Vegetarian dishes come in many varieties, prepared as elaborately as savory dishes. Today, TasteVN will compile for you 22 ways to make delicious fried vegetarian dishes that are very simple and tasty through this Cooking Tips section!
1 Fried Spare Ribs (Vegetarian)
With vegetarian spare ribs, you can fry them traditionally, fry with lemongrass and chili, fry with fish sauce, or braise them with coconut water, all of which are very appealing.
The piece of vegetarian spare ribs is crispy, while the lemongrass and chili have a distinctive spicy aroma, and the salty fish sauce blends with the sweetness of sugar, especially the light sweetness and thick brown color when using coconut water to braise the vegetarian spare ribs.
2 Fried Tofu (Vegetarian)
Tofu can also be transformed into many attractive vegetarian fried dishes such as crispy fried, battered with breading, fried with lemongrass, fried with egg, crispy fried with salt, crispy fried with shredded pork, and making fried tofu balls is also quite interesting.
For the most part, crispy tofu is golden brown before being prepared with other ingredients. And when enjoying it, you can dip it with chili sauce, or if you want to enhance the richness, try adding a bit of mayonnaise to the dipping sauce!
3 Vegetarian Fried Eggs
Vegetarian fried eggs do not use chicken eggs or duck eggs like the savory dish; instead, you can use crispy flour, white tofu, or fried tofu skin to shape the egg dish. Additionally, you can also add a bit of turmeric powder or annatto oil to add color to the dish, making it look more appealing and attractive.
When eaten, you will feel the crispiness from the crispy flour or tofu, blended with the distinctive aroma from spices, which will surely bring you a unique taste experience.
4 Fried tofu skin
With crispy fried tofu skin, you will feel the crunchiness of the dish.
Not only that, you can take the fried tofu skin and sauce it with vegan fish sauce to experience more salty and sweet flavors, or sauce it with fermented tofu to enjoy the light creaminess from fermented tofu. Surely, such fried tofu dishes will be very appetizing!
5 Fried fish balls
With the fried fish ball dish, you can buy this ingredient ready-made from the store and soak it in water before cooking to let it expand. You can fry the fish balls until crispy or just fry them briefly, then sauté with garlic, stir-fry with lemongrass and chili, or sauce with chili sauce.
To balance the flavors of the dish, you can serve it with hot bread or hot rice, and add a bit of pickled vegetables!
6 Fried meatballs
Most people think of using tofu to create the binding for fried meatballs. However, with the method that TasteVN guides below, you can use jackfruit peel, soybean residue, or all-purpose flour to transform into fried meatballs.
If made from jackfruit skin, you will feel the chewy texture of the fried ball that resembles meat. In the case of using soybean pulp, you will experience the characteristic fat from the soybeans, and if made from all-purpose flour, you may notice that the fried meatball has a crispy and airy texture that is quite unusual.
7 Fried Eggplant
Eggplant fried vegetarian style can be coated with breadcrumbs and crispy flour to create a crunchy outer layer for the dish. When enjoying, you can dip it in oyster sauce to experience the characteristic sweet and salty flavor, instead of simply spicy like dipping in chili sauce.
If you do not like the crunchiness, you can lightly fry the eggplant and then stir it with vegetarian soy sauce, and you will taste the sweet aroma of eggplant mingled with the salty flavor of soy sauce, it’s quite rice-consuming!
8 Fried Mushrooms
When it comes to vegetarian dishes, types of mushrooms cannot be missed, as they are very high in protein and should be included in a vegetarian diet every day. You should prioritize choosing mushrooms that have a chewy texture like enoki mushrooms, snow mushrooms, or oyster mushrooms to make fried vegetarian dishes.
When eaten, you will feel the crunchiness from the fried coating outside, blending with the characteristic chewiness of the mushrooms inside, ensuring you can eat them repeatedly without getting bored!
9 Fried Sake
Sake when fried has a nutty flavor, no less than sweet potato and potato. Therefore, you should try to prepare crispy fried sake, then enjoy it with chili sauce or sprinkle a little sugar to create an ideal vegetarian dish to snack on!
10 Vegetarian Fried Wontons
Vegetarian fried wontons are probably no stranger to those who are used to eating vegetarian. The wonton skin is fried to a golden crisp on the outside, while the inside is filled with a variety of ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, eggplant, and vermicelli.
Or you can prepare the filling inside simpler with taro, mung beans, tofu, or pickled radish.
11 Vegetarian Fried Rice
Vegetarian fried rice is a combination of many colorful ingredients such as vegetables, mushrooms, vegetarian sausage as well as some other ready-made vegetarian foods. After frying, the rice retains its fluffiness and gives a crunchy feel, combined with the chewy texture of mushrooms and various vegetables, making it very delicious.
12 Vegetarian Shrimp Cakes
Vegetarian shrimp cakes are prepared similarly to the savory version; you use crispy flour to enhance the crunchiness of the cake. Additionally, you can use taro or shredded sweet potato to create a nutty flavor, then pair it with vegetarian shrimp that has a chewy texture, which is quite unique.
13 Vegetarian Corn Cakes
Vegetarian corn cakes are also quite simple to make; you use rice flour and crispy flour to create the crunchiness of the cake. An essential ingredient is sweet corn, which adds natural sweetness and increases the crispiness when eaten.
14 Vegetarian Fried Buns
Vegetarian fried buns have a lightly crispy outer layer but still retain the soft and sweet interior. Furthermore, the filling has a moderate taste, with the chewy texture of vegetarian sausage mixed with shiitake mushrooms and oyster mushrooms.
15 Vegetarian Pockets
Vegetarian pockets have a filling similar to vegetarian buns but are shaped like a pouch and are fried until golden and crispy on the outside. When eaten, vegetarian pockets are often served with chili sauce to add a mild spiciness to the dish.
16 Vegetarian Fried Chicken
To shape the vegetarian fried chicken, you can simply use oyster mushrooms and coat them in batter for frying, along with baking soda (or any kind of flour that can create a crispy texture after frying).
Additionally, with a more elaborate method, you can mix a combination of tofu, vegetarian short ribs, and leaf tofu, then use chopped lemongrass to shape it like a chicken leg! When eaten, you can feel the chewy texture combined with the distinctive aroma from the lemongrass.
17 Vegetarian Crispy Squid
The vegetarian crispy squid is shaped playfully, with the squid tentacles made from shredded vegetarian ham. The squid body is made from a mixture of mashed sweet potatoes and seasoned to taste, then coated in batter and breadcrumbs to create a crunchy texture with an attractive golden color.
18 Vegetarian Fried Pork Skin
Vegetarian fried pork skin has a crispy texture thanks to being made from rice paper that is fried, then colored golden with honey from a sauce mixture that includes Korean chili sauce, sugar, and vegetarian fish sauce. When eaten, you can also feel the faint aroma of fried garlic.
19 Fried spring rolls – vegetarian chả giò
Fried spring rolls have a quite diverse filling, depending on your preferences, you can combine various vegetables and mushrooms to create a distinctive flavor for the dish.
You can prepare the filling from some root vegetables with a sweet and nutty taste, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, to green peas, or from many kinds of firm vegetables to create a natural sweetness blended with a characteristic crunch. The rice paper is fried crispy on the outside, served with sweet and sour fish sauce or chili sauce, both are delicious.
20 Fried rice paper rolls
Fried rice paper rolls are one of the snacks that you can add to your vegetarian menu with a quite simple preparation method.
The rice paper is rolled up to create a shape and then fried crispy. When eating, you can also feel the chewy texture of shiitake mushrooms and vegetarian pork, blended with the sweetness and crunch of young corn along with wood ear mushrooms!
21 Seaweed rolls with glass noodles
With the seaweed rolls with glass noodles, you will experience the crispy layer of dough on the outside, then the slightly fishy taste of seaweed, and finally, the filling seasoned with rich spices. Especially, in this dish, you will enjoy the light sweetness and characteristic crunch of asparagus.
22 Fried sticky rice
Fried sticky rice is fried to a bright yellow color, and depending on your preferences, the filling inside is prepared differently.
You can make a dry filling consisting of wood ear mushrooms, carrots, cassava, and sweet corn, or a wet filling by stir-frying a thick mixture of shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, bell peppers, carrots, and leeks with a little cornstarch water.
When you eat, you can feel the crispy fried sticky rice on the outside, blended with the rich filling inside, very delicious.
Hopefully, the above shares have helped you compile 22 ways to make delicious and attractive vegan fried dishes that are also very simple!
