Top Burmese and Beaverton sister restaurant Bistro Royale are known for their extensive and memorable vegan selection, from samosas to fermented tea leaf salad. Heavy on turmeric and paprika, the vegan curries include hefty cubes of tofu, garlicky eggplant, okra, and kabocha squash. To accompany the curries, the restaurants serve fluffy coconut rice, jasmine rice, and pan-toasted paratha flatbread. Both locations offer takeout and delivery.

Bhuna, the casual Kashmiri restaurant on NW 21st, serves a bold and hearty vegetable bowl with “meaty” eggplant stewed with tomatoes and accompanied by golden turmeric rice. Skip the yogurt for a fully vegan — but just as satisfying — bowl. To round out the meal, Deepak Kaul serves a number of tasty sides: kohlrabi and collards simmered with spices, vegetable pakoras with mint chutney, and fried potatoes with mango pickle ketchup. Takeout and delivery are available.

At this Mississippi food cart, Deepak Saxena blends Indian flair with local produce to create a lively gluten-free menu of small bites, salads, and curries. The vegetables change, depending on what’s in season, but vegans can always count on the stunning vegan thali, which includes a tandoori chickpea tempeh curry, cabbage slaw with turmeric-mustard vinaigrette, and a green chutney with a kick. Desi PDX is open for pickup and delivery.

MLK restaurant Zaap specializes in Issan cuisine — which has Laotian and Cambodian influences — from the northeastern region of Thailand. Among the meatless dishes, vegans will find a number of aromatic, coconut-rich curries, like the sweet mango yellow curry and fiery avocado green curry. Available for takeout and delivery, the curries arrive filled with fried tofu, kabocha squash, bell peppers, carrots, and sweet basil.

Many flock to Morrison Market’s all-vegan Japanese eatery for its impressive selection of miso onigiri, but the velvety curry is a wintertime go-to. Obon Shokudo offers a rich gravy-like Japanese curry simmered with 17 herbs and spices and packed with potatoes, shiitakes, carrots, and celery. Served with three-day sprouted brown rice, the curry can be ordered as a full meal with tofu katsu, house-made pickles, and sesame salad. The restaurant is open for takeout and delivery and at farmers markets.

From mushroom biryani to creamy tikka masala, this vegetarian Indian restaurant on Hawthorne offers plenty for vegans to choose from. The curries include classics like chana masala and aloo bell pepper, but the standout is the baingan bharta, where smoky grilled eggplant offers intense depth of flavor. The curries come with basmati rice, but the move here is to order a side of buttery vegan naan. Maruti is open for takeout and delivery.

The speciality at this worker-owned pop-up turned restaurant on Belmont is the curry plate, which arrives on a banana leaf. Aromatic Sri Lankan curries couple with accompaniments — like napa cabbage mallum, coconut samobol, and papadams — to create a lively assortment of flavors and textures. While one can’t go wrong with Mirisata’s spicy “chicken” and jackfruit curries, customers should lookout for seasonal specials, like roasted coconut pumpkin curry. The restaurant is open for takeout and delivery.

From street foods to kofta plates, The Sudra reinvents Indian dishes with vegan flair and New Mexican influences, like green chiles. Each curry is distinctive — such as soy curl tikka masala, kale saag tofu paneer, and jackfruit vindaloo — and comes with brown rice. However, they’re even better paired with sides, like kale-infused dosa, tomato chutney, and coconut yogurt, to fully explore Sanjay Chandrasekaran’s creative menu. Both locations offer takeout, delivery, and outdoor seating.

Located on Burnside, Wajan offers a glimpse into Indonesia through its batik patterns and murals depicting scenes from Jakarta. From gado gado to bubur ayam porridge, many dishes can be made vegan, including the soup-like yellow curry with potatoes, green onions, emping crackers, with the option to add on “meaty” chunks of jackfruit. The restaurant is open for patio dining, takeout, and delivery.

This Ethiopian vegetarian food cart on Glisan recently garnered attention among the vegan community when it went fully vegan. Available for takeout and delivery, the combo plates offer the best way to explore Little Ethiopia Eatery’s curries — like the hearty misir wot lentil curry with tomatoes, onions, and cardamom — coupled with injera flatbread and vegetable sides, like collard greens and beets.