Savour the smoky charm of kebabs without the meat! Contradictory, no doubt -- how can a kebab be a kebab with no meat? But here are 7 handy recipes for vegetarian kebabs. Make them if you are vegetarian, feeling like vegetarian or expecting vegetarian guests.
Preeti Alam spices up a mixture of chopped veggies like carrots, French beans, peas, with mashed potatoes, to produce a meatless equivalent of the popular kebab. Easy to make, it’s a flavourful way to impress your guests.
Please find the recipe here: Veg Seekh Kebab
Kebabs don't have to be only savoury and Bethica Das offers a sweet and fun take on the popular appetiser as an ode to the mango fruit.
Please find the recipe here: Mango Seekh Kebab
Taruna Deepak’s veggie take on kebabs, made from horsegram lentils, channa, poha, alu, masalas, are healthy, vegan, and gluten-free delights. Enjoy them with your chai or drinks, pack them in your child’s tiffin, or serve them in sandwiches or wraps with a side of green chutney.
Please find the recipe here: Kulthi Kebabs
These creations by Shumaila Chauhan use yoghurt, walnuts, grated paneer, breadcrumbs and roasted garlic and onions. Not difficult to put together, the kebab mixture can be made a day in advance, rolled into kebabs, refrigerated and fried just before serving.
Please find the recipe here: Dahi Kebabs
Earthy-tasting rajma is the backbone of Chef Neha Deepak Shah's melt-in-your-mouth Rajma Kebabs that have walnuts too and an intriguing combination of spices, including peri peri, oregano.
Please find the recipe here: Rajma Kebabs
Yes, sabudana does well in kebabs too. Taruna Deepak offers a delightful recipe that makes for a spicy, vegan, and gluten-free appetiser made using sago pearls. Basically all the ingredients of a sabudana khichdi are converted into the base for a kebab. Perfect for fasting days, cocktail nights.
Please find the recipe here: Sabudana Kebabs
Chef Sneha Singhi’s vegetarian kebab equivalent are about crunchy walnuts and aromatic spices, that are blended into finely chopped capsicum, carrots, cabbage, mashed potatoes, paneer and cheese.
Please find the recipe here: Walnut Seekh Kebabs