Gujarati Dinner Menu Recipe Ideas (2024)

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Here you can find a great selection of Gujarati Dinner Recipe Ideas. These are the traditional Gujarati dishes that are served daily in a typical Gujarati household. Gujarati recipes are suitable for vegetarians, mostly vegan and are also eggless.

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A typical Gujarati dinner consists of a bread, curry, dal or kadhi with plain rice. Majority of these recipes are quick and simple and are easy to make on a busy weekday.

On special occasions, you may be served a traditional Gujarati Thali which also includes farsan and a sweet dish.

To put together a Gujarati Menu, choose a shaak (curry), bread, a dal/kadhi, rice and a pickle.

Gujarati Shaak (Main Dishes)

Mag nu Saak – Easy Mung Bean Gujarati Curry

Mag nu Saak/Shaak or Mung Bean Curry is a traditional Gujarati recipe made with moong beans, tomato and garlic.This easy and quick recipe can be made in Instant pot and stove top. Serve this plant based and naturally gluten-free curry with rice, roti, salad and papad.

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KOBI BATETA NU SHAAK – CABBAGE AND POTATO CURRY

Cabbage and Potato Sabji or Kobi Bateta nu Shaak an everyday Gujarati style stir-fry prepared with potato and cabbage without using onion and garlic.

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Tindora Nu Shaak – Tindora Sabzi Recipe

This Tindora nu Shaak, or Tindora Sabzi recipe, is an easy Gujarati curry prepared with ivy gourd and basic spices. This vegan tindora recipe is gluten-free, healthy and can be ready in 15 minutes.

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Sev Tameta Nu Shaak

Sev Tameta nu Shaak is a delicious Kathiyawadi Gujarati curry. It is prepared by combining fried gram flour noodles (crunchy sev) with a spicy and sweet tomato and garlic gravy.

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A spicy tomato and garlic curry is topped with crisp sev. It is a popular dish with gujarati people!

Kabuli Chana Bateta | Chana Bateta Nu Saak | Aloo Chana (homestyle)

This style of homely Chana Bateta without onion and garlic is perfect with halwa poori. I have used white chickpeas, or Kabuli Chana, to make a mild aloo chana masala that is vegan and can be made in one pot within 15 minutes!l

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Kala Chana Nu Shaak

RasadarKala Chana Nu Saakis a classic curry recipe of Gujrat, which iscooked in mildly sweet, tangy and spicy tomato and tamarind gravy and made without onion and garlic.

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RINGAN BATETA NU SHAAK

This homely and wholesome eggplant and potato shaak or ringan bateta nu shaak is cooked in tomato and garlic gravy. We love making this in our pressure cooker or Instant Pot for a quick yet delicious mid-week meal.

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Bhindi Sambhariya

This delicious stuffed okra sabji or sambhariya bhindi is a popular Gujarati style sabji. It is made with a stuffing of coconut and spices with capsicum and green onion for extra flavour and texture.

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Gujarati Tuver nu Shaak

Gujarati style Tuver nu Shaak or gungo peas/pigeon peas curry is an easy recipe. Naturally vegan and gluten-free

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Easy Potato Chips Curry – Dry

This Potato Chips Curry or Bateta Chips nu Saak is a Gujarati vegan potato curry that can be ready in under 15 minutes. It is a perfect pantry staple curry that requires few ingredients

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Khatta Moong – Gujarati Khatta Mag

Khatta Mug is a classic dish of Gujarati cuisine. So simple and easy yet tasty and nutritious. In this recipe, whole moong beans are cooked with spicy yogurt gravy.

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Ringna No Oro

A Kathiyawadi Gujarati Style Smoky Aubergine Dip so delicious and goes nicely with millet flatbreads.

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GUVAR DHOKLI NU SAAK/SHAAK

Guvar dhokli nu saak or shaak is an easy, delicious traditional Gujarati recipe that is prepared with cluster beans and multigrain flour dumplings. This curry can be made traditional way over the stovetop or in the instant pot if pressed for time.

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Ringan Palita (Patika)

This Gujarati style dry aubergine curry is quick to make and only requires basic ingredients. It's vegan, gluten-free and ready in less than 15 minutes.

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Fulavar Bateta Nu Saak – Flower Bateta Nu Shaak

Fulavar Bateta Nu Saak is a Gujarati no onion-garlic cauliflower and potato curry. It is so easy to follow yet very tasty and soul-satisfying.

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Valor Ringan Nu Shaak

Valor Ringna nu Saakis one of the most popular and best combination you can try in your own kitchen.

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Papdi Nu Shaak Recipe

This Gujarati Papdi Nu Shaak is a easy and simple Indian curry prepread with flat beans and basic Indian spices.

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Gujarati Bateta Nu Shaak

Authentic Gujarati style potato curry which has all the flavours usually served during Gujarati weddings or other ceremonies.

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Sambhariya Parwal – Parvar nu shaak

Gujarati style, delicious, homely and easy to make stir fry made with pointed gourd aka Parwal or Parwar.

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POTATO AND PEANUT FARALI BHAJI – MOONGPHALI ALOO KI SABJI

Aloo and peanut farali bhaji is must during fasting season such as Navratri. Made with boiled potatoes, basic spices and roasted peanuts. If you make this recipe, you want all for yourself!!

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Gujarati side dishes

Gujarati Kadhi (traditional recipe)

Gujarati Kadhi, is a yoghurt-based soup. Traditional Gujarati Kadhi is thinner than Punjabi kadhi, mildly spiced, sweet-sourness that is typical of Gujarati cooking. This kadhi is great to eat with plain rice or khichdi.

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Gujarati Dal

Gujarati Dal is a flavourful and nutritious everyday recipe made with tuver/toor dal, spices, and a touch of sweetness. It is finished with a tempering and is served with steamed rice or in a thali for a complete meal.

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Instant Pot Trevti Daal -Three Lentil Daal with Spinach

This delicious and vegan Instant Pot Trevti Daal with Spinach hits the spot when you’re craving for comforting yet healthy food. Serve it up over the bed of rice and some fresh salad on the side!

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Instant Pot Easy Gujarati Chana Dal

This split chickpea dal can be made without a pressure cooker or can be made in the pressure cooker or in an Instant Pot. This Gujarati Channa Daal which is equally tangy and sweet.

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Mag ni Dal – Mag ni Chutti Dal

Mug ni Chutti Dal or Dry Moong Dal is a simple side dish commonly enjoyed in Gujarati cuisine made with split yellow lentils and basic spices.

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Gujarati Mango Kadhi

Gujarati Mango kadhi is a summer delight. This Kadhi is prepared with ripe mango pulp, yogurt and besan. It can be ready in 20 minutes.

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Fulwadi Ni Kadhi

Fulwadi Ni Kadhi is prepared with deep fried chickpea flour rolls in a spicy seasoned yogurt soup.

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Bhinda Kadhi

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Can be served with plain rice or jeera rice

Jeera Rice (Cumin Rice)

Prepare perfect jeera ricealongside your Indian meal. Each grain is separate, fluffy and non-sticky! Thissimple jeera rice recipehas only 4 ingredients and takes little time to make.

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Breads

On a day to day basis, gujarati food is served with rotlis.

Soft and Round Gujarati Rotli

Pillowy soft Indian style flatbreads are made on the stovetop to accompany a variety of Indian dishes.

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Gujarati Bhakri Recipe

Gujarati sadi Bhakhri is crispy and buttery almost like biscuits, Gujarati unleavened and wholesome bread that is ideal for breakfast.

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Masala Bhakri

Gujarati Masala Bhakhri, delicious and wholesome breakfast can be ready in less than 10 minutes.

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Sometimes, you might see methi thepla on the menu, simply served with some pickle and/or yogurt.

Authentic Gujarati Methi Thepla

Methi na Thepla are a delicious Gujarati flatbread made with whole wheat flour, methi leaves and Indian spices. This Methi Thepla recipe follows the authentic recipe and makes soft and thin thepla.

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Authentic Gujarati Plain Thepla

Soft and delicious Gujarati style pan fried flat bread made with wheat flour and basic spies.

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BAJRA METHI DHEBRA

These Bajra Methi Dhebra is a healthy preparation of Gujarati thepla. The addition of millet and gram flour and fenugreek leaves in to these pan fried flatbread makes them nutritious and tasty.

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Bajra Na Rotla

Rice/Khichdi

Baby Potato Pulao – Lasaniya Bateta Pulao

This baby potato pulao is so easy to prepare and tastes incredibly amazing. Garlic chutney lends that extra kick and tons of flavours, bland Potato and chick peas soaks all the wonderful flavours of garlic chutney and mingle beautifully in this dish.

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Gujarati Khichdi

Khichdi is a South Asian preparation made from rice and lentils (dal). Khichri is commonly considered to be comfort food,

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Dudhi Khichdi (Lauki Khichdi)

Dudhi Khichdi, comfort food at it’s best! Perfect one pot meal and a nutritious dish made using rice, green split moong daal, whole spices and Dudhi.

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Swaminarayan Khichdi

Pickles/Sides

Gujarati Lasan ni Chutney | Garlic Chutney

This spicy condiment recipe is made with fresh garlic, red chilli powder and sesame seeds. It is no cook, simple and easy to make and more importantly has a long shelf life compared to the other chutney recipes.

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Green Mint and Coriander Chutney (Chutney for Chaat)

You can not have any Indian chaat without this finger-licking Green Mint and Coriander Chutney!

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This chutney is brilliant especially alongside ringan bateta nu shaak.

Sambharo (Indian Cabbage Salad)

This Gujarati Sambharo stir-fry is made with cabbage and carrots. It has a characteristic crunch and tangy flavour which accompanies dishes so well!

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Carrot Sambharo – Gajar No Sambharo

Gajar No Sambharo is a crunchy warm carrot and green chilli stir-fry served in a Gujarati thali.

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Instant Carrot Green Chilli Pickle

This sweet and tangy Instant Carrot and Green Chilli Pickle recipe is made with fresh carrots, chillies and rai na kuria. This is a no oil recipe, instead the dressing is made with lemon juice.

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Gajar Marcha Athanu (Gajar Achar)

Gujarati Gajar Marcha nu Athanu is a simple instant pickle made with carrots, green chillies and achar masala.

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Zero oil fresh turmeric pickle (lili haldar)

Raiti Gor Keri

Kachi Keri and Dungri Kachumber (Raw mango and onion kachumber)

Keri No chundo

Mango, chilli and Garlic Chutney

Mango and Garlic Chutney

Keri No Murabbo/Murabba

Delicious and yummy Gujarati style Preserve or Relish prepared with raw rajapuri mango, sugar and whole spices.

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KACHUMBER SALAD | INDIAN SIDE SALAD

Kachumber Salad is a refreshing Indian-style side salad to accompany a variety of Indian meals. Made with 3 simple main ingredients, tomato, cucumber, and onion, this zingy salad can be ready in 5 minutes!

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Easy Poppadoms Recipe

Poppadoms are a delicious Indian appetizer popular in Indian restaurants. With this quick and easy homemade poppadom recipe, you can prepare perfectly crunchy poppadoms to serve during curry night! Included are fried, tava cooked, air fryer and microwave recipes.

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Gujarati Dinner Menu Recipe Ideas

Hayley Dhanecha

Want to learn to make a Gujarati dinner? Here are traditional recipes from Gujarat with instructions. Recipes are simple, vegetarian or vegan and eggless.

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Equipment

  • 1 Pressure cooker

  • 1 pan

  • 1 Kadai

  • 1 Rolling Pin

  • 1 Spatula

  • 1 Hand blander

Ingredients

  • 1 Kobi Bateta Nu Shaak
  • 1 Gujarati Dal
  • 1 Mag nu Shaak
  • 1 Rotli
  • 1 Gajar No Sambharo
  • 1 Vaghareli Khichdi
  • 1 Chaas

Instructions

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  • Click on the recipe link.

  • Read the recipe and gather all the ingredients that are required for the recipe.

  • Prepare the recipe by following the method/instructions given in the recipe card.

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