the pot and enjoy a warm pasta dish.

One Pot Pasta
A healthy and tasty pasta cooked with a lot of vegetables and herbs.
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This chilli can be made with whatever beans, chickpea or lentils you have in your pantry. Add in your favorite herbs, dried ones in case you haven’t got fresh and enjoy.

Vegetarian Chili
A healthy and delicious beans and chickpeas chili with lots of vegetables. This dish is a wonderful meal for a weekday lunch or dinner.
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Have banana and flour then bake yourself some banana bread because you need a sweet treat to indulge in.

Banana Bread
A super delicious, egg free and whole wheat best ever banana bread. Each slice of this bread is worth eating.
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The very simple and delicious Indian sweet dish which only needs rice, milk, and sugar. Even though times are tough but you still need to satisfy the sweet tooth.

Mango Kheer
Mango Kheer is the favorite summer dessert of North India, serve it warm or chilled, either way, kheer is just an amazing sweet indulgence.
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