Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes - My Dainty Kitchen (2024)

New to air fryers? Looking for some inspiration on vegetarian air fryer recipes!! Perfect. You are right here. You will see some really easy, quick vegetarian air fryer recipes that are perfect for beginners too.

An air fryer is a new-age solution for quick cooking. It has made our life much easier. This makes food so quickly just in half or a quarter of the time we had to spend making it in our oven. And you can make every dish in an air fryer that you make in your oven.

What is an air fryer and How does an air fryer function?

An air fryer is a countertop kitchen appliance that uses heat air cooking technology and helps in making fried food like food with little to no oil. Hence this seems a healthier option as compared to the traditional deep frying or shallow frying method.

The air fryer functions like that of a convection oven. It contains a heating coil and a high-speed fan that rotates the hot air cooking the food evenly. The coil can be placed at the bottom part or on top.

Each brand has a different model and structure and size. So the cooking time varies from one air fryer to another even if at the same temperature.

But at the same time, because of its compact size, it cooks food much quicker than an oven. Also, it emits lesser heat while cooking the food.

So an air fryer is a savior in hot summers when you can bake and make the same food without even using the oven and without heating up the whole room.

Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes

Since an air fryer works in a similar way, you can bake, roast, and make everything that you make using an oven. You can make roasted vegetables, chicken, meat, pork, and everything. However other than meat, you can make a lot of vegetarian food as well in the air fryer.

Make fritters, fries, wedges, baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, roasted vegetables, naan, pizza, bread, cakes, cheesecakes, roasted nuts, etc. You can actually use this machine for a lot more things.

Do you know it's the best gadget if you are looking to reheat your pizza? Yes, it's way better than the oven and microwave when it comes to reheating the pizza. I love it in fact.

If you are looking for a way to eliminate oil from your diet, then make your air fryer your best friend. It can cook oil-free food efficiently.

Can I use aluminum foil in the air fryer?

Every air fryer is different. They say in their manual if you can use foil or not when cooking in that particular air fryer brand. However, the good news is you still can use foil but with few precautions. Get a detailed post here "Can I put aluminum foil in an air fryer?"

Can I use parchment paper in the air fryer?

Many times when we make some food that may stick at the base to the pan of an air fryer. So we need parchment paper just like we need for the oven. But be careful as it might catch fire quickly because of high heat and high-speed fan rotating the heat may cause hazards.

Don't place the paper without any weight. Don't cover the whole pan with paper. Use the right size paper. It should not face upward.

Also, you should use only parchment paper made for air fryers. These are different than regular baking papers and are perforated. The holes allow the heat to pass evenly cooking the food.

You will get everything online on Amazon.com also.

Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes for Beginners

It seems a limited option to think about ideas to make vegetarian items in an air fryer. However, these are some of the easy and delicious vegetarian recipes to make in an air fryer. Even if you are a beginner and new to air fryers, you can make these easy recipes easily. Here are some of the BEST AIR FRYER RECIPES for you to make your air frying experience delightful. These are the best and must-try air fryer recipes for beginners to try.

Air Fryer Potato wedges

This was my first air fryer trial. It's so easy to make the wedges crispy yet oil-free. These are super delicious with perfectly baked in the air fryer. This is one of the best air fryer recipes for beginners. You can play around with the seasonings and make them best as per the flavor you need in the wedges. Kids will love this too.

French fries - Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes

Who doesn't love crispy and delicious fries? They go well as sides on your breakfast plate as well as accompanying your burgers, pizza, sandwiches, etc. The air fryer helps to make it easier without compromising the taste.

Eggplants roasted

Not only potatoes, but you will also love the vegetables that are baked in the air fryer. And trust me you can bake or air fry anything, any veggies with just half or less time than a convection oven. You can make no breaded eggplants for sides or coat it nicely with any seasonings, breadcrumbs to make them crispy appetizers.

Crispy Hashbrowns from Scratch - Air fryer recipes

Air fryer hashbrowns can be made from scratch or with the frozen hash brown mix or hash brown patties. These are too delicious and easy to make as well. Perfect to add to the breakfast menu.

Air Fryer Zucchini fritters

This is one of my favorites to make in the air fryer. Let me be honest enough to say that this is 100 times better than the pan-fried zucchini fritters. When I make them pan-fried they used to soak a lot of oil. We can bake them in the oven but again the same thing we can do in the air fryer in just half or lesser time. Isn't it great? A must-try air fryer recipe for beginners. The only thing you need to take care of is to remove excess liquid as much as possible. Rest all magic your air fryer will do.

Falafels - Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes

Falafel is the middle eastern delicacy. Traditionally these are deep-fried chickpeas balls. But with an air fryer, you can make your oil-free falafels easily and without compromising on taste and crunch.

Baked potatoes - vegetarian air fryer recipes

Baked potatoes are the best made in the air fryer. I love to make them in the air fryer from scratch. But you can also take the help of an instant pot or microwave to cook the potatoes first and then crisp them up it for some time in the air fryer. But trust me even if you are making it in the air fryer from start to end, these fluffy baked potatoes turn out so scrumptious, air fryer truly deserves the credit.

Eggplant meatballs

When you are vegetarian or vegan and craving your favorite meatball, these eggplant meatballs can best satisfy your cravings. You can deep fry or bake the vegan meatballs. But the best way is to bake them in an air fryer in just half of the time and the same crispy and crunchy balls.

Eggplant Pizza - Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes

Eggplant pizza is a low-carb alternative to the normal flour base pizza. In an air fryer, they turn out super easy, super quick, and delicious. Enjoy your cheesy low-carb pizza with eggplants or zucchini.

Frozen French Fries - Air fryer recipes

Not in mood to prep and do other preparation for fries?? No problem, These frozen fries are the best solution to try in the air fryer. You will totally love them. No deep frying. Yet they will be super crispy and yummy. And that too in a fraction of time.

Frozen Hash browns

Again the frozen hash browns are a great solution for a quick breakfast. It takes a few minutes and zero effort to make these crispy hash browns. Make your burger ar serve these as sides, these are too good.

Cauliflower hash browns

Cauliflower hash browns are the perfect low-carb substitute for the classic potato hash browns. Make them perfectly crispy in the air fryer. In just a few minutes. These are vegan and gluten-free as well.

Roasted Potatoes

Roasted potatoes are the best made in the air fryer. It takes hardly 15 minutes to make the roasted potatoes. Add your favorite spices to make in your choice of flavor.

Buffalo broccoli

Buffalo broccoli just like buffalo cauliflower is too good to try. This is one of the best vegan appetizers too that is healthy. These turn out too delicious and quick when cooked in the air fryer.

Roasted cauliflower - Air fryer recipes

This one os my favorite after potatoes in the air fryer. Perfectly roasted cauliflower with a little charred crown is next to another level. Add them to soups, salads, tacos, burritos, or serve as sides or as a snack. These are too delicious.

Buffalo Cauliflower

To take the roasted cauliflower to another level, add some spicy hot buffalo sauce to the cauliflower. It's going to be so much flavor-loaded and yummy. This is my favorite appetizer I must say. If you don't like the spicy buffalo sauce, add bang bang sauce and make your cauliflower bang bang in the same way.

Air Fryer Broccoli

In my first attempt, I had burnt them. Too delicate and need to be careful to try your timing since all air fryers cook differently. But once you have set your timing you will not cook your broccoli in any other ways. Crispy yet has a tender and perfectly roasted broccoli is too good.

Smashed Potatoes - Vegetarian air fryer recipes

Air fryer smashed potatoes are another great appetizer made in the air fryer. These are so easy to make. It takes hardly 20 - 30 minutes from start till end. Too yummy.

Air Fryer Tofu Nuggets - Vegetarian air fryer recipes

Tofu nuggets in the air fryer. You can make it breaded or no breading at all. Crispy tofu baked in the air fryer is too good. Add that to your tacos, salads, etc, or serve with any creamy dip. It's delicious.

Hasselback Potatoes

How can I not mention these Hasselback potatoes when I'm writing on air fryer recipes. These baked potatoes are too good. These are partially sliced and baked. I love these Hasselback potatoes especially when it's made in the air fryer.

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet potatoes are a great alternative to potatoes. These are equally delicious when cooked perfectly in the air fryer. You can make them either from fresh sweet potatoes or frozen sweet potato fries.

Air Fryer Pizza - Vegetarian air fryer recipes

Who all love to make their pizza in the air fryer? If you haven't tried this yet, you will be amazed at the result. It's so quick to make the pizza in the air fryer. Make it with cheese or vegan as per your diet choice. You can make your homemade pizza dough or use ready to use pizza base. You can also use naan pizza in your air fryer quickly and easily.

Air Fryer Garlic Knots

This is another delicious dish you can make in your air fryer. If you are making your pizza, save some dough to make the garlic knots. Super delicious and super easy and quick too.

Air Fryer Cauliflower Tacos

This is easy and quick. One of the best air fryer recipes for beginners. Must try these vegetarian air fryer recipes. Cauliflower tacos made in the air fryer is too quick and easy to make on busy weekdays too. It all takes less than 20 minutes to assemble everything.

Air Fryer Fajita Veggies

Perfect fajita vegetables cooked in the air fryer. Delicious, easy, loaded with flavors.

Air Fryer Arancini - Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes

These crispy rice balls are delicious and healthier way to make arancini aka rice balls. Leftover risotto is best for these arancini. However, you can try it with any other leftover rice. No oil, no deep-frying. Yet the crispy rice balls make a great appetizer for any party.

You can also make your burritos, taquitos, quesadilla in the air fryer. These are some of the easy yet delicious vegetarian air fryer recipes for beginners. There are many other recipes I may update in the future.

Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes for Beginners

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