Food of India
68 traditional dishes · Asia
Cities & regions of India
Biryani
Fragrant layered rice and spiced meat sealed and slow-steamed.
India ·
Hyderabad 
Butter Chicken
Tandoori chicken simmered in a silky, mildly spiced tomato-and-butter gravy.
Chole Bhature
Spiced chickpea curry with giant puffed fried bread.
Chicken Tikka Masala
Char-grilled marinated chicken in a creamy, spiced tomato sauce - one of the world's most beloved curries.
Gajak
Gajak is a crisp North Indian sweet of sesame seeds set in cooked jaggery, cut into slabs and eaten in winter with tea.
Thali
A platter of many small dishes for a complete meal.
Guncha wa Keema
Guncha wa Keema is a beloved appetizer, traditional to India.
Kulfi Falooda
Kulfi falooda layers dense saffron kulfi over rose-syrup vermicelli and basil seeds, a chilled Indian summer dessert.
Tandoori Chicken
Yoghurt-and-spice marinated chicken charred in a clay oven.
Naan
Pillowy leavened flatbread blistered in a tandoor.
Samosa
Crisp fried pastry triangles stuffed with spiced potato and peas.
Dabeli
Sweet-spicy potato burger with pomegranate and sev.
Phulka
Puffed whole-wheat flatbread from the Indian subcontinent, rolled thin, partly cooked on a tava, then finished over a flame until it balloons with steam.
Sambar
Tangy lentil and vegetable stew of the South.
Chapati
Soft, blistered Indian whole-wheat flatbread cooked on a tawa, puffed over a flame and torn by hand to scoop dhal, sabzi and yogurt.
Khandvi
Khandvi is a Gujarati snack of thin gram flour and yogurt rolls, tempered with mustard seeds, sesame and coconut.
Keema
Keema is a spiced minced-meat curry from northern India, browned with onions, ginger, garlic and toasted ground spices, eaten with parathas or pav.