Looking for Vegetarian Indian Food Gluten-free Recipes? Here are the best delicious 60+ gluten-free dishes from breakfast, appetizers, main dishes, and desserts that your family will love.

Most Indian cuisine recipes are naturally gluten-free and include gluten-free ingredients such as rice, millet, veggies, beans, and legumes like chickpeas and lentils. Heritage or ancient gluten-free grains include Bajra, Jowar, Ragi, Amaranth, and Rice.
Recipes with wheat, rye, barley, or food products cross-contaminated with gluten must be removed for a "Gluten Free Diet". Hing (Asafoetida) is one of the common spices which mostly has gluten, and is found in store-bought spice mixes in India. Hence its recommend to buy whole spices and make spice mixes at home to avoid cross-contamination.
These days, a lot of Indian restaurants carry specific gluten-free menus or have items labeled as gluten-free on their regular menu. If you do not see anything labeled as gluten-free, make sure to discuss it with the chef or waiter of the restaurant as a lot of Indian dishes are inherently gluten-free.
So here is the blog post with a collection of 60+ gluten-free Indian recipes that you will love. You can find 150+ gluten-free recipes on my blog.
What is Gluten? Who needs to avoid it?
Gluten is a naturally occurring protein largely found in grains like wheat, barley, and rye. It is common in foods such as bread, pasta, pizza, cakes, and cookies. Gluten makes the bread airy and chewy texture.
For people who have gluten sensitivity or celiac disease, eating gluten can have an immune reaction and cause serious health issues.
How do you Avoid Gluten in Indian food?
- Replace whole wheat flour (atta), with chickpea flour (besan), jowar flour, ragi flour, bajra flour, quinoa flour, almond flour, or coconut flour to make Indian breads like roti or chapati.
- Avoid using Hing (Asafoetida) or use gluten-free Asafoetida.
- Substitute semolina (sooji/rava) with gluten-free options like quinoa flakes, millet, rice, or tapioca pearls (sabudana).
- Use Gluten-free oats instead of regular oats. Oats themselves do not contain gluten, but may be cross-contaminated while it is processed.
- To thicken curries, and sauces use arrowroot powder, cornstarch, or almond meal instead of all-purpose flour (maida).
60+ Vegetarian Gluten-Free Indian Recipes
Let's have a look at the 60+ Easy Indian Vegetarian Gluten-Free Recipes.
Breakfast Recipes

Poha Recipe | Kanda Poha

Sabudana Khichdi Recipe

Indian Masala Oats - (Instant Pot & Stovetop)

Quinoa Upma Recipe (Instant Pot & Stovetop)

Vegetable Paniyaram
Paneer Uttapam Recipe

Karnataka Style Mandakki Usli Recipe (Puffed Rice Upma)
Appetizers and Snacks

Sabudana Vada Recipe (Deep Fry, Air Fryer and Appe Pan)

Air Fryer Tandoori Gobi

Paneer Tikka - Air Fryer/ Oven/ Grill

Tandoori Aloo - Air Fryer/ Oven/ Grill

Spicy Bombay Potatoes - Instant Pot & Stovetop

Spicy Masala Makhana Recipe

Beetroot Tikki | Beetroot Cutlet - Air Fryer

Onion Pakoda - Air Fryer

Spinach Corn Pakoda Recipe

Poha Chivda Recipe
Salads

Kachumber Salad Recipe

Corn Pomegranate Kosambari

Kakdi Koshimbir (Indian Cucumber Salad)
Curries & Stir-fries

Restaurant Style Paneer Butter Masala | Paneer Makhani

Easy Palak Paneer - Instant Pot & Stovetop

Tofu Bhurji Recipe

Paneer Jalfrezi Recipe (Paneer with Vegetables Stir-Fry)

Instant Pot Vegetable Kurma (Mix Veg Korma)

Navratan Korma Recipe - Instant Pot & Stovetop

Aloo Gobi - Instant Pot & Stovetop

Instant Pot Aloo Baingan Masala | Potato Eggplant Curry

Instant Pot Potato Peas Curry (Aloo Matar)

Potato Masala Recipe - Stovetop & Instant Pot

Aloo Palak

Mushroom Masala (Instant Pot & Stovetop)
Lentils, Beans & Peas

Instant Pot Dal Tadka (Restaurant Style)

Instant Pot Moong Daal (Split Yellow Lentils Soup)

Instant Pot Dal Makhani

Whole Masoor Dal Recipe (Brown Lentils Curry)

Whole Green Moong Dal - Instant Pot & Stovetop

Instant Pot Chickpea Coconut Curry

Instant Pot Chana Masala (Chole Masala Recipe in Pressure Cooker)

Rajma Masala (Kidney Beans Curry) - Instant Pot
Rice Recipes

Easy Vegetable Pulao Recipe

Tomato Rice Recipe - Instant Pot & Stovetop

Instant Pot Vegetable Biryani Recipe

Curd Rice Recipe (Thayir Saddam)

Carrot Rice Recipe

Instant Pot Peas Pulao (Matar Pulao)

Instant Pot Jeera Rice (Indian Cumin Rice)

Ven Pongal Recipe (Khara Pongal)

Instant Pot Bisi Bele Bath

Moong Dal Khichdi - Instant Pot & Stovetop
Condiments
Chutneys, pickles (achaar), and raita, are the essential condiments in any Indian meal.

Onion Tomato Chutney (for Idli, Dosa)

Coconut Chutney Recipe (Nariyal Chutney)

Peanut Chutney Recipe

Onion Tomato Raita

Makhana Raita Recipe (Phool Makhana Raita)
Desserts

Carrot Halwa (Gajar Ka Halwa) - Instant Pot

Instant Pot Rice Kheer/Pudding Recipe

Badam Halwa using Almond flour - Instant Pot

Besan Ladoo Recipe (Besan Ke Laddu)

Coconut Ladoo With Condensed Milk

Sweet Pongal (Sakkarai Pongal)
Tips for Gluten-Free Eating
Here are a few examples of gluten-containing ingredients that may sneak in, when preparing an Indian dish.
- Spices: Indian spices are mostly gluten-free. Garam masala, curry powders, turmeric, cumin powder, coriander powder sitting in your pantry are naturally gluten-free. Just check the ingredients list on the spice packets to ensure they don't have any added "Wheat flour" or "Maltodextrin". A common spice called Hing (or Asafoetida) nearly always contains wheat flour. So, use or buy gluten-free asafoetida (compounded asafoetida).
- Indian breads like Naan, Chapati, Poori, and more: Many Indian breads are made with whole wheat flour or all-purpose flour (maida).
- Maida: Finely milled refined wheat flour is found in Indian fast food, sweets, breads, namkeens, cookies, cakes, and other items.
- Sooji (or Rava): Semolina is wheat-based and is often used to make batter for Indian dishes, upma, idli, and ladoo.
- Vermicelli (or Semiya): Indian-style thin noodles made from wheat.
- Fried foods: Fried foods like cutlets, and koftas often contain breadcrumbs that contain gluten. Also, there is more risk for cross-contamination as they are cooked in the same oil or fryer.
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Pinaki Chatterjee
Wonderful Gluten free Recipes
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