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Lovely recipes, thanks Deena.

Yes I agree, I am a vege who loves indian food so the  more recipes the better

Hi Zac,
Firstly, thanks so much for the encouraging words-so kind of you.

Secondly; the challenge!

I dont think cooking vegetarian Indian meals has to be expensive.  I will assume for simplicity that you already have the spices and the rice, but here are a few ideas;

A meal for 4 under £20:

starters: Home made paneer marinated in roasted spices and hung curd.  (use a gallon of milk to make the paneer, and then hang curd in some cloth and add spices). 

Main Meal: Spinach, dill and fenugreek curry (recipe is in my blog)

Kidney bean and sweetcorn curry (made with tinned corn and kidney beans and using freshly grated ginger, a chopped onions and some garlic)

Masoor Daal: buttery, gently spiced lentils

Jeera Rice: fry off cooked and then cooled rice in sauted onion, star anise, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, and pepper, then add a squeeze of lemon...its so aromatic

Optional: naan

As a desert: Yogurt cake, I know, it sounds bizzare, but its just normal cake, with yogurt added to it and the cake is ultra moist and has a little sourness to it.  I soak into it a lime and rose water syrup.  I add spiced of cinnamon and cardomon to the cake, as well as saffron, to give it that indian sweet dish taste. goes down well.

I will post the one £7 one tmrw!

Hope this helps
Warm wishes
Deena

There is only one thing you need to know when thinking about veg Indian and that is Aubergine!

Nothing else matters.

You can make Aubergine taste like any type of meat.

Google "tarka dhal" recipe.  Endless variations with roti/chapati.  In my experience of cooking for my veggie daughter Quorn needs more added liquid and tends to absorb the "heat" in spicy food more than meat.