Name |
Image |
Description |
Vegetarian/
Non-vegetarian |
State |
Aloo baingan masala |
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Diced Potatoes and Brinjal stuffed with spices in curry |
Vegetarian |
Aloo baingan |
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Diced Potatoes and Brinjal in curry |
Vegetarian |
Aloo gobi |
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Cauliflower with potatoes sauteed with garam masala. |
Vegetarian |
Aloo ki Tikki |
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Patties of potato mixed with some vegetables fried |
Vegetarian |
Aloo Matar |
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Potatoes and peas in curry. |
Vegetarian |
Aloo methi |
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Methi leaves and potatoes nicely flavoured. Potato, fresh Methi leaves. |
Vegetarian |
Aloo shimla mirch |
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Vegetarian |
Amriti with Rabdi |
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Vegetarian |
Amritsari fish |
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Amritsari Kulcha |
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type of bread |
Vegetarian |
Arbi masala |
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Edoes cooked in onion tomato masala. |
Vegetarian |
Baati |
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Ghee (Clarified butter). Wheat flour. |
Vegetarian |
Baingan bharta |
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Eggplant (Baingan) cooked with tomatoes or onions. |
Vegetarian |
Bharwaan baigan |
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Brinjal stuffed with spices |
Vegetarian |
Bharwaan tinde |
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Vegetarian |
Bharwein karela |
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Bitter gourd stuffed with spices |
Vegetarian |
Bhatura |
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Bread. All purpose flour, Vegetarian |
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Bhindi Masala |
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Okra sautéed with onions and tomatoes. |
Vegetarian |
Biryani |
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Main or side dish. Mixed rice dish, optional spices, optional vegetables, meats or seafood. Can have with plain yogurt. |
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Butter Chicken |
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Punjab |
Chaat |
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Typical north Indian tadka. |
Vegetarian |
Chana masala |
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Vegetarian |
Chapathi |
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Bread. Whole wheat flour. |
Vegetarian |
Chicken Razala |
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Bhopali style chicken cooked in a rich gravy with mint. |
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Chole bhature |
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Main. Chick peas, assorted spices, wheat flour and yeast for bhatura. |
Vegetarian |
Daal Baati Churma |
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Rajasthani special. |
Vegetarian |
Rajasthan |
Daal Puri |
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Stuffed dal in parathas. |
Vegetarian |
Dal makhani (Kali Dal) |
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Main. A typical type of lentil is used. |
Vegetarian |
Dal |
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Main. Assorted types of lentils, such as toor, urad, chana, masoor dal. |
Vegetarian |
Dal fry with tadka |
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Typical north Indian tadka. |
Vegetarian |
Dum Aloo |
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Potatoes cooked in Curry. |
Vegetarian |
Poha |
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specialty from Madhya Pradesh. Common snack in Central part of India. Flattended rice, potato, turmeric. |
Vegetarian |
French bean aloo |
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Vegetarian |
Gajar ka Halwa |
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A sweet dish native to U.P./Punjab. Carrot, Milk, Ghee, Cashew. |
Vegetarian |
Gajar matar aloo |
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Vegetarian |
Gobhi matar |
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Vegetarian |
Hari Mutter ka Nimona (Green peas daal) |
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Typical north Indian tadka. |
Vegetarian |
Jeera aloo |
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Vegetarian |
Kachori |
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Rajasthani /marwari special. |
Vegetarian |
Kadai paneer |
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Vegetarian |
Kadhi Pakoda |
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Gram Flour with Yogurt with gramflour fried balls. |
Vegetarian |
Karela Bharta |
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Bitter gourd/melon. |
Usually vegetarian |
Katha meetha petha/halwakadoo |
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Vegetarian |
Kheer |
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Rice Cooked with Milk and dry fruits. Milk and Rice, dry Fruits. |
Vegetarian |
Khichdi |
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Rice cooked with daal and veggies and sauteed. |
Vegetarian |
Kofta |
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Gram flour balls fried with vegetables. Gram flour, veggies, rolled into balls with gram flour and fried in oil and then cooked with curry. |
Vegetarian |
Kulfi falooda |
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Vegetarian |
Lauki ke kofte |
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Bottle gourd. |
Vegetarian |
Lauki ki subji |
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Bottle Gourd. |
Vegetarian |
Litti chokha |
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A baked salted wheat flour cake filled with sattu (baked chickpea flour) and some special spices |
Vegetarian |
Makki di roti, Sarson Da Saag |
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Punjabi speciality. |
Vegetarian |
Mathura ke pede |
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Vegetarian |
Methi Saag, Chaulai Saab |
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Veggie leaves sauteed in oil and garlic with little masalas. Cooked mostly in Central part of India. |
Vegetarian |
Misi roti |
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Vegetarian |
Mixed vegetable |
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Vegetarian |
Moong dal ka halwa |
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Vegetarian |
Murgh Musallam |
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Non-Vegetarian |
Mushroom do pyaza |
|
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Vegetarian |
Mushroom matar |
|
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Vegetarian |
Naan |
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Tandoor-baked soft flatbread. Refined wheat flour. |
Vegetarian |
Navrattan korma |
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Palak Daal |
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Spinach with toor daal. |
Vegetarian |
Palak Paneer |
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Cottage cheese cubes in spinach gravy. Spinach, Paneer. |
Vegetarian |
Paneer butter masala |
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Vegetarian |
Paneer Tikka Masala |
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Vegetarian |
Pani Puri |
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Typical north Indian tadka. |
Vegetarian |
Panjeeri |
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Vegetarian |
Paratha |
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Bread. Wheat flour. Can be stuffed: Common stuffings: potato mixture, paneer, muli(white radish). |
Vegetarian |
Pattor |
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Vegetarian |
Phirni |
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Vegetarian |
Pindi chana |
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Vegetarian |
Pinni |
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Vegetarian |
Rajma Chaval |
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Bean curry with rice. |
Vegetarian |
Rajma |
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Main. Kidney beans & assorted spices. |
Vegetarian |
Ramatori subji |
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Vegetarian |
Rice |
|
Rice |
Vegetarian |
Rongi |
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Vegetarian |
Samosa |
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Normally served as an entree or appetiser. Potatoes, onions, peas, coriander, and lentils, may be served with a mint or tamarind sauce |
Vegetarian/meat varieties |
Samose |
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Typical north Indian tadka. |
Vegetarian |
Sattu ki Roti |
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Dish from bihar. |
Vegetarian |
Shahi paneer |
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A popular Indian, as well as Punjabi and Nepalese dish, made with paneer (cottage chesse), in a thick cream and tomato gravy and spices |
Vegetarian. |
Shahi tukra |
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Bread. Bread pudding in a rich sauce of thickened milk, garnished with sliced almonds. |
Vegetarian |
Singhada Halwa |
|
Lotus fruit dried and powdered to make this fasting sweet meat. |
Vegetarian |
Sooji Halwa |
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Semolina cooked with clarified butter and Dry fruits. Semolina (Suji), clarified butter, cashew nuts. |
Vegetarian |
Sweet Pethas/ kesar petha/ pista petha |
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Vegetarian |
Vegetable Jalfrezi |
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Vegetarian |
Name |
Image |
Description |
Vegetarian/
Non-vegetarian |
Appam |
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Pancake, thicker at center. Ground rice. |
Vegetarian |
Avial |
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Coconut paste, curd mixed with vegetables and some spices. |
Vegetarian |
Bajji |
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Vegetable or onion fritters |
Vegetarian |
Biryani |
|
Spicy rice dish with vegetables or chicken or mutton or fish or prawns. |
Depends on choice |
Bisi Bele Bath |
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Rice preparation with vegetables. |
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Bonda |
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Snack. Potatoes, gram flour. |
Vegetarian |
Chicken 65 |
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Popular deep fried chicken preparation. Chicken, onion, ginger. |
Non-Vegetarian |
Currivepillai sadam |
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Curry leaves rice |
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Dosa |
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Pancake/Hopper. Ground rice, Urad dal. |
Vegetarian |
Double ka meetha |
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Bread crumbs fried in Ghee and dipped in milk and sugar syrup |
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Goli bajje |
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Snack. Gram flour. |
Vegetarian |
Idiappam |
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Steamed rice noodles/vermicelli. Ground rice. |
Vegetarian |
Idli |
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Steamed cake of fermented rice and pulse flour. Rice, Urad dal. |
Vegetarian |
Indian omelette |
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Egg omelette or veg omelette |
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Kaara Kozhambu |
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Dish used with rice made of chilli powder and tamarind. |
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Keerai kootu |
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Green leaves kootu |
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Keerai masiyal |
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Grinded green leaves used as a side dish for rice or mixed with rice. |
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Keerai sadam |
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Rice and green leaves. |
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Koottu |
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Vegetable, daal or lentil mixture boiled in water. |
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Kos kootu |
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Cabbage and lentil dish used for rice. |
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Kothamali sadam |
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Coriander rice |
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Kuzhakkattai |
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Dumplings. Rice flour, jaggery, coconut. |
Vegetarian |
Kuzhambu |
|
Thick soup with coconut. Coconut, vegetables. |
Vegetarian |
Masala Dosa |
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Dosa with masala and potato. |
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Parotta |
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Layered kerala parotta made with maida and dalda. |
Vegetarian |
Paruppu sadam |
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Daal rice |
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Payasam |
|
Rice dessert. Rice, milk. |
Vegetarian |
Pongal |
|
Pulao. rice. |
Vegetarian |
Poriyal |
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Side dish for rice prepared from one or more vegetables with little oil stirred, with daal half boiled and coconut / mustard seeds. |
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Puli sadam |
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Tamarind rice |
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Puttu |
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Ground Rice. |
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Kanji |
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Rice porridge |
Vegetarian |
Sakkara pongal |
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Sweet rice dish |
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Sajjige |
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Sweet dish |
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Sambar |
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Lentil soup with vegetables and masala mixed with rice and taken. |
Vegetarian |
Sevai |
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Kind of rice vermicelli used for breakfast. |
|
Sevai lunch |
|
Kind of rice vermicelli mixed with either tamarind or lemon or coconut. |
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Thayir sadam, Mosaranna |
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Curd rice |
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Thengai sadam |
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Coconut rice |
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Uttapam |
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Rice Pancake/Hopper with a topping of onions/tomatoes/coconut. |
Vegetarian |
Vada |
|
Savory donut. Urad dal. |
Vegetarian |
Varuval |
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Vegetables fried in shallow oil |
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Yelumincham sadam, Chitranna |
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Lemon rice. Rice, lemon juice. |
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Keerai poriyal |
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Green leaves mixed with daal and coconut with little oil. |
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Wheat Upma |
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A breakfast dish and snack. Upma prepared from Wheat Dhalia Rava. |
Vegetarian |
Koshambri |
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A cucumber salad dish popular in Karnataka. Prepared during festivals. |
Vegetarian |
Obbattu (holige, bobbattu, Pooran-poli) |
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A stuffed (Moong gram dal and jaggery or coconut poornam) paratha. Dish native to South and West India in the states of (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. |
Vegetarian |
Ennai Kathirikkai |
|
Ennai Kathirikkai |
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Ragi Mudhe |
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Pesarattu |
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Dosa (pancake or crepe) of Andhra Pradesh made from Moong Dal (lentils), grains and spice batter. |
Vegetarian |
Nandu (Crab in Tamil) Omlette |
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Omlette with pieces of crab and spices. Now becoming popular among local residents. |
Non-Vegetarian |
Name |
Image |
Description |
Vegetarian/
Non-vegetarian |
Amti |
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Lentil curry. Split lentil. |
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Bajri no rotlo |
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Bread. Thick millet flour flatbread usually grilled over coals. |
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Barfi |
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Sweet |
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Basundi |
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Sweet |
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Bhakri |
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Bread. Whole wheat flour, thicker than rotli, crispy. |
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Bombil fry |
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Main Course. Bombay Duck (Fish). |
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Chaat |
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Snack |
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Chakri |
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Savoury snack. Mixed grain flour. |
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Chevdo |
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Mixture. Flattened rice, groundnut, chana, masala. |
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Cholafali |
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Snack |
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Chorafali |
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Spicy. Grinding of charudala, masala, sprinkle with red chilly powder on top. |
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Copra paak |
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Sweet coconut halwa/barfi: Halwa is soft, barfi more like cake. |
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Daal Dhokli |
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Snack |
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Dahi vada |
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Fried lentil balls in a yogurt sauce. Lentils, yogurt. |
|
Dhokla |
|
Lentil snack. Gram. |
|
Doodhpak |
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Sweet A milk-based sweet dessert with nuts. |
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Dudhi no Halwo - Bottle Gourd Halwa |
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Sweet |
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Dum aaloo |
|
Veg. Main dish. Potatoes deep fry, yogurt, coriander powder, ginger powder. |
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Pohe |
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Vegetarian Snack. Flattened rice. |
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Gajar Halwo - Carrot Halwa |
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Sweet |
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Gatta curry |
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Curry. Steamed dumplings made from chickpea flour cooked in a spiced yoghurt sauce. |
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Ghari (sweet from Surat) |
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Sweet |
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Ghooghra |
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Sweet |
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Gud papdi (Gol papdi) |
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Sweet |
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Gulab Jamun |
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Snack |
Sweet |
Halvasan |
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Sweet |
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Handwo (steamed dish) |
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Snack |
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Gur |
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Sweet unrefined brown sugar sold in blocks[3]. |
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Jalebi |
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Sweet maida & grained semolina flour, baking powder, curd, sugar. |
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Juvar no rotlo |
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Bread. Thick sorghum flatbread. |
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Kansar |
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Sweet |
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Keri no ras |
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Sweet |
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Khakhra |
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Snack. Wheat flour, methi. |
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Khandvi |
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Snack. Besan. |
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Kombdi vade |
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Chicken Curry with Bread. Chicken. |
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Koshimbir |
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Salad. Salad/side-dish. |
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Laapsi |
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Sweet coarse ground/ broken wheat cooked with butter and sugar. |
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Laddu |
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Sweet |
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Locha |
|
Spicy. Grinding of chanadal, masala,. |
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Malpua |
|
Sweet |
|
Methi na Gota |
|
Snack. Fried fenugreek dumplings. |
|
Modak |
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Sweet coconut dumplings. Rice flour, coconut. |
|
Mohanthal |
|
a sweet prepared from gram flour and ghee dry fruits |
|
Muthiya |
|
Snack. Whole wheat flour, methi leaves, besan/chickpeas flour and coriander leaves/cilantro. |
|
Panipuri |
|
Snack |
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Patra |
|
Snack. Taro leaves, coconut, seeds, dal. |
|
Pav Bhaji |
|
Veg main dish. Mix curry of onion, capsicum, peas, cauliflower potatoes. |
|
Penda |
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Sweet |
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Pooran-poli |
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Sweet stuffed bread. Wheat flour, gram. |
|
Puri |
|
Bread. Wheat flour. |
|
Puri Bhaji |
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Breakfast or Snack |
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Rasya Muthia |
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Snack. A spicy yogurt dumpling soup. |
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Sabudana Khichadi |
|
Vegetarian Snack. Sago. |
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Sev Khamani |
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Snack. Chana dal, green chillies, ginger, lemon juice and olive oil. |
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Sev Tameta |
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Veggie. Potatoes and sev. |
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Shakarpara |
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Snack. A deep fried snack made out of sugar and wheat. |
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Namakpara |
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Snack. A deep fried snack made out of salt and Gram Flour . |
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Shankarpali |
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Sweet or savoury snack. Plain flour, sugar. |
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Shiro |
|
Sweet roasted semolina/flour/dal with milk, butter, sugar, nuts and raisins. |
|
Shrikhand |
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Sweet A thick yogurt-based sweet dessert garnished with ground nuts, cardamom, and saffron. |
|
Sohan papdi |
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Sweet |
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Soonvali |
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Snack |
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Sukhdi |
|
Sweet |
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Sutarfeni |
|
Sweet |
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Thalipeeth |
|
Savoury pancake. Mixed grain flour. |
|
Undhiyu |
|
Mix veggi. Plantain, brinjal, carrot, green chillies, potatoes, fresh coconut and other vegetable. |
|
Upmaa |
|
Vegetarian snack. Semolina. |
|
Vada pav |
|
Burger. Gram flour, potatoes, chilli, garlic, ginger. |
|
Veg Kolhapuri |
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Vegetarian dish. Mixed vegetables. |
|
Vindaloo |
|
Goan pork vindaloo. Pork, goan red chilli paste. |
|
Ghebar or Ghevar |
|
Sweet from Surat |
|
Lilva Kachori |
|
Snack. Lilva and whole wheat flour. |
|
Magaj]]) |
|
Sweet |
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Name |
Image |
Description |
Vegetarian/
Non-vegetarian |
Cheera Doi |
|
Breakfast cereal. |
|
Dhup Pitha |
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A sweet Assamese specialty |
|
Gheela Pitha |
|
Sweet Assamese specialty |
|
Hurum |
|
Breakfast cereal; an Assamese specialty |
|
Khar |
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Assamese specialty side dish: papaya, banana, soda |
|
Kumol Sawul |
|
Breakfast cereal; an Assamese specialty. Soft rice with cream & jaggery. |
|
Loskora (Coconut Laddu) |
|
Sweet |
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Luchi |
|
Puffed bread, fried in oil, made from flour. A Bengali specialty |
|
Malpua/Malpoa |
|
Sweet Snacks. Specially in Bengal. |
|
Momo |
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Originally from Tibet, it is a popular snack/ food item in India. |
|
Muri Naaru |
|
Sweet Bengali specialty. |
|
Pani Tenga |
|
Pickle made from mustard. |
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Sunga Pitha |
|
Sweet Assamese specialty |
|
Alu Pitika |
|
Dish made of mashed potato. |
|
Masor tenga |
|
An Assamese fish stew cooked with any of a variety of sour fruits including tomatoes.[1] |
|
Bengena Pitika |
|
Dish made of mashed brinjal. |
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Bilahi Maas |
|
Fish curry cooked with tomatoes. |
|
Black rice |
|
Special local variety of rice |
|
Bora Sawul |
|
Breakfast cereal; an Assamese specialty. Sticky rice, sugar or jaggery. |
|
Brown Rice |
|
Special local variety of rice. |
|
Chhenagaja |
|
Dessert. Cottage cheese, flour, sugar syrup. |
|
Chhenapoda |
|
Dessert. Cottage cheese, flour, sugar syrup. Oriya Specialty. |
|
Chingri malai curry |
|
Curry. Prawn, coconut, mustard, steamed. Traditional Bengali Dish. |
|
Dal |
|
Lentils. |
|
Goja |
|
Sweet. Bengali Specialty |
|
Hando Guri |
|
Breakfast cereal; an Assamese specialty |
|
Haq Maas |
|
Fish curry cooked with leafy green vegetables. |
|
Horioh Maas |
|
Golden Mustard Fish Curry. |
|
Ilish or Chingri Bhape |
|
Curry. Ilish (Hilsha fish) or prawn, coconut, mustard, steamed. Traditional Bengali Dish. |
|
Kharoli |
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Pickle made from mustard; an Assamese specialty |
|
Khorisa |
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Pickle made from bamboo shoot; an Assamese specialty |
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[Koldil Chicken |
|
Chicken cooked with banana flower; an Assamese specialty |
|
Koldil Duck |
|
Duck meat cooked with banana flower; an Assamese specialty |
|
Konir Dom |
|
Egg curry. |
|
Lai Haq Maas |
|
Fish Curry with herbs & lemon. |
|
Litti |
|
Balls of wheat and sattu baked in oven and served with mashed potatoes (chokha) |
|
Maasor Tenga |
|
Tomato Fish Curry. |
|
Machher Jhol |
|
Curry. Fish, various spices. |
|
Masor Koni |
|
Fish delicasy. |
|
Masor Petu |
|
Fish delicasy. |
|
Mishti Chholar Dal |
|
Curry. Bengal gram, coconut, sugar. Bengali Specialty. |
|
Mishti Doi |
|
Dessert. Curd, sugar syrup and /or jaggery. Bengali Sweet curd. |
|
Ou tenga Maas |
|
Fish curry cooked with elephant apple. |
|
Pakhala |
|
Rice. Fermented rice, yoghurt, salt, seasonings. |
|
Bhaji |
|
Fried Vegetables. |
|
Pani Pitha |
|
Sweet Assamese specialty |
|
Pantua |
|
Assamese sweet similar to Gulab Jamun |
|
Payokh |
|
Dessert |
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Peda |
|
Sweet |
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Prawn malai curry |
|
Curry. Prawns, coconut cream, crushed mustard seed, red chillies. Bengali dish. |
|
Red Rice |
|
Special local variety of rice. |
|
Rice |
|
Staple Food. |
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Rosgulla |
|
Dessert. Cottage cheese, flour and sugar syrup. Signature Bengali condiment. |
|
Sabzi (curry) |
|
Different green or other vegetables. |
|
Shondesh |
|
Dessert. Milk, sugar. Signature Bengali Dish |
|
Shukto |
|
Curry. Vegetables, ghee, milk. Traditional Bengali dish. |
|
Sunga Pork |
|
Rich spicy pork curry |
|
Tenga Doi |
|
Sour curd |
|
Til Pitha |
|
Sweet Assamese specialty. Rice powder, til, jaggery. |
|