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Discover 1774 iconic traditional dishes from 151 countries - what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.
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Biryani
Fragrant layered rice and spiced meat sealed and slow-steamed.
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Hyderabad 
Butter Chicken
Tandoori chicken simmered in a silky, mildly spiced tomato-and-butter gravy.
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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.
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Thali
A platter of many small dishes for a complete meal.
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Guncha wa Keema
Guncha wa Keema is a beloved appetizer, traditional to India.
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Kulfi Falooda
Kulfi falooda layers dense saffron kulfi over rose-syrup vermicelli and basil seeds, a chilled Indian summer dessert.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Khandvi
Khandvi is a Gujarati snack of thin gram flour and yogurt rolls, tempered with mustard seeds, sesame and coconut.
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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.
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