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Top Vegan Recipes of 2019 from VeganRicha.com, Sticky sesame cauliflower, Tofu Amritsari Masala, Chickpea brownies and more…

StickySesame Cauliflower in a white bowl

This year has been a year of ups and downs.

I made a ton of videos, learnt so much, hired people to help with the editing. wrote a book proposal for an Instant Pot cookbook, streamlined some of the blog process, but there’s still lot there to be done.

Back to the good stuff. There were many new recipes that resonated a lot with you all, and many that I really loved. And amazingly, there were many recipes that I loved, that ended up in the top recipes! I usually like the more complex flavor or more creative recipes, which don’t always get the interest as much as the popular and easy recipes.

So here are top 19 posts from 2019!

65 Easy Vegan Recipes for beginners

This was a very popular post especially in January when people plan to try a vegan diet (Veganuary)  or add more plant based meals in the beginning of the year.

65 Easy Vegan Recipes for Beginners! Easy 1 Pot Meals, soups, curries, burgers, pizza, breakfast and dessert to get you started on your journey. Glutenfree Soyfree Nutfree options #vegan #easyveganrecipes #veganricha

Chickpea coconut curry– tomato free, nut-free

This chickpea curry is made with dried chickpeas that are soaked and cooked until they are soft and melt in the mouth. This curry uses the techniques used tot cook chickpeas in Indian dishes and the curry has fusion flavors.

Chickpea Coconut Curry - Instant Pot or Saucepan. This 1 Pot Coconut Chickpea Curry is flavorful and Easy. Add other veggies like sweet potato, squash. #Vegan #Glutenfree #Nutfree #Soyfree #Recipe #Chickpeacoconutcurry #veganricha.

Chickpea Brownies Grain free

Bean brownies were all the rage some time back, but it is the time for chickpea brownies now!

Vegan Chickpea Brownies. Grain-free Brownies with chickpeas and nut butter or seed butter. These #Vegan #Glutenfree Brownies Can be made without nuts. Fudgy Healthy No Added Oil, No Added refined sugar #Soyfree #veganRicha #chickpeabrownies #recipe

Orange Tofu GF Nut-free

This is another popular recipe, popular mainly because so many of you are searching for some delicious orange tofu!

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies – 1 Bowl

I mean, this one is obvious.

Lentil soup Instant pot or saucepan GF SF NF

This easy Lentil Soup is a bowl of comfort in any season. Simple everyday flavors, lots of spice and herb options and methods of cooking as well.

1 Pot Vegan Lentil Soup made in Instant Pot or Saucepan. This Easy Lentil Vegetable Soup is warming, comforting and so filling. Freezer friendly, #Glutenfree, #Soyfree, #Nutfree #Recipe #vegan #lentilsoup #veganricha | VeganRicha.com

Instant pot Indian Recipes

Instant Pot Recipes are always a popular and so are Indian recipes. So this round up was bound to be popular.

Apple Cake

This easy delicious apple cake got remade so many times by many of you. The easy custard is a great topping on the cake or use a different frosting or icing of choice.

Vegan Apple Cake with Cinnamon Custard. Easy Apple Cake that is soft and light. Served with a creamy vegan vanilla custard.#VEgan #VeganRicha #VeganAppleCake #Soyfree #Recipe Nut-free Gluten-free Options

Sticky Sesame Cauliflower GF NF

Baked Cauliflower in sticky sauce is definitely a weekly must make.

Vegan Sticky Sesame Cauliflower over rice in a white bowl

Baked Aloo Gobi

Aloo Gobi is a super popular Indian side. This dry versions comes together quickly and makes for amazing flavor and texture. No Mushy Cauliflower!

Baked Aloo Gobi - Indian Spiced Potato Cauliflower Bake. Tips and options for Aloo Gobi Subzi that bakes perfectly every time! #Vegan #Glutenfree #Soyfree #Nutfree #VeganRicha #aloogobi #Recipe

Vegan Bowl Recipes

Bowl recipes are always popular throughout year. Mix of veggies, protein, grains, nuts, dressing etc.

26 Vegan Bowl Recipes to make this Summer. Vegan Buddha Bowls that make nourishing lunches and dinners and not just salad. Roasted Veggie Bowl, Baked Tofu Bowls, Taco Bowls and more. Gluten-free Soy-free Nut-free options. #VeganBowls #VeganRicha

Tofu Amritsari Masala

This one was a surprise hit. The amritsari sauce is not as known a name as a tikka masala, but the flavor it packs is amazing. The spices and cayenne are roasted and then the onion and the sauce cooked in them!

Turmeric Cauliflower Rice

Cauliflower makes another appearance in this delicious golden lemony cauliflower rice

Lemony Turmeric Cauliflower Rice. Easy Side with any meal. 1 Pot Lemon Cauliflower Rice with mustard seeds and garlic. #Vegan #Glutenfree #Grainfree #Nutfree #Recipe #Turmeric #cauliflowerrice #veganrucha

Pear Upside Down Cake GF option

This upside down cake also was remade many times with various fruits!

Pear Upside Down Cake. This amazing Vegan Upside Down Cake needs just 1 Bowl and 40 mins. Use oother fruits for variation. #Vegan #Nutfree #Soyfree #Recipe Glutenfree option #VeganRicha #PearCake | VeganRicha.com

Scalloped Potatoes SF NF

These Scalloped potatoes were the stars of so many holiday tables!

Vegan Scalloped Potatoes in a cast iron skillet on wood board

Lemon Asparagus Pasta NF

This creamy lemon sauce is nut-free! made with tofu and so creamy.

Vegan Lemon Asparagus Pasta - 30 mins! Creamy Lemon Alfredo style sauce with tofu with fettuccine and pan roasted garlic asparagus and more lemon. #Vegan #Nutfree #Recipe. Can be Glutenfree #VeganRicha #LemonAsparagusPasta 17 gm of protein

Sesame Garlic Broccoli GF NF

An easy side with a few ingredients is sometimes the most loved dish!

Sesame Garlic Broccoli needs just 6 ingredients. It is vibrant with blanched broccoli and delicious with a simple dressing of garlic roasted with sesame oil. A perfect side. #Vegan #glutenfree #soyfree #nutfree #veganricha #recipe 

Nashville cauliflower

Baked cauliflower with a spicy Nashville hot sauce. You need this.

Chickpea Rice Soup – GF SF NF

It’s a delicious substitute for a chikin noodle soup!

Comforting and Healing Vegan Chickpea Rice Soup with Veggies. A glutenfree variation of Vegan Chicken Noodle Soup. Easy 1 Pot 30 minute meal. #vegan #veganricha #Glutenfree #Nutfree #Recipe #Soyfreeoption

Gluten free Cauliflower Flatbread

Gluten-free and grain-free flatbread made with cauliflower and chickpea flour. It’s not dry, is super pliable and can be used as tortillas, wraps and what not.

Gluten-free Cauliflower flatbread. This 7 Ingredient Gluten free flatbread is also grain-free, nut-free and soy-free. It is soft and great for tacos and wraps. Add herbs of choice. Vegan Yeastfree Recipe

Cauliflower Pea Curry – Baked

This baked 1 pot cauliflower curry has a ton of flavor with no sautéing and cooking the sauce. Add other veggies

Vegan Cauliflower Pea Curry - 1 Pot Gobi Matar masala. This cauliflower peas curry gets baked in the oven. Creamy roasted flavors without standing around roasting the sauce. #Vegan #Glutenfree #Nutfree #Soyfree #Recipe #VeganRicha #gobimatar #cauliflowerpeacurry . Add some cooked chickpeas to make a meal

Posts that were consistently very popular this year(posted earlier than 2019)

The Lasagna Soup!(Instant Pot), this soup gets made every single day!

Mushroom Bourguignon with potato cauliflower mash (Instant Pot or saucepan), gets made every other day 🙂

Indian Dal Names (Hindi and English names of lentils, beans, legumes with Pictures!)

Vegan Coffee Cake, gets made every week!

Easy 20 Minute Pizza Crust!

Wishing you all a wonderful 2020! Let me know in the comments about your faves from the blog this year and what you’d like to see me do more in the new year.

Wishing our family some calm in the next year. do send some calming wishes our way.

About Richa

Hi, I'm Richa! I create flavorful plant based recipes that are inspired by my Indian upbringing, including many gluten-free, soy-free, and oil-free options.

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26 Comments

  1. Kenna Stagmeyer says:

    Hello.
    Are all the recipes you post in both your cookbooks? I love each an every one of them. I do have your Indian Kitchen cookbook and don’t want to miss a single recipe. I just became vegan and your recipes make the new lifestyle something to look forward to. Thank you for your creativity with plant based foods~

    1. Richa says:

      Hi Kenna, there are 150 recipes in each of my books, and 1000+ on the blog. 🙂 publishers dont publish books if 100% recipes are available for free online.So theres 40-50% of recipes from the blog in the books and the rest are all different. you can see the table of contents of both the books on the blog, just use the search bar to find that post

  2. Amy says:

    Hello Richa! Thank you for sharing your recipes! I love your creativity and the variety…I always look forward to reading (and trying) your recipes! Happy New Year to you and your family!

    1. Richa says:

      Happy new year to you and your family too Amy!

  3. jennifer says:

    What a wonderful gift you have been in my life!
    Your culinary creativity and generosity have rocked my vegan/gluten-free world!
    Thank you, and all peace and blessings for 2020.

    1. Richa says:

      Happy 2020 to you and yours too!

  4. Dimple says:

    Hello Richa I recently started following your recipes and I must say they are wonderful! Didn’t knew we can have lot of options in vegan food. Simply loved your recipes. Thank you so much for all the great delicacies. Also Wish you and your family a very happy new year! Hope the new year bings lots of new recipes 😋

  5. Sally says:

    Thank you so much for a year of fabulous tasty recipes. I hope that one pot proposal gets snapped up, crazy if they don’t! Best wishes to you and yours for 2020 ☺️

  6. Kris says:

    I have your books. I wish I had the time to make all of them, they all look so good. There are many in this blog I want to try. Having said that, I found this sentence under the subsection titled Vegan Bowl Recipes.

    “Bowl recipes are always popular throughout year. Mix of veggies, protein, grains, buts, dressing etc.”

    It cracked me up. What kind of “buts” are you talking about here? Don’t you just hate auto-correct sometimes?

    1. Richa says:

      😀 nuts 🙂

  7. melanie says:

    I just wanted to say Thank-you !!!! I am so thankful to have access to your wonderful recipes and they are amazing. All the best in 2020 Hugs

    1. Richa says:

      Thank you for the wonderful note Melanie! happy 2020 to you too!

  8. Moe says:

    HI Richa,
    I love your recipes and your generosity and creativity is admirable. I have both your cookbooks and can’t wait to see the IP cookbook next!

  9. Sue says:

    You are number 1 in my book Richa! I know you post many recipes every week, but seeing them listed today makes me appreciate you even more. Your creativity, style and abundance of recipes always amaze me! A big thank you to you. And I look forward to your next book.

  10. Crystal says:

    Hi ! I just wanted to say a heart felt thank you for all your recipes. We hail from the northerlands of the Bellingham area and are huge fans of all you do. I have both of your cookbooks and regularly use your website to make our family meals. In fact, your website seems to have just about everything I’m looking for- the variety, the substitutions, the flavor. I’ve never made a disappointing recipe from your collection. Thank you again.

    1. Richa says:

      Thank you for this wonderful note Crystal! Happy new year to you and yours!