Vegetable Dishes

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Home-cooking Vegetable Dishes recipes. Pick a dish from the list and cook it at home.

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Red Braised Green Pumpkin (Dong Gua)

Red Braised Green Pumpkin (Dong Gua)

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Red Braised Green Pumpkin is a home-style vegetarian dish with vibrant color, delicious aroma, and fresh taste. The texture is soft and tender with rich flavor. It is one of the popular Chinese braised dishes. The pumpkin itself is rich in water, dietary fiber, and Vitamin C, helping to clear internal heat, relieve summer heat, and promote diuresis/swelling reduction. Paired with simple seasonings, it is nutritious and easy to digest. This dish is friendly to beginners with clear steps. As long as you master heat control and seasoning, the estimated cooking time is about 25 minutes.
Century Egg with Silken Tofu

Century Egg with Silken Tofu

Difficulty：★☆☆☆☆ 566 kcal

Century egg tofu is a refreshing, appetizing cold home-style dish: the century eggs are bouncy and silky, the silken tofu melts in your mouth, and the salty, savory, slightly sour flavor goes great with rice. Tofu is rich in quality plant protein and calcium, while century eggs provide iron, vitamin A and other nutrients; together they're easy to digest. There's almost no skill barrier, so beginners can make it easily, and it takes only about 5 minutes from prep to table.
Roasted Eggplant

Roasted Eggplant

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 145 kcal

Roasted eggplant has a rich aroma and a crispy texture on the outside with a tender inside. The spicy fragrance of cumin and garlic blends perfectly into the soft eggplant flesh, easily recreating the street BBQ flavor at home. Rich in Vitamin P and anthocyanins, it helps protect the cardiovascular system and acts as an antioxidant. This recipe requires an oven, but the steps are clear, making it suitable for beginners to complete in about half an hour. Great as a quick side dish for family gatherings.
Stir-fried Eggs with Onions

Stir-fried Eggs with Onions

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆ 562 kcal

Stir-fried Eggs with Onions is a savory, home-style dish with a rich aroma of scallions. The eggs are tender and smooth, and the onions add a sweet freshness; it is a popular side dish for the whole family. Eggs are rich in high-quality protein and various vitamins, while onions contain dietary fiber and antioxidants, making this a nutritionally balanced quick meal. The preparation process is extremely simple and very beginner-friendly, taking only about 5 minutes from prepping to serving.
Salty Pepper Corn

Salty Pepper Corn

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 693 kcal

It's a savory textured snack that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It has the common 'dry scent' texture found in Sichuan restaurants; when you bite into it, there is the natural sweetness of the corn. Corn provides rich carbohydrates and dietary fiber. Paired with sesame seeds, it supplements high-quality fats and Vitamin E. Although the steps for this dish are a bit numerous, the operation is simple. It requires a little patience to shake off the water and coat the flour, and it is very beginner-friendly. From thawing to serving, it takes about 30 minutes.
Olives and Minced Meat with Green Beans

Olives and Minced Meat with Green Beans

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆ 720 kcal

Olives and Minced Meat with Green Beans is a home-style stir-fry with a strong Chaoshan flavor. It features a savory, crispy, and tender texture that goes wonderfully with rice. Green beans are rich in dietary fiber and vitamins. Paired with minced meat, this dish provides high-quality protein, while the olives bring a unique savory flavor. This recipe is clear and easy for beginners to follow; just remember to stir-fry the green beans thoroughly. From preparation to serving, it takes about thirty minutes.
Japanese House-style Tofu (Japandoufu)

Japanese House-style Tofu (Japandoufu)

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 946 kcal

Japanese House-style Tofu is a quick, everyday home-cooked dish featuring a crispy, golden crust wrapping a soft, silky egg tofu. Paired with seasonal vegetables like green peppers and carrots, it can be prepared in either savory or sweet and sour flavors. The dish features a crispy, fragrant taste with a soft interior. Made primarily from eggs, the Japanese tofu is rich in high-quality protein; when combined with fungus (wood ear) and vegetables, it offers a balanced nutrition profile. It requires a bit of technique for frying but is of medium difficulty, making it suitable for beginners. It takes about 30 minutes to serve.
Stir-fried Lotus Root Cubes

Stir-fried Lotus Root Cubes

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 214 kcal

Stir-fried Lotus Root Cubes is a quick, simple home-style vegetarian dish. The lotus root cubes are crispy, tender, and refreshing, with a savory flavor possessing a subtle spiciness that goes very well with rice. Lotus root is rich in dietary fiber and vitamins, helping to clear heat and moisten dryness. It is easy to make; as long as you pay attention to blanching the cubes and seasoning, even kitchen beginners can easily finish it. The entire process takes about 20 minutes to get to the dinner table.
Crispy Dry Pot Cauliflower

Crispy Dry Pot Cauliflower

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 759 kcal

Dry Pot Cauliflower is a classic Hunan-style home-cooked dish known for its crispy, tender texture and savory fragrance, accompanied by the rich aroma and slight spiciness of fried pork belly. Cauliflower is rich in Vitamin C and dietary fiber, and when paired with pork belly, it provides a good balance of protein and energy. The difficulty level is moderate; pay attention to draining the cauliflower thoroughly after blanching and rendering the fat from the pork belly. It is suitable for home cooks with some basic experience. Preparation to serving takes about 40 minutes.
Shredded Cabbage with Five-Starc Pork

Shredded Cabbage with Five-Starc Pork

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 1663 kcal

Hand-shredded cabbage is a classic Hunan dish known for its sour, spicy, crunchy texture. The dish features cabbage that is tender, tenderly seasoned, and streaky pork that is savory but not greasy; it is an appetizing side dish that pairs perfectly with rice. Cabbage is rich in Vitamin C and dietary fiber, while the pork belly provides protein and energy. The key to cooking this dish is managing the high heat stir-frying time, which can be slightly challenging for beginners, but following the steps will lead to success. Cooking time from preparation to serving is approximately 20 minutes.
Di San Xian

Di San Xian

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 264 kcal

Di San Xian is a classic Northeast Chinese home-style dish. The eggplant is soft and sticky, the potatoes are fluffy, and the hot peppers are crisp. The combination is savory and salty, making it a perfect appetizer to go with plain rice. The ingredients provide a rich mix of vitamins and dietary fiber, while the potatoes offer satisfying carbohydrate energy. This dish requires frying and quick stir-frying, so it has certain technical requirements to follow. Beginners need to practice a little. The entire cooking process takes about 40 minutes.
Cabbage Stir-Fried with Eggs and Glass Noodles

Cabbage Stir-Fried with Eggs and Glass Noodles

Difficulty：★★★☆☆ 570 kcal

Cabbage Stir-Fried with Eggs and Glass Noodles is a savory and tasty home-style quick dish. The crisp-sweet cabbage shreds merge with the soft-and-chewy glass noodles and tender, smooth eggs, creating a complex texture profile. Cabbage is rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, eggs provide high-quality protein, and the carrots add nutritional value, balancing meat and vegetables. You need to soak the noodles in advance. While the process has a few steps, the operation is not complicated, posing a slight challenge for beginners. From prep to serving, it takes approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Indian Bottle Gourd Kofta

Indian Bottle Gourd Kofta

Difficulty：★★★★☆ 571 kcal

This North Indian vegetarian dish features lauki (bottle gourd) grated into strands and mixed with chickpea flour to form balls, which are then deep-fried and simmered in a rich tomato-onion curry. The lauki is refreshing, while the chickpea flour provides plant protein and fiber, making it a filling and balanced meal. The cooking involves deep frying and sauce preparation; the steps are numerous but easy to master if followed in order, taking about 40 minutes in total.
Cold Dressed Lactuca Sativa

Cold Dressed Lactuca Sativa

Difficulty：★☆☆☆☆ 191 kcal

A refreshing and appetizing home-style cold dish. The rich, mellow flavor of the sesame paste wraps around the crisp and tender texture of the vegetable. The combination of sweet, sour, salty, and fragrant flavors makes it very tasty. This dish is rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, while the sesame paste provides calcium and healthy fats, making it nutritionally balanced. It is easy to make; just chop and toss. From preparation to serving, it only takes a dozen minutes. It is especially suitable for beginners and for when you need a quick dish.