List of Indian dishes

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List of Indian dishes by region of origin.

Idli

North

#	Name	Type	Main ingredient(s)	Vegetarian/Non-Vegetarian
1	Chapati	Bread	Whole Wheat flour	Vegetarian
2	Rice	rice	rice	Vegetarian
3	Biryani	Main/Side	Rice, optional spices, optional vegetables or meats
4	Naan	Bread	Refined Wheat flour	Vegetarian
5	Paratha	Bread	Wheat flour	Vegetarian
6	Tandoori chicken	Non-Veg	Chicken
7	Chole bhature	Main	Chick peas, assorted spices, Wheat flour & Yeast for bhatura	Vegetarian
8	Baati	Ghee(Clarified butter)	Wheat flour	Vegetarian
9	Dal	Main	Assorted types of lentils, such as toor, urad, chana, masoor dal	Vegetarian
10	Bhatura	Bread	Wheat flour (it is fried)	Vegetarian
11	Rajma	Main	Kidney beans & assorted spices	Vegetarian
12	Dal makhani (Kali Dal)	Main	a typical type of lentil is used	Vegetarian
13	Dal fry with tadka	typical north Indian tadka		Vegetarian
14	Daal Baati Churma	rajasthani special		Vegetarian
15	Daal Puri	Stuffed Dal in Parathas		Vegetarian
16	Karela Bharta		Bitter Gourd / Melon	Usually vegetarian
17	Bhindi Masala		Okra sautéed with Onions and Tomatoes	Vegetarian
18	Sattu ki Roti	Dish from bihar		Vegetarian
19	Gajar ka Halwa	UP Dish	A carrot pudding	Vegetarian
20	Rajma Chaval	Bean Curry with Rice		Vegetarian
21	Poha	Specialty from Madhya Pradesh. Common snack in Central part of India.		Vegetarian
22	Makke ki Roti, Sarso da saag	Punjabi speciality		Vegetarian
23	Samosa		Potatoes, onions, peas, coriander, and lentils	Vegetarian
24	Kachori	Rajasthani /marwari special		Vegetarian
25	Kheer	Rice Cooked with Milk and dry fruits	Milk and Rice, dry Fruits	Vegetarian
26	Palak Daal	Spinach with Toor Daal		Vegetarian
27	Kofta	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
28	Methi Saag , Chaulai Saab	Veggie leaves sauteed in oil and garlic with little masalas	Cooked mostly in Central part of India.	Vegetarian
29	Khichdi	Rice cooked with daal and veggies and sauteed.		Vegetarian
30	Sooji Halwa	Samolina cooked with clarified butter and Dry fruits.		Vegetarian
31	Singhada Halwa	Lotus Fruit dried and powdered to make this fasting sweet meat.		Vegetarian
32	Palak Paneer	Cottage cheese cubes in Spinach gravy.		Vegetarian
33	Aloo Matar	Potatoes and peas in curry		Vegetarian
34	Dum Aloo	Potatoes cooked in Curry.		Vegetarian
35	Gobhi Aloo	Cauliflower with potatoes sauteed with garam masala.		Vegetarian
36	Matar Patratha, Paneer Paratha, Aloo Paratha, gajar paratha, mooli Paratha	All stuffed parathas with different veggies.		Vegetarian
37	Aloo methi	Methi leaves and potatoes nicely flavoured		Vegetarian
38	Arbi masala	Edoes cooked in onion tomato masala		Vegetarian
39	Mushroom do pyaza			Vegetarian
40	Mixed vegetable			Vegetarian
41	Vegetable Jalfrezi			Vegetarian
42	Lauki ki subji			Vegetarian
43	Bharwaan tinde			Vegetarian
44	Aloo baingan			Vegetarian
45	Bharwaan baigan			Vegetarian
46	Aloo shimla mirch			Vegetarian
47	Lauki ke kofte			Vegetarian
48	Pattor			Vegetarian
49	Ramatori subji			Vegetarian
50	Baigan bharta	Eggplant (Baingan) cooked with tomatoes or onions		Vegetarian
51	Jeera aloo			Vegetarian
52	Kadai paneer			Vegetarian
53	Paneer butter masala			Vegetarian
54	Butter Chicken
55	Amritsari fish
56	Amritsari kulcha			Vegetarian
57	Chana masala			Vegetarian
58	Misi roti			Vegetarian
59	Navrattan korma
60	Rongi			Vegetarian
61	Pindi chana			Vegetarian
62	French bean aloo			Vegetarian
63	Bharwein karela			Vegetarian
64	Shahi paneer			Vegetarian
65	Mushroom matar			Vegetarian
66	Moong dal ka halwa			Vegetarian
67	Phirni			Vegetarian
68	Amriti with Rabdi			Vegetarian
69	Mathura ke pde			Vegetarian
70	Pinni			Vegetarian
71	Panjeeri			Vegetarian
73	katha meetha petha/halwakadoo			Vegetarian
74	Sweet Pethas/ kesar petha/ pista petha			Vegetarian
75	Gobhi matar			Vegetarian
76	Gajar matar aloo			Vegetarian
77	Aloo baingan masala			Vegetarian
78	Aloo ki Tikki			Vegetarian
79	Kulfi falooda			Vegetarian
80	Paneer Tikka Masala			Vegetarian
81	Kadhi Pakoda	Gram Flour with Yogurt with gramflour fried balls		Vegetarian
82	Chicken Razala	Bhopali style chicken cooked in a rich gravy with mint

South

#	Name	Type	Main ingredients
1	dosa	Pancake/Hopper	Ground rice
2	Idli	Steamed [cake] of fermented [rice] and [pulse] flour	Rice, flour
3	Upma	Snack	Rava
4	Bonda	Snack	Potatoes, gram flour
5	Bajji	Vegetable Fritters
6	Vada	Savory Donut	Urad dal
7	Goli bajje	snack	gram flour
8	Puttu	Ground Rice
9	Uttapam	Rice Pancake/Hopper with a topping of onions/tomatoes/coconut
10	Kuzhakkattai	Dumplings	Rice flour, jaggery, coconut
11	Payasam	Rice Dessert	Rice, milk
12	Kanji	Porridge	Rice
13	Kuzhambu	Thick Soup with coconut	Coconut, Vegetables
14	Appam	Pancake, thicker at center	Ground rice
15	Idiappam	Steamed rice noodles/vermicelli	Ground rice
16	Chicken 65	Popular Deep Fried Chicken preparation	Chicken, Onion, Ginger
17	Pongal	Pulao	Rice
18	Parotta	layered kerala parotta made with maida and dalda
19	Mathi	River fish variety
20	Erachi ullathiyathu	Chicken curry with thick and minimal gravy
21	Meen Moli	White fish curry
22	Meen vevichathu	Red fish curry with tamarind
24	kappa	tapioca
25	kaada	Patridge
26	karumeen pollichathu	Fish preparation in banana leaves
27	avial	mix vegetable
28	Muyal	Rabbit
29	panni varathathu	Pork fry
30	vedi erachi	Hunting meat(deer/boar)
31	aattirachi	Mutton
32	taaravin mutta	Duck eggs
33	taaravu mappas	Duck preparation
34	Maacri kaal	Green Frog leg fried
35	Sambar	Lentil soup with vegetables and masala mixed with rice and taken
36	Yelumincham sadam	Lemon rice
37	Thengai sadam	Cocunut rice
38	Puli sadam	Tamarind rice
39	Currivepillai sadam	Curry leaves rice
40	Kothamali sadam	Coriander rice
41	Bisi Bele Bath	Rice preparation with vegetables
42	Kaara Kozhambu	Dish used with rice made of chilli powder and tamarind
43	Kos kootu	Cabbage and lentil dish used for rice
44	Poriyal	Side dish for rice prepared from one or more vegetables with little oil stirred, with daal half boiled and coconut / mustard seeds
45	Aviyal	Cocunut paste, curd mixed with vegetables and some spices
46	Kootu	Vegetable, daal or lentil mixture boiled in water
47	Varuval	Vegetables shallow fried in oil
48	Thayir sadam	Curd rice
49	More Kozhambu	Butter milk dish mixed with rice
50	Meen Kozhambu	Fish dish mixed with rice
51	Kozhi Kozhambu	Chicken dish mixed with rice
52	Mutton Kozhambu	Goat meat spicy curry
53	Mutton Varuval	Goat meat dry fry
54	Kozhi Varuval	Chicken dry fry
55	Kozhi Kurma	thick chicken curry
56	Korma	Vegetables with coconut paste used for dosa or chappathi or rice
57	Nandu varuval	Crab shallow/dry fry
58	Era varuval	Prawn shallow fry
59	Biryani	Spicy rice dish with vegetables or chicken or mutton or fish or prawns
60	Sakkara pongal	Sweet rice dish
61	Chettinadu Kaikari masala	Vegetable gravy chettinadu style
62	Chettinadu kozhi varuval	Chicken shallow fry
63	Chettinadu muttai varutha curry	Egg fry
64	Chettinadu karandi omelette	Omelette in the shape of a big spoon
65	Karuvaadu varuval	Fried Sun dried fish
66	Karuvaattu kozhambu	Dish made of sun dried fish mixed with rice
67	Mutta Kozhambu	Egg dish mixed with rice
68	Mutta Kurma	Egg kurma
69	Indian omelette	egg omelette or veg omelette
70	Masala Dosa	Dosa with masala and potato
71	Paruppu sadam	Daal rice
72	Sevai	Kind of rice vermicilli used for breakfast
73	sevai lunch	kind of rice vermicilli mixed with either tamarind or lemon or coconut
74	Keerai sadam	Rice and green leaves
75	Keerai poriyal	Green leaves mixed with daal and coconut with little oil
76	Keerai masiyal	Grinded green leaves used as a side dish for rice or mixed with rice
77	Keerai kootu	Green leaves kootu

West

#	Name	Type	Main ingredient(s)
1	Vada pav	Burger	Gram flour, potatoes, chilli, garlic, ginger
2	Dahi vada	fried lentil balls in a yogurt sauce	lentils, yogurt
3	Puri	Bread	Wheat flour
4	Bombil fry	Main Course	Bombay Duck (Fish)
5	Kombdi vade	Chicken Curry with Bread	Chicken
6	Vindaloo	Goan Pork Vindaloo	Pork, Goan Red Chilli Paste
7	Veg Kolhapuri	Vegetarian Dish	Mixed Vegetables
8	Dhokla	Lentil Snack	Gram
9	Pohe	Vegetarian Snack	flattened rice
10	Sabudana Khichadi	Vegetarian Snack	sago
11	Koshimbir	salad	salad/side-dish
12	Upmaa	Vegetarian Snack	semolina
13	Thalipeeth	Savoury Pancake	mixed grain flour
14	Pooran-poli	Sweet Stuffed Bread	wheat flour, gram
15	Modak	Sweet Coconut Dumplings	rice flour, coconut
16	Chakli	Savoury Snack	mixed grain flour
17	Shakkarparey	Sweet or Savoury Snack	plain flour, sugar
18	Amti	Lentil Curry	split lentil
19	Chivda	Mixture	flattened rice, groundnut, chana, masala
20	Chorafali	spicey	grinding of Charudala, masala, sprinkle with red chilly powder on top
21	locha	spicey	grinding of chanadal, masala,
22	Pav Bhaji	Veg Main Dish	Mix Curry of Onion, Capsicum, Peas, Cauliflower potatoes
23	Khakhra	Snack	wheat flour, Methi
24	Jalebi	Sweet	maida & grained semolina flour, baking powder, curd, sugar
25	Undhiyu	Mix veggi	Plantain , Brinjal , carrot , Green chillies, potatoes, Fresh coconut and other vegetable
26	Muthiya	Snack	whole wheat flour, methi leaves, besan/chickpeas flour and coriander leaves/cilantro
27	Dum aaloo	Veg. Main dish	potatoes deep fry, yogurt, coriander powder, ginger powder
28	Khakhra	Snack	wheat flour, Methi
29	Bhakhri	Bread	whole wheat flour, thicker than Rotli, crispy
30	Bajri no rotlo	Bread	thick millet flour flatbread usually grilled over coals
31	Juvar no rotlo	Bread	thick sorghum flatbread
32	Sev Tameta	Veggie	Potatoes and Sev
33	Khandvi	Snack	besan
34	Khandvi	Snack	besan
35	Patra	Snack	Taro Leaves,Coconut , Seeds , Dal
36	Sev Khamani	Snack	chana dal , green chillies, ginger, lemon juice and olive oil
37	Lilva Kachori	Snack	Lilva and whole wheat flour
38	Chaat	Snack
39	Methi na Gota	Snack
40	Soonvali	Snack
41	Kachori	Snack
42	Panipuri	Snack
43	Handwo ( steamed dish )	Snack
44	Rasya Muthia	Snack	a spicy yogurt dumpling soup
45	Daal Dhokli	Snack
46	Cholafali	Snack
47	Sutarfeni	Sweet
48	Kansar	Sweet
49	Halvasan	Sweet
50	Malpua	Sweet
51	Keri no ras	Sweet
52	Basundi	Sweet
53	Ghari (sweet from Surat)	Sweet
54	Ghebar or Ghevar (sweet from Surat)	Sweet
55	Son Papdi	Sweet
56	Magas (or Magaj)	Sweet
57	Sukhadi	Sweet
58	Mohanthal	Sweet
59	Gud papdi ( Gol papdi )	Sweet
60	Penda	Sweet
61	Barfi	Sweet
62	Laddu	Sweet
63	Shiro	Sweet	roasted semolina/flour/dal with milk, butter, sugar, nuts and raisins
64	Ghooghra	Sweet
65	Shrikhand	Sweet	a thick yogurt-based sweet dessert garnished with ground nuts, cardamom, and saffron
66	Laapsi	Sweet	coarse ground/ broken wheat cooked with butter and sugar
67	Doodhpak	Sweet	a milk-based sweet dessert with nuts
68	Shakkarpara	Snack	a deep fried snack made out of sugar and wheat
69	Copra paak	Sweet Coconut halwa/barfi: Halwa is soft, barfi more like cake
70	Gajar Halwo - Carrot Halwa	Sweet
71	Dudhi no Halwo - Bottle Gourd Halwa	Sweet
72	Gur	Sweet	unrefined brown sugar sold in blocks[3]

East

#	Name	Type	Main ingredient(s)
1	Rice	Staple Food
2	Dal	Pluses
3	Bhaji	Fried Vegetables
4	Sabji	Different Green / other Vegetables
5	Tenga	Fish cooked with sour taste
6	Tenga Doi	Sour Curd
7	Chhenagaja	Dessert	Cottage Cheese, flour, sugar syrup
8	Chhenapoda	Dessert	Cottage Cheese, flour, sugar syrup
9	Mishti Doi	Dessert	Curd, sugar syrup and /or jaggery
10	Roshogolla	Dessert	Cottage Cheese, flour and Sugar Syrup
11	Machha Jhola	Curry	fish, various spices
12	Pakhal	Rice	fermented rice, yoghurt, salt, seasonings
13	Chingri Machher Malai-Kari	Curry	Prawn, Coconut, Mustard, Steamed
14	Ilish or Chingri Bhape	Curry	Ilish (Hilsha Fish)or Prawn, Coconut, Mustard, Steamed
15	Shukto	Curry	Vegetables, Ghee, Milk
16	Mishti Chholar Dal	Curry	Bengal Gram, coconut, Sugar
17	Shondesh	Dessert	Milk, Sugar

External links

• Indian dishes at Gourmet Recipe
• indian vegetarian Recipes
• Indian Recipes by Indian Food Kitchen
• Authentic Indian Recipes