
# | Dish Name | Description | Origin | Main Ingredients | Best Served With |
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1 | Butter Chicken | A popular Punjabi dish that consists of chicken cooked in a creamy tomato-based sauce with butter and spices. | Punjab | Chicken, tomato, cream, butter, spices | Naan bread, rice. |
2 | Biryani | A mixed rice dish that can include meat, fish, or vegetables, flavored with various spices and served with raita. | South India | Rice, meat or vegetables, spices, raita | Raita, papadum. |
3 | Masala Dosa | A South Indian dish that consists of a crispy crepe made from rice and lentil batter, filled with spiced potatoes and served with sambar and chutney. | South India | Rice, lentils, potatoes, spices | Sambar, chutney. |
4 | Chole Bhature | A popular Punjabi dish that consists of spicy chickpeas served with fluffy fried bread. | Punjab | Chickpeas, flour, spices | Onion salad, pickles. |
5 | Vada Pav | A popular street food from Mumbai that consists of a potato fritter sandwiched between two slices of bread, often served with chutney and fried green chili. | Mumbai | Potatoes, bread, chutney, spices | Chutney, fried green chili. |
6 | Tandoori Chicken | A popular Punjabi dish that consists of chicken marinated in yogurt and spices, cooked in a clay oven. | Punjab | Chicken, yogurt, spices | Onion salad, mint chutney. |
7 | Samosas | A popular snack that consists of crispy pastry filled with spiced potatoes or meat. | North India | Flour, potatoes or meat, spices | Mint chutney, tamarind chutney. |
8 | Palak Paneer | A popular North Indian dish that consists of paneer (Indian cheese) cooked in a creamy spinach sauce with spices. | North India | Paneer, spinach, cream, spices | Naan bread, rice. |
9 | Pav Bhaji | A popular Mumbai dish that consists of a spicy vegetable curry served with soft bread rolls. | Mumbai | Vegetables, bread, spices | Onion salad, pickles. |
10 | Rogan Josh | A popular Kashmiri dish that consists of lamb cooked in a spicy tomato-based sauce with fragrant spices such as cardamom and fennel. | Kashmir | Lamb, tomato, onion, spices | Rice, naan bread. |
11 | Idli | A South Indian breakfast dish that consists of steamed rice and lentil cakes, often served with coconut chutney and sambar. | South India | Rice, lentils, coconut, spices | Coconut chutney, sambar. |
12 | Dum Aloo | A popular Kashmiri dish that consists of small potatoes that are simmered in a spicy tomato-based sauce with fragrant spices such as fennel and cinnamon. | Kashmir | Potatoes, tomato, onion, spices | Rice, naan bread. |
13 | Gulab Jamun | A popular Indian dessert that consists of small, fried dough balls that are soaked in a sweet syrup flavored with rosewater. | North India | Flour, milk powder, sugar, rosewater | Sugar syrup, vanilla ice cream. |
Dish Name | Description | Origin | Main Ingredients | Best Served With | |
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14 | Chicken Tikka Masala | A popular North Indian dish that consists of marinated chicken that is grilled and then cooked in a creamy tomato-based sauce with spices. | North India | Chicken, tomato, cream, spices | Naan bread, rice. |
15 | Aloo Gobi | A popular North Indian dish that consists of cauliflower and potatoes cooked in a tomato-based sauce with spices. | North India | Cauliflower, potatoes, tomato, spices | Naan bread, rice. |
16 | Lassi | A popular North Indian drink that is made from yogurt, sugar, and fruit, and often served chilled. | North India | Yogurt, sugar, fruit | Chilled, with ice cubes. |
17 | Rasgulla | A popular Bengali dessert that consists of small, spongy balls made from chenna (cottage cheese) that are soaked in a syrup flavored with cardamom. | Bengal | Chenna, sugar syrup, cardamom | Chilled, garnished with pistachios. |
18 | Fish Curry | A popular South Indian dish that consists of fish cooked in a spicy tomato-based sauce with coconut milk and spices. | South India | Fish, tomato, coconut milk, spices | Rice, naan bread. |
19 | Paneer Tikka | A popular North Indian dish that consists of paneer (Indian cheese) that is marinated and then grilled with vegetables and spices. | North India | Paneer, vegetables, spices | Mint chutney, onion salad. |
20 | Dhokla | A popular Gujarati snack that is made from fermented batter of rice and split chickpeas, often served with chutney. | Gujarat | Rice, split chickpeas, spices | Mint chutney, tamarind chutney. |
21 | Malai Kofta | A popular North Indian dish that consists of deep-fried balls made from paneer, potatoes, and nuts, served in a creamy tomato-based sauce with spices. | North India | Paneer, potatoes, nuts, tomato, cream, spices | Naan bread, rice. |
22 | Pani Puri | A popular street food from Mumbai that consists of small, crispy shells filled with spiced potatoes and a tangy tamarind water. | Mumbai | Flour, potatoes, tamarind water, spices | Tamarind water, mint water. |
23 | Chicken Biryani | A mixed rice dish that includes chicken, flavored with various spices and served with raita. | South India | Rice, chicken, spices, raita | Raita, papadum. |
24 | Chicken Curry | A popular North Indian dish that consists of chicken cooked in a spicy tomato-based sauce with fragrant spices such as cardamom and cloves. | North India | Chicken, tomato, onion, spices | Rice, naan bread. |
25 | Prawn Curry | A popular South Indian dish that consists of prawns cooked in a spicy tomato-based sauce with coconut milk and spices. | South India | Prawns, tomato, coconut milk, spices | Rice, naan bread. |
# | Dish Name | Description | Origin | Main Ingredients | Best Served With |
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26 | Chole Bhature | A popular North Indian dish that consists of spicy chickpeas (chole) served with deep-fried bread (bhature). | North India | Chickpeas, flour, spices | Pickle, onion salad. |
27 | Rava Dosa | A popular South Indian breakfast item that is made from a batter of semolina and rice flour, and often served with chutney and sambar. | South India | Semolina, rice flour, spices | Coconut chutney, sambar. |
28 | Rogan Josh | A popular Kashmiri dish that consists of lamb or goat cooked in a spicy tomato-based sauce with aromatic spices. | Kashmir | Lamb or goat, tomato, spices | Rice, naan bread. |
29 | Vada Pav | A popular Mumbai street food that consists of a potato fritter (vada) sandwiched between a bun (pav), served with chutney. | Mumbai | Potatoes, bun, spices | Tamarind chutney, green chutney. |
30 | Chana Masala | A popular North Indian dish that consists of spicy chickpeas cooked in a tomato-based sauce with fragrant spices. | North India | Chickpeas, tomato, spices | Naan bread, rice. |
31 | Appam | A popular South Indian breakfast item that is made from a batter of fermented rice and coconut milk, and often served with stew or curry. | South India | Rice, coconut milk, spices | Stew, chicken curry. |
32 | Misal Pav | A popular Maharashtrian breakfast item that consists of sprouts cooked in a spicy gravy and served with bread (pav). | Maharashtra | Sprouts, spices, bread | Onion, lemon. |
33 | Kheer | A popular North Indian dessert that consists of rice or vermicelli pudding cooked in milk and sweetened with sugar, flavored with cardamom and garnished with nuts. | North India | Rice or vermicelli, milk, sugar, cardamom, nuts | Garnished with nuts. |
34 | Aloo Paratha | A popular North Indian breakfast item that consists of a flatbread stuffed with spiced potatoes, served with yogurt or chutney. | North India | Potatoes, flour, spices | Yogurt, chutney. |
35 | Idli Sambar | A popular South Indian breakfast item that consists of steamed rice cakes (idli) served with a lentil and vegetable stew (sambar). | South India | Rice, lentils, vegetables, spices | Coconut chutney, sambar. |
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50 | Gulab Jamun | A popular Indian dessert that consists of small, fried dough balls that are soaked in a sweet syrup flavored with rosewater. | North India | Flour, sugar, rosewater | Served warm. |
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