Savory Indian Recipes Made From Vegetable Scraps

Aloo Peel Chips

Potato peels are seasoned with spices and baked or fried as a snack in northern India

Lau er Khosha Bhaja

Bottle gourd peels are stir-fried by Bengalis using nigella and poppy seeds along with spices

Khar

Raw banana peels, raw papaya, bottle gourd, and pulses are all included in this Assamese cuisine

Thoran

Vegetable peels and stems are sautéed with coconut, mustard seeds, and spices in this Keralan cuisine

Bharela Ringan

Stuffed eggplant with chopped vegetable peels (potato and bottle gourd) combined with peanuts and spices

Churpi Soup

An Arunachal Pradeshi and Sikkimi churpi soup made with turnip and radish skins