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