Cardamom The Indian Kitchen - Vegan Options

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Aldergrove has another new Indian restaurant, and this one has items marked 'vegan' on its menu. That's my favourite kind of menu. A lot of Indians are vegetarians, and so vegetarian items are not rare, but they often don't recognize or prepare items without dairy. That is what makes the 'vegan' label special!

Cardamom is located in the Freshco Mall. Aldergrove is small enough that that is all the description that you need. There was a Chinese restaurant here for years. Anyway, we ordered food for takeout but they do have a decent-sized dining room here.

Gol Gappe is one of those dishes that come to order regularly when dining on Indian food. Rather than trying to assemble it and take a picture, here you can see the components. Break a little hole in the crispy ball, fill it with spicy potatoes and top with the tangy water, and you have a tasty bite. If you have never had this, you need to.

Vegetable ke karare pakore was next. I'm not sure what all that means, but we love pakora. Not sure if the tamarind dip was for this or something else, but it definitely worked!

We ordered a couple of dishes that came with rice on the side (on top was us). This was the Amritsari Chole, and I could eat this all day, every day. Chick peas are kind of a theme in our lives, and put them in a rich sauce, and we are set!

Also very good was Double Tadka Daal Fry. Not sure what the long name means. We often order Dal Tadka, but this one was very good, and maybe it has to do with the 'double' and the 'fry. I will ask one day.

Finally, we loved the Veg Manchurian. This is one of our Indo-Chinese favourites, and they do a good version here. There are a few more things to try here, and we will definitely be back.

There is a decent-sized dining room (I might have mentioned that, but there is just no way to check) and room for you and a few friends. Our server was very friendly, and the chef (I assume owner) also came out to greet us, and we liked his attitude! There is vegan Indian food available in Aldergrove at a few places, and we like them all, but we're keen on Cardamom, The Indian Kitchen!