 Kultcha Klub

 Shawarma by the Lake

 McBiryani's
 Bengali by Golly
 The Oaty Roti
 Hindu Holiday (Where every day is Diwali!)
 Goan Crazy
 Currying Favor
 Bobby Vindaloo's Lounge
 Batty for Baati
 Ghandi's Lo-Cal Salad Joint (Just look for the skinny Indian!)
 O' Mulligatawny's Pub
 Chutney Station

North India[edit]
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Aloo baingan
masala

Aloo baingan

Gobhi Aloo Cauliflower with potatoes sauteed with garam masala.

Aloo ki Tikki

Aloo Matar Potatoes and peas in curry.

Methi leaves and potatoes nicely flavoured. Potato, fresh Methi

Aloo methi
leaves.

Aloo shimla
mirch

Amriti with Rabdi

Amritsari fish

Amritsari Kulcha

Arbi masala Edoes cooked in onion tomato masala.

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Baati Ghee (Clarified butter). Wheat flour.

Baigan bharta Eggplant (Baingan) cooked with tomatoes or onions.

Bharwaan
baigan

Bharwaan tinde

Bharwein karela

Bhatura Bread. All purpose flour, Vegetarian

Bhindi Masala Okra sautéed with onions and tomatoes.

Main or side dish. Mixed rice dish, optional spices, optional

Biryani
vegetables, meats or seafood. Can have with plain yogurt.
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Butter Chicken

Chaat Typical north Indian tadka.

Chana masala

Chapathi Bread. Whole wheat flour.

Chicken Razala Bhopali style chicken cooked in a rich gravy with mint.

Main. Chick peas, assorted spices, wheat flour and yeast for

Chole bhature
bhatura.

Daal
Rajasthani special.
Baati Churma

Daal Puri Stuffed dal in parathas.

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Dal
makhani (Kali Main. A typical type of lentil is used.
Dal)

Main. Assorted types of lentils, such as toor, urad, chana, masoor

Dal
dal.

Dal fry with tadka Typical north Indian tadka.

Dum Aloo Potatoes cooked in Curry.

specialty from Madhya Pradesh. Common snack in Central part of

Poha
India. Flattended rice, potato, turmeric.

French bean
aloo

Gajar ka Halwa A sweet dish native to U.P./Punjab. Carrot, Milk, Ghee, Cashew.

Gajar matar aloo

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Gobhi matar

Hari Mutter ka
Nimona (Green Typical north Indian tadka.
peas daal)

Jeera aloo

Kachori Rajasthani /marwari special.

Kadai paneer

Kadhi Pakoda Gram Flour with Yogurt with gramflour fried balls.

Karela Bharta Bitter gourd/melon.

Katha meetha
petha/halwakado
o

Kheer Rice Cooked with Milk and dry fruits. Milk and Rice, dry Fruits.
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Khichdi Rice cooked with daal and veggies and sauteed.

Gram flour balls fried with vegetables. Gram flour, veggies, rolled

Kofta into balls with gram flour and fried in oil and then cooked with
curry.

Kulfi falooda

Lauki ke kofte Bottle gourd.

Lauki ki subji Bottle Gourd.

A baked salted wheat flour cake filled with sattu (baked chickpea
Litti chokha
flour) and some special spices

Makki di
roti, Sarson Da Punjabi speciality.
Saag

Mathura ke pede
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Methi Saag, Veggie leaves sauteed in oil and garlic with little masalas. Cooked
Chaulai Saab mostly in Central part of India.

Misi roti

Mixed vegetable

Moong dal ka
halwa

Mushroom do
pyaza

Mushroom matar

Naan Tandoor-baked soft flatbread. Refined wheat flour.

Navrattan korma

Palak Daal Spinach with toor daal.

Palak Paneer Cottage cheese cubes in spinach gravy. Spinach, Paneer.

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Paneer butter
masala

Paneer Tikka
Masala

Pani Puri Typical north Indian tadka.

Panjeeri

Bread. Wheat flour. Can be stuffed: Common stuffings: potato

Paratha
mixture, paneer, muli(white radish).

Pattor

Phirni

Pindi chana

Pinni

Rajma Chaval Bean curry with rice.

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Rajma Main. Kidney beans & assorted spices.

Ramatori subji

Rice Rice

Rongi

Normally served as an entree or appetiser. Potatoes, onions, peas,

Samosa
coriander, and lentils, may be served with a mint or tamarind sauce

Samose Typical north Indian tadka.

Sattu ki Roti Dish from bihar.

A popular Indian, as well as Punjabi and Nepalese dish, made with

Shahi paneer paneer (cottage chesse), in a thick cream and tomato gravy and
spices

Bread. Bread pudding in a rich sauce of thickened milk, garnished

Shahi tukra
with sliced almonds.
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Singhada Halwa Lotus fruit dried and powdered to make this fasting sweet meat.

Semolina cooked with clarified butter and Dry

Sooji Halwa
fruits. Semolina (Suji), clarified butter, cashew nuts.

Sweet Pethas/
kesar petha/
pista petha

Vegetable Jalfre
zi

South India[edit]

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Appam Pancake, thicker at center. Ground rice.

Avial Coconut paste, curd mixed with vegetables and some spices.

Bajji Vegetable or onion fritters

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Spicy rice dish with vegetables or chicken or mutton or fish

Biryani
or prawns.

Bisi Bele Bath Rice preparation with vegetables.

Bonda Snack. Potatoes, gram flour.

Chicken 65 Popular deep fried chicken preparation. Chicken, onion, ginger.

Currivepillai
Curry leaves rice
sadam

Dosa Pancake/Hopper. Ground rice, Urad dal.

Double ka
Bread crumbs fried in Ghee and dipped in milk and sugar syrup
meetha
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Goli bajje Snack. Gram flour.

Idiappam Steamed rice noodles/vermicelli. Ground rice.

Idli Steamed cake of fermented rice and pulse flour. Rice, Urad dal.

Indian omelette Egg omelette or veg omelette

Kaara
Dish used with rice made of chilli powder and tamarind.
Kozhambu

Keerai kootu Green leaves kootu

Keerai masiyal Grinded green leaves used as a side dish for rice or mixed with rice.

Keerai sadam Rice and green leaves.

Koottu Vegetable, daal or lentil mixture boiled in water.

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Kos kootu Cabbage and lentil dish used for rice.

Kothamali
Coriander rice
sadam

Kuzhakkattai Dumplings. Rice flour, jaggery, coconut.

Kuzhambu Thick soup with coconut. Coconut, vegetables.

Masala Dosa Dosa with masala and potato.

Parotta Layered kerala parotta made with maida and dalda.

Paruppu sadam Daal rice

Payasam Rice dessert. Rice, milk.

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Pongal Pulao. rice.

Side dish for rice prepared from one or more vegetables with little
Poriyal
oil stirred, with daal half boiled and coconut / mustard seeds.

Puli sadam Tamarind rice

Puttu Ground Rice.

Kanji Rice porridge

Sakkara pongal Sweet rice dish

Sambar Lentil soup with vegetables and masala mixed with rice and taken.
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Sevai Kind of rice vermicelli used for breakfast.

Kind of rice vermicelli mixed with either tamarind or lemon or

Sevai lunch
coconut.

Thayir sadam,
Curd rice
Mosaranna

Thengai sadam Coconut rice

Uttapam Rice Pancake/Hopper with a topping of onions/tomatoes/coconut.

Vada Savory donut. Urad dal.

Varuval Vegetables fried in shallow oil

Yelumincham
sadam, Lemon rice. Rice, lemon juice.
Chitranna

Keerai poriyal Green leaves mixed with daal and coconut with little oil.
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A breakfast dish and snack. Upma prepared from Wheat

Wheat Upma
Dhalia Rava.

A cucumber salad dish popular in Karnataka. Prepared during

Koshambri
festivals.

Obbattu (holige, A stuffed (Moong gram dal and jaggery or coconut

bobbattu,Poora poornam) paratha. Dish native to South and West India in the states
n-poli) of (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Ennai
Ennai Kathirikkai
Kathirikkai

Ragi Mudhe

Dosa (pancake or crepe) of Andhra Pradesh made from Moong Dal

Pesarattu
(lentils), grains and spice batter.

Nandu (Crab in Omlette with pieces of crab and spices. Now becoming popular
Tamil) Omlette among local residents.

West India[edit]

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Amti Lentil curry. Split lentil.

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Bajri no rotlo Bread. Thick millet flour flatbread usually grilled over coals.

Barfi Sweet

Basundi Sweet

Bhakri Bread. Whole wheat flour, thicker than rotli, crispy.

Bombil fry Main Course. Bombay Duck (Fish).

Chaat Snack

Chakri Savoury snack. Mixed grain flour.

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Chevdo Mixture. Flattened rice, groundnut, chana, masala.

Cholafali Snack

Spicy. Grinding of charudala, masala, sprinkle with red chilly

Chorafali
powder on top.

Sweet coconut halwa/barfi: Halwa is soft, barfi more like

Copra paak
cake.

Daal Dhokli Snack

Dahi vada Fried lentil balls in a yogurt sauce. Lentils, yogurt.

Dhokla Lentil snack. Gram.

Doodhpak Sweet A milk-based sweet dessert with nuts.

Dudhi no Halwo -
Sweet
Bottle Gourd Halwa
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Veg. Main dish. Potatoes deep fry, yogurt, coriander powder,

Dum aaloo
ginger powder.

Pohe Vegetarian Snack. Flattened rice.

Gajar Halwo - Carrot

Sweet
Halwa

Curry. Steamed dumplings made from chickpea flour cooked

Gatta curry
in a spiced yoghurt sauce.

Ghari (sweet from
Sweet
Surat)

Ghooghra Sweet

Gud papdi (Gol papdi) Sweet

Gulab Jamun Snack

Halvasan Sweet
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Handwo (steamed
Snack
dish)

Gur Sweet unrefined brown sugar sold in blocks[3].

Sweet maida & grained semolina flour, baking powder, curd,

Jalebi
sugar.

Juvar no rotlo Bread. Thick sorghum flatbread.

Kansar Sweet

Keri no ras Sweet

Khakhra Snack. Wheat flour, methi.

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Khandvi Snack. Besan.

Kombdi vade Chicken Curry with Bread. Chicken.

Koshimbir Salad. Salad/side-dish.

Sweet coarse ground/ broken wheat cooked with butter and

Laapsi
sugar.

Laddu Sweet

Locha Spicy. Grinding of chanadal, masala,.

Malpua Sweet

Methi na Gota Snack. Fried fenugreek dumplings.

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Modak Sweet coconut dumplings. Rice flour, coconut.

Mohanthal
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Snack. Whole wheat flour, methi leaves, besan/chickpeas

Muthiya
flour and coriander leaves/cilantro.

Panipuri Snack

Patra Snack. Taro leaves, coconut, seeds, dal.

Veg main dish. Mix curry of onion, capsicum, peas,

Pav Bhaji
cauliflower potatoes.

Penda Sweet
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Pooran-poli Sweet stuffed bread. Wheat flour, gram.

Puri Bread. Wheat flour.

Puri Bhaji Breakfast or Snack

Rasya Muthia Snack. A spicy yogurt dumpling soup.

Sabudana Khichadi Vegetarian Snack. Sago.

Snack. Chana dal, green chillies, ginger, lemon juice and

Sev Khamani
olive oil.

Sev Tameta Veggie. Potatoes and sev.

Shakarpara Snack. A deep fried snack made out of sugar and wheat.

Namakpara Snack. A deep fried snack made out of salt and Gram Flour .
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Shankarpali Sweet or savoury snack. Plain flour, sugar.

Sweet roasted semolina/flour/dal with milk, butter, sugar, nuts

Shiro
and raisins.

Sweet A thick yogurt-based sweet dessert garnished with

Shrikhand
ground nuts, cardamom, and saffron.

Sohan papdi Sweet

Soonvali Snack

Sukhdi Sweet

Sutarfeni Sweet
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Thalipeeth Savoury pancake. Mixed grain flour.

Mix veggi. Plantain, brinjal, carrot, green chillies, potatoes,

Undhiyu
fresh coconut and other vegetable.

Upmaa Vegetarian snack. Semolina.

Vada pav Burger. Gram flour, potatoes, chilli, garlic, ginger.

Veg Kolhapuri 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.

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Magaj]]) Sweet

East India[edit]

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Cheera Doi Breakfast cereal.

Dhup Pitha A sweet Assamese specialty

Gheela Pitha Sweet Assamese specialty

Hurum Breakfast cereal; an Assamese specialty

Khar Assamese specialty side dish: papaya, banana, soda

Breakfast cereal; an Assamese specialty. Soft rice with cream &

Kumol Sawul
jaggery.

Loskora
(Coconut Sweet
Laddu)

Luchi Puffed bread, fried in oil, made from flour.

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Malpua Sweet Snacks

Momo Originally from Tibet, it is a popular snack/ food item in India.

Muri Laru Sweet Bengali specialty.

Pani Tenga Pickle made from mustard.

Sunga Pitha Sweet Assamese specialty

Alu Pitika Dish made of mashed potato.

An Assamese fish stew cooked with any of a variety of sour fruits

Masor tenga
including tomatoes.[1]

Bengena
Dish made of mashed brinjal.
Pitika

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

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jaggery.

Brown Rice Special local variety of rice.

Chhenagaja Dessert. Cottage cheese, flour, sugar syrup.

Chhenapoda Dessert. Cottage cheese, flour, sugar syrup.

Chingri Malai
Curry. Prawn, coconut, mustard, steamed.
curry

Dal Lentils.

Goja Sweet

Hando Guri Breakfast cereal; an Assamese specialty

Haq Maas Fish curry cooked with leafy green vegetables.

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Horioh Maas Golden Mustard Fish Curry.

Ilish or Chingri
Curry. Ilish (Hilsha fish) or prawn, coconut, mustard, steamed.
Bhape

Kharoli Pickle made from mustard; an Assamese specialty

Khorisa Pickle made from bamboo shoot; an Assamese specialty

[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.

Balls of wheat and sattu baked in oven and served with mashed
Litti
potatoes (chokha)

Maasor Tenga Tomato Fish Curry.

Machher Jhol Curry. Fish, various spices.

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Masor Koni Fish delicasy.

Masor Petu Fish delicasy.

Mishti Chholar
Curry. Bengal gram, coconut, sugar.
Dal

Mishti Doi Dessert. Curd, sugar syrup and /or jaggery.

Ou tenga
Fish curry cooked with elephant apple.
Maas

Pakhala Rice. Fermented rice, yoghurt, salt, seasonings.

Bhaji Fried Vegetables.

Pani Pitha Sweet Assamese specialty

Pantua Assamese sweet similar to Gulab Jamun

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Payokh Dessert

Peda Sweet

Prawn malai
Curry. Prawns, coconut cream, crushed mustard seed, red chillies.
curry

Red Rice Special local variety of rice.

Rice Staple Food.

Rosgulla Dessert. Cottage cheese, flour and sugar syrup.

Sabzi (curry) Different green or other vegetables.

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Shondesh Dessert. Milk, sugar.

Shukto Curry. Vegetables, ghee, milk.

Sunga Pork Rich spicy pork curry

Tenga Doi Sour curd

Til Pitha Sweet Assamese specialty. Rice powder, til, jaggery.

Indian dishes by region

North

Aloo gobi Baati Baingan bartha Barfi (Kaju barfi / Kaju Katli) Bhatura Butter chicken Chana masala Chapati Chicken tikka
Chole bhature Churma Dal makhani Dopiaza Haleem Kachori Kadai Kadai chicken Kadhi Keema Kulcha Korma Kulfi Laal
maans Mattar paneer Makki di roti Mirchi Bada Naan Nihari Palak Paneer Pakora Paneer tikka Pasanda Raita Rajma
Rogan josh Rumali Roti Sarson ka saag Shahi paneer Shami Kebab Tandoori chicken Paneer Tikka Masala Aloo Mutter

Thali

Naan

Chicken tikka

South

Appam Aviyal Baghara baingan Benne Dose Bhajji Bisi bele bath Bonda Chicken 65 Chicken Chettinad Chakna Curd rice
Dahi chutney Dopiaza Dosa Double ka meetha Fish molee Hyderabadi biryani Hyderabadi haleem Idiappam Idli Injipuli
Kaalan Kanji Kerala porotta Koottu Kozhakkattai Lukhmi Mirchi ka salan Murukku Mysore Pak Pachadi Paniyaram Parotta
Payasam Pongal Poriyal Pulihora Puttu Rasam Rice and curry Sakinalu Sambar Sheer korma Sevai Upma Uttapam
Thalassery biryani Vada

West

Akuri Basundi Bhakri Bhelpuri Bombil fry Chinese bhel Chivda Chouriço Dahi vada Dhansak Dhokla Doodhpak Kadboli
Khatkhate Khichdi Kombdi vade Kuswar Misal Pav bhaji Patoleo Patra ni machhi Sabudana Khichadi Sanna Sevpuri
Shrikhand Sorpotel Thalipeeth Vada pav Veg Kolhapuri Vindaloo Xacuti

East

Alu Potala Rasa Beguni Bel Pana Bhuna Khicuhri Chakuli Pitha Cham cham Chandrakanti Charchari Chhena Chingudi Jhola
Dahi baigana Dahi Machha Jalfrezi Kati roll Luchi Machha Jhola Maachha Bihana Mathapuli Mishti Doi Ouu khatta
Pakhala Pantua Pitha Rasabali Rasgulla Ras malai Sandesh Santula

Miscellaneous

Biryani Chaat Chutney Dal Falooda Flattened rice Gulab Jamun Halwa Indian pickle Jalebi Kheer Kofta Laddu Mango
pudding Panipuri Papadum Paratha Puri Qeema Roti Samosa Shankarpali Sabzi Zarda Puri Bhaji

Indian diaspora

Chicken tikka masala Fish head curry Indian Chinese cuisine Phall Nasi kandar Pasembur Roti canai