If you have wondered the usefulness of Airfryer for Indian cooking, this is a collection of Indian air fryer recipes. All of them are vegetarian and can be cooked in any air fryer. In fact they can be cooked in an oven as well. However to cook that efficiently in a oven you need use the fan forced mode or use a tray/grill that allows the food to be cooked from all sides.
When we first bought it, we were eager to explore how we could make healthy Indian appetizers. Indian food is a bonanza of street food but that is largely fried, thus not good on a regular basis. Making airfryer Indian recipes also meant, we would use it for more than just frying frozen tikkis.
Which is the best air fryer to use ?
There are a number of air fryers available nowadays. We use the ninja foodi air fryer , hence all these recipes are ninja air fryer recipes. It does not matter which air fryer you use, you just need to adjust to the temperature and timings of your air fryer which will differ by 10-20%.
keep these things in mind below buying the air fryer
- Your budget , if you are not looking to use it a lot, then consider buy a cheap one to try out
- Space the air fryer takes and the space available on your bench top. You cannot run this from a shelf
- Dual use, do you want to buy the one that has both instant pot and air fryer , useful if you want to use instant pot in future.
- The air fryer basket, accessories especially the coating. If you want to avoid using non-stick Teflon coating , then choose accordingly.
- Also do check out the reviews of the different air fryers.
Indian vegetarian air fryer recipes
Scroll below to browse Air fryer Indian vegetarian recipes. These recipes have been tried successfully and tested multiple times. We hope you like our collections of Indian dishes in air fryer that we have listed below.
Bread Pakora - Air fry / fry
One of my favorite Indian recipes in air fryer,Easy bread pakoda goes low oil! Perfect for high tea 🙂
Baked Namak Paare
Namak parey, every mom's kitchen has this cracker recipe. Only downside was it was fried. Now it is air fried, low oil yet same crunch for all that munching!
Baked / Air fried samosa
Samosa, the most favorite street food from India.It can be also prepared in air fryer with less oil.
Air fryer Kothimbir vadi
Kothimbir vadi is a traditional Maharashtrian snack that is prepared with Kothimbir-coriander.
Banana chips (Fry/Air fry)
If you need an air fryer Indian recipe of a vegetarian snack that you can munch along with tea/coffee, then this is a good candidate.
Sabudana vada ( Deep fry / air fry )
Easy breakfast recipe usually eaten during fasting period and also at tea time goes low oil. Boiled sago and potato patties are still as tasty as they can be.
Dal vada ( Fry/Air fry )
South Indian masala vada or parippu vada also known as Dal vada goes low oil.Still as crunchy and tasty and super delish! If you are looking for air fryer south Indian recipes then this is the one to try out..
Cornflakes chivda
Easy cornflakes chivda goes low oil after getting in an air fryer.This is the perfect recipe if you are looking for air fryer recipes of dry indian snacks.
Air fryer pakoras
Onion bhaji in air fryer - Pakoras 2.0, bye bye kadai, low oil yet crispy crunchy pakodas are here to stay.
Aloo tikki- potato patties (air fry / fry )
Air fryer Aloo tikki - if you are looking for air fryer Indian vegetarian recipes then the first thing that you can start is with making aloo Tikki.
Veg Manchurian
Veg Manchurian balls go low oil. It tastes just as awesome when made with sauce in the wok.
Mini samosa (Air Fry/Bake/Fry)
Did anyone say chota samosa? Yes it tastes just as great as the fried dry samosa.
Lauki ke Kofte fry/bake/air fry
Lauki kofta gets a makeover. Who wants to fry all day, when air fryer can make your cooking time less. Perfect for main course.
Bread roll
This is a candidate for Indian breakfast recipes in air fryer. Stuffed bread rolls go low oil. Perfect for Sunday brunch, these rollers are good for a filling brunch.
Falhari tikka ( Air fry / bake in oven )
Easy falhari air fryer tikka (Gluten free eggfee) with paneer,potato and pineapple. A must try for an Indian recipe in air fryer or oven
Gujarati Fafda recipe
This is one of the surprising Indian recipe in air fryer. Just roll out the fafda and air fry in the air fryer.
Air fried modak
Fried modak goes high tech. Same flavors and texture yet just with a brush of oil.
Tofu manchurian (Air fry / bake)
Tofu served in Indo chinese style, giving the bland pieces a perfect saucy makeover.
beetroot cutlets
Beetroot cutlets are a great way to up your iron. Plus they are vegan and gluten free. Everyone loves this recipe! Since
Seyun Patata
Patata or fried potatoes go low calorie and taste just awesome with sweet seviyan for perfect Sindhi breakfast seviyan aloo.
Air fryer masala peanuts
How do you convert a deep fried Indian snack to a health indian snack, its simple, just use an air fryer. Additionaly, this recipe contains oats powder instead of besan, hence more reasons for this recipe being healthy.
Read the generic recipe below to cook different indian vegetarian cutlets in air fryer.
Air fryer Veg Cutlets
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 3 medium potatoes boiled
- ½ Beetroot or 2 raw bananas (boiled/steamed)
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 1 green chilli
- salt as per taste
- 2 tablespoon buckwheat/oats flour optional
- 1 tablespoon ghee/coconut oil/butter
Instructions
- Just combine all the ingredients and make small patties
- Apply the oil/butter
- Keep them in the freezer for 2-3 hours
- Cook them in a preheated air fryer at 200C for 16-18 minutes,brush oil once in between.
Notes
FAQs
If you add too much oil, food is not crispy. The exterior of food should be dry.
Yes you can.
You can add foil but always check the owner's manual and also it depends on the food you are cooking
Can I use olive oil in an air fryer?
Extra virgin oil is not recommended as it has a low smoke point. However, extra light olive oil can be used.
Rachel says
I loved every recipe and wanted to see more. I am by no means the best at Indian cooking, but you have made it simple to understand and I will most certainly try them. Thanks for the posting and I would love to receive more recipes.
bhavana bhatia says
Thank you so much Rachel for this wonderful feedback. We will continue to bring more such gems to U.
Warm regards
Bhavana