Suggestions for 6 Simple and Appealing Vegetarian Feast Menus for the First Day of Tet

1 Menu for the offering feast on the first day of Tet

Mixed vegetable soup

To kick off the first menu of today, so that housewives can understand the allure of this feast, let’s take a look at the mixed vegetable soup first!

Just from the name, everyone can already imagine the deliciousness of this hot, light soup! Besides American corn, potatoes, carrots,… there are also contributions from kohlrabi, pickled mustard greens to create a wonderful broth.

If you are looking for simplicity yet still want to impress everyone, then the mixed vegetable soup will be the perfect choice. Besides the sweet and delicious vegetables, the broth will be the thing that keeps everyone lingering!

Fried vegetarian ribs with fish sauce

Besides the hot soup, the “companion” that always stands by to excite your taste buds is of course the fried vegetarian ribs with fish sauce!

From simple pieces of vegetarian ribs, going through a not too complicated cooking process, the end result is surprisingly eye-catching and delicious.

The ribs are both tender and chewy, yet rich in salty, sweet, and spicy flavors that stimulate the taste buds. With this attractive dish, enjoying it with a bowl of white rice will surely have your rice pot emptying in no time!

Fried vegetarian noodles

Similar to the regular savory feasts, the vegetarian offering feast also includes a full range of soups, fried dishes,… always! Next, continuing the first menu will be stir-fried dish – super delicious fried vegetarian noodles.

The soft rice noodles are stir-fried just enough, and when combined with tofu, bean sprouts, chives,… they become incredibly delicious!

Perhaps the allure comes from the simple preparation that highlights the deep flavors of the ingredients without overshadowing them!

Vegetarian curry + bread

We’ve only introduced a few dishes, and they already seem amazing, right? So, everyone should prepare for the surprises that are still to come!

If you still have doubts, take a look at the vegetarian curry below from TasteVN! It’s not an exaggeration to say that if it weren’t revealed, no one would guess that this is a vegetarian dish!

In addition to the mouthwatering aroma that fills every corner, vegetarian curry also has a super captivating color. Moreover, the various vegetables like sweet potato, potatoes,… combined with rich coconut milk, dipping it with a piece of bread makes it absolutely perfect!

Vegetarian green bean spring rolls

Do you know what one of the most sought-after delicious vegetarian dishes is? It’s none other than vegetarian green bean spring rolls!

With meticulous, skillful, and dexterous craftsmanship, a myriad of different ingredients are combined and tightly rolled together to create a beautiful final product!

Just that much, and each crispy roll with its crunchy, golden-brown outer layer, along with the creamy, rich, and light filling inside has left everyone in awe.

Vegetarian rice paper rolls

Wrapping up our first menu is a dish that will not disappoint anyone. Without taking much more time, let’s welcome the vegetarian rice paper rolls!

Vegetarian spring rolls are a unique dish that helps you have a perfect appetizer. The chewy rice paper wraps around fresh vegetables, with the skin being chewy and flavorful. Dipping it in a bowl of soy sauce is truly ideal!

2 Menu for the first day of Tet

Bitter melon soup stuffed with vegetarian tofu

Usually, during Tet, everyone enjoys bitter melon soup to hope for good things to come in the future.

So on the first day of the new year, why hesitate to showcase your cooking skills with the vegetarian bitter melon soup for your feast right away!

Bitter melon is stewed until it reaches a moderate softness, combined with a filling made of tofu, mushrooms, and carrots, which is indeed interesting and quite novel! Especially, the broth has a subtly bitter taste that is extremely irresistible!

Vegetarian caramelized pork

Alongside the hot, nutritious, and light soup, there is also a signature dish representing a prosperous Tet that appears in this second menu!

The dish that TasteVN wants to introduce to everyone is the vegetarian caramelized pork, which is just as appealing as the non-vegetarian version!

Each piece of “meat” is transformed from vegetarian ribs, tender and chewy, then dipped with eggplant! Oh, this vegetarian caramelized pork is indeed an interesting choice for the first day!

Vegetarian beef stew + bread

If the first menu features vegetarian curry, then the next menu is also not outdone, as it includes vegetarian beef stew!

Vegetarian beef stew will immediately awaken everyone’s taste buds, just wait and see. The vegetarian beef is chewy, combined with a fragrant broth that tickles the nose, and there are also various vegetables to help balance the richness!

The best part is that this vegetarian beef stew can be enjoyed with fresh noodles or bread, making all the guests praise it endlessly!

Stir-fried vegetarian vegetables

For a vegetarian feast, the simplicity and lightness are always emphasized as key factors. However, the deliciousness still meets the requirements set by the diners.

A prime example is the presence of this stir-fried vegetarian vegetables dish! With countless ways to vary and combine different vegetables, generally, these stir-fried dishes are all appealing, refreshing, and impossible for anyone who tries them to ignore.

Vegetarian bánh tét with meat filling

For food enthusiasts, every Tet celebration brings the excitement of enjoying the super attractive bánh tét, right?

This year, TasteVN suggests a vegetarian bánh tét with meat filling to decorate your feast and treat everyone!

The vegetarian bánh tét still retains the full appeal of the traditional cake without any loss! Along with the sticky glutinous rice, the flavorful and delicious filling inside is also a significant factor contributing to the success of the vegetarian bánh tét with meat filling!

3 Menu for the first day of Tet offerings

Vegetarian papaya soup with straw mushrooms

Usually, many housewives often mistakenly believe that when preparing a vegetarian offering, they cannot find as diverse and rich dishes as the non-vegetarian ones.

However, this is a significant oversight because people simply do not know about the menu below from TasteVN!

If you’re still in doubt, verify for yourself with this incredibly delicious vegetarian papaya soup with straw mushrooms! A truly enticing bowl of soup with the orange color from carrot, accented with a bit of straw mushroom, along with the faint aroma of green onions!

Sour and sweet vegetarian ribs

Complementing that wonderful soup will be the “unique” sour and sweet vegetarian ribs! Today’s stir-fry will be visually appealing and delicious in proportion to each other.

Thanks to the combination of shiitake mushrooms, carrots,… with a touch of young corn, broccoli, and the sweet and sour sauce, it’s simply perfect!

Not only do the vegetables retain their crisp sweetness, but the enticing sauce also significantly stimulates the taste buds.

Vegetarian lagu + bread

A perfect, solemn feast for the New Year must, of course, include a variety of stir-fried dishes, soups,… right? Therefore, here comes the super appealing vegetarian lagu to welcome everyone!

Vegetarian lagu cooked with fresh coconut water has a very enticing sweetness. Additionally, the inclusion of potatoes, carrots,… and shiitake mushrooms elevates this vegetarian dish significantly.

Especially, don’t forget to prepare a few crispy breads to enjoy with the vegetarian lagu! Surely, these two components will make you reluctant to part with them.

Vegetarian Fried Noodles

Our third menu still shows no signs of stopping, so don’t rush to leave just yet! And right after this, we will continue the diversity of the offerings for the first day of the month with the dish “vegetarian fried noodles that are delicious to the last drop”!

Each noodle strand has a gentle yellow color, fried not too dry, combined with tangy cherry tomatoes, crunchy sweet carrots, oyster mushrooms that are chewy. Oh, add a bit of soy sauce, and it’s irresistible!

Vegetarian Vietnamese Pork Sausage

Let TasteVN suggest to you the vegetarian Vietnamese pork sausage, which can serve as an appetizer to stimulate the palate, and it pairs wonderfully with the vegetarian fried noodles as well!

Although the vegetarian Vietnamese pork sausage is made from bean curd skin, it not only has an attractive color but is also wonderfully soft and chewy. Dipping it in a bit of salt and pepper makes it even better.

Vegetarian Jellied Meat

If you are a fan of jellied meat, then today’s vegetarian version also brings a deliciousness that is not inferior at all!

The interesting point of today’s vegetarian jellied meat is its chewy and soft texture made from agar powder, which is very impressive. Moreover, the filling inside consists of countless types of vegetables and mushrooms combined together, creating a lightness for the dish, allowing you to eat endlessly without feeling full.

4 Fourth Menu for the First Day of the Lunar New Year Offerings

Mixed Vegetarian Soup

Who hasn’t heard of the soup appetizer in every party, right? However, today with a novel twist, let’s take a look at the mixed vegetarian soup!

It truly lives up to everyone’s expectations when the soup, with its perfectly thick consistency, is enticingly blended with enoki mushrooms, snow mushrooms,… along with lotus seeds and sweet carrots, has made many people swoon from the very first moment.

Lotus Leaf Vegetarian Rice

Surely, when hearing the name of the lotus leaf vegetarian rice dish, no one can ignore it. Therefore, if this exquisite dish is present on the fourth feast, nothing could be better!

Each grain of rice is sticky and smooth, wrapped in a fragrant lotus leaf layer outside. Moreover, it is complemented by countless other delicious ingredients like green beans, carrots,… which have awakened the senses that have long been dormant.

Beef Short Ribs Braised in Coconut Juice

Beef short ribs braised in coconut juice is a dish that, although simple with a quick preparation method, will surely surprise you with the final product.

After braising the beef short ribs with fresh coconut juice, each piece of vegetarian beef short rib has absorbed the natural sweetness of the fresh coconut juice, becoming much more appealing and eye-catching.

Besides eating with a steaming bowl of white rice, you can also combine it with the lotus leaf vegetarian rice! These are definitely unforgettable memories!

Vegetarian Stuffed Cake

The vegetarian stuffed cake is known for being an incredibly delicious vegetarian dish. However, many sisters are still worried because they don’t know how to properly transform it.

So, quickly pocket the simple and detailed recipe below from TasteVN! The vegetarian stuffed cake has a milk-white color that is truly eye-catching, and just looking at it makes you fall in love immediately.

When enjoyed, surely everyone will be captivated by the chewy, soft, and appealing texture of the vegetarian stuffed cake! With this dish, you can also enjoy it with crispy bread!

Sweet Potato Spring Rolls

Sweet potatoes, in addition to being used in soups, smoothies,… today, when they become the “main character” for vegetarian spring rolls, will surely lead everyone from one surprise to another.

When arranged on a plate, the golden color of each small, cute spring roll immediately “challenges” everyone’s patience!

Just one bite reveals the crunchy texture combined with a filling that is creamy, nutty, chewy, and flavorful, which is truly “one of a kind”!

5 Menu for the New Year’s Feast on the 1st Lunar New Year

Vegetarian Corn Spring Rolls

If you are still pondering over an appetizer to kick off the “culinary race,” don’t hesitate anymore, just put all your trust in the vegetarian corn spring rolls!

With each bite, you will immediately feel the crispy rice paper enveloped with an incredibly appealing filling due to the wonderful combination of countless ingredients.

Moreover, this fried dish will make your feast look much more formal! Still in doubt? Why not try it right away!

Grilled Vegetarian Meat + Rice Vermicelli

A unique and novel dish that TasteVN wants to present to everyone on the first day of the new year is the appearance of super delicious grilled vegetarian meat.

The grilled vegetarian meat boasts eye-catching colors, retaining the rich flavor as it was initially. More importantly, adding a few pieces of sour and sweet ingredients will further stimulate your taste buds!

To enhance the flavor of the grilled vegetarian meat, don’t forget to prepare some rice vermicelli and fresh herbs to enjoy alongside!

Fried Rice with Pineapple

Finally, the “centerpiece” of today’s fifth menu has appeared! Everyone must be eagerly waiting to find out what that dish is, right? It’s none other than vegetarian pineapple fried rice!

Just hearing the name makes you realize how appealing this dish has become! In addition to its eye-catching appearance, each grain of rice is fried just right, so it’s not at all dry, combined with vegetarian sausage, green beans,… truly a “gourmet delight”!

Crispy vegetarian fish balls

To prolong the fun and add variety to the feast, let’s take a look at crispy vegetarian fish balls with TasteVN!

After being fried crispy and then sautéed with garlic along with a special sauce, the vegetarian fish balls seem to immediately captivate everyone with their appealing appearance.

The fish balls are crunchy and have a perfect balance of salty, sweet, and spicy flavors. With this delightful dish, the feast on the first day of the new year is indeed much more delicious!

Vegetarian papaya leaf soup

The final dish featured in today’s fifth menu is vegetarian papaya leaf soup! It’s truly a perfect combination, isn’t it? But let’s wait and see how delicious this soup can be!

Surely, no matter how picky you are, you can’t ignore a hot, sweet, and flavorful bowl of soup like this!

In addition to the soft and creamy tofu, there are also sweet papaya blended with fresh green leaves and oyster mushrooms! Isn’t it wonderful?

6 Menu for the offering on the 1st day of Tet, Friday

Vegetarian cinnamon sausage

The vegetarian cinnamon sausage will be the first name on our final menu today. This vegetarian dish is considered a typical food for the vegetarian offering that you definitely should not miss.

Especially, the vegetarian cinnamon sausage is made from flour, which is extremely simple! After being shaped and fried, the outside takes on a very appealing golden color, while the inside is soft and chewy in a delightful way!

Vegetarian sour spring rolls

The “brother” that makes the plate of vegetarian cinnamon sausage more attractive is the vegetarian sour spring rolls. TasteVN is sure that from the very first moment, few can ignore the wonderful allure of these two vegetarian dishes!

The main ingredient that makes this vegetarian sour spring roll is papaya! Surprising, isn’t it?

However, the final product is small, square spring rolls with a gentle pink color, combined with a chewy texture and a spicy kick on the tip of your tongue, which is delicious in a peculiar way.

Vegetarian potato spring rolls

A complete and attractive offering cannot be without fried spring rolls! So what are you waiting for? Quickly add the vegetarian potato spring rolls to your list!

Although the filling is made only from potatoes that are creamy and rich, when tightly rolled and fried until the rice paper becomes golden and crispy, it turns out to be incredibly delicious!

When you eat it, everyone will immediately feel the sweetness and saltiness on the tip of their tongue, and it even has a bit of American corn to spice it up! Skipping this fried dish for the offering tray would indeed be a regret.

Vegetarian stir-fried noodles

Another familiar dish that appears on the offering tray on the first day of the month is the “beloved by many” vegetarian stir-fried noodles. Don’t be quick to think this dish isn’t appealing, because in reality, it is just as delicious as other savory dishes!

When first catching the eye, the plate of vegetarian stir-fried noodles with countless ingredients piled high and the fragrant aroma wafting up only affirms how delicious this dish truly is.

Each soft strand of noodles blends with vegetarian sausage, carrots, bok choy, and various types of mushrooms! Having a bowl of soy sauce with chili on the side makes it even better.

Vegetarian pumpkin curry

With fried dishes, stir-fried dishes, and cold dishes already present, the next will be a liquid dish – the enticing vegetarian pumpkin curry that makes everyone exclaim “wonderful”!

In addition to the rich aroma from the creamy coconut milk, the vegetarian curry is also adorned with eye-catching colors from curry powder!

Above all, when enjoying, everyone is captivated by the delicious aroma from pumpkin that is rich and creamy, crispy sweet young corn, or fried tofu,… which makes it irresistible. With this enticing dish, you can pair it perfectly with fresh noodles or bread!

Vegetarian Roasted Duck

Just hearing the name of the vegetarian roasted duck dish can astonish everyone, but in fact, this is a vegetarian dish made from tofu, chicken thigh mushrooms,… that’s all!

The duck skin is made from bean curd skin which is then fried. Finally, a little sauce is poured on top and you won’t even recognize that this is a vegetarian dish!

Each piece of roasted duck has a soft texture from the tofu, complemented by the crispy golden skin on the outside, along with a wonderful salty and sweet sauce. Enjoying it with a bowl of white rice is “perfect”.

Vegetarian Mushroom Hotpot

Since enjoying vegetarian dishes often makes you feel hungry quite quickly, your stomach will soon growl, so of course, let the vegetarian mushroom hotpot help fill you up!

The broth of the vegetarian mushroom hotpot is made from pineapple, tomatoes,… so the sweetness and deliciousness is undeniable! Moreover, it is also dipped with various mushrooms, carrots,… and enjoyed with instant noodles, fresh noodles too!

Now everyone can have 6 vegetarian feast menus for the first day of Tet that are simple yet incredibly appealing and formal! Remember to keep an eye out for other amazing menus from TasteVN!