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TOP 10 NORTH INDIAN DISHES
1. Chaat: Chaat is the most pronounced north Indian street food. It is a snack made up of savory which is typically served as a roadside snack at stalls or food carts.
2. Samosa:Samosa is a popular fried or baked snack filled with savory such as spiced potatoes, peas, lentils, or onions. This snack is accompanied by mint chutney and is usually vegetarian.
3.Chole Bhature:Chole Bhature is a most famous dish for breakfast, it is a great combo of fried bread and chickpeas in a spicy gravy.
4.Rogan Josh:Rogan Josh is a non-vegetarian dish of lamb or goat meat from the Kashmir region. It is very aromatic. It is a hot and spicy curry that is generally consumed with rice or naan.
5.Dal Makhani:Dal Makhani is a very famous dish from the Punjab region. Its main ingredients are red kidney beans, butter, whole black lentils, and cream.
6.Tandoori Chicken:Tabdoori Chicken is a non-vegetarian dish made by roasting marinated chicken in a cylindrical clay oven known as tandoor.
7.Thali:Thali is an experience, more than anything. It is a selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes served on the same platter which is accompanied by chapatti and rice.
8.Amritsari Kulcha:Amritsari Kulcha is a very old and traditional dish of Punjab. It is a shallow fried bread that is stuffed with spicy chickpeas and potato filling. It is very famous for breakfast.
9.Daulat ki Chaat/ Malaiyyo:Daulat ki Chaat/ Malaiyyo is a very light and sweet dish prepared with a dash of cardamom seasoning and plain milk.
10.Balushahi:Balushahi is a completely deep-fried snack that is coated with sugar syrup and the goodness of nuts and pistachios.
TOP 10 SOUTH INDIAN DISHES
1. Masala Dosa:Masala Dosa is a famous traditional South Indian dish that is famous throughout the country. It is made up of batter of lentils and soaked rice which is baked into thin pancakes and generally stuffed with mustard seeds, onions, and potatoes. It is often garnished with chopped coriander and grated coconut.
2. Bonda:Bonda is a small bite-sized snack that is prepared out of spicy potato filling which is dipped in a batter of gram flour and then goes for deep frying until crispy.
3. Chicken 65:Chicken 65 is a dish with origins in Chennai. It is a classic poultry dish that consists of deep-fried chicken which is marinated with various kinds of spices, such as ginger, lemon, red chiles, and a variety of other spices.
4. Appam:Appam is a bowl-shaped pancake that is typically consumed for breakfast or dinner. It is made up of coconut milk and batter of rice flour. It is most popular in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and Kerala.
5. Upma:Upma is a dish made with rice flour or dry semolina which is cooked into a thick porridge. It is traditionally served hot. It is a nice dish to be consumed for breakfast.
6. Pulihora: Pulihora is a famous South Indian dish that is found in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. It is made up of ginger, coriander, rice, turmeric, tamarind, green chilies, and curry leaves. In addition to enhancing the already rich flavors of the dish, yellow lentils, mustard seeds, and roasted sesame seed powder can be added.
7. Hyderabadi Biryani: Hyderabadi Biryani is a famous South Indian dish made up of goat mutton or chicken meat, basmati rice yogurt, lemon, onions, and saffron. There are mainly 2 main varieties of it_ Kachhi(raw) and Pakki(cooked). It has a very unique process of cooking raw meat and raw rice together with a lot of exotic spices which gives a richness of flavor to the dish.
8. Sambar: Sambar is a very famous curry dish made of tamarind-based broth, vegetables, and lentils. Its origin is Tamil Nadu, and it is very popular in the whole of south India. This dish is traditionally served with different Indian flatbreads and steamed rice.
9. Idli: Idli is a very famous and traditional savory Indian cake that is known as a staple breakfast in numerous South Indian households. It is made up of batter that consists of fermented rice and lentils which are steamed later.
10. Dosa: Dosa is a very thin pancake that is one of the most famous South Indian dishes. It consists of black gram beans and soaked rice that are ground into a paste which is then mixed to create a batter with a thick consistency that is usually left for fermentation overnight.
TOP 10 EASTERN INDIA DISHES
1. Kathi roll:Kathi roll is a very famous Indian street food that hails from Kolkata. It is a non-vegetarian dish that is made up of roasted kebab meat and skewered which is wrapped in a paratha flatbread. It is believed that the Kathi roll was discovered because the British didn’t want to eat that roasted kebab meat with their hands so a person at Nizam’s restaurant rolled the meat in paratha flatbread.
2. Misthi doi:Misthi doi is a well-known Bengali dessert that combines fermented curd made from milk of goat cow or buffalo and cane sugar(jaggery) or sugar. The making of misthi doi includes the cooking of sweetened milk until it is thick and then allowing it to ferment. After all this, the fermented product is combined with melted sugar and is then left to set. Misthi doi is traditionally in earthenware jars and is generally served chilled.
3. Sandesh:Sandesh is an Indian sweet that originates from the state of Bengal. It is traditionally served as a dessert and is made up of sugar, fresh paneer, and flavorings like saffron and cardamom. The small balls made up of paneer are then typically garnished with some nuts like almonds, pistachios, or crushed pineapple.
4. Gobi Manchurian:Gobi Manchurian is an Indo-Chinese dish that is prepared out of fried gobi(cauliflower) which is mixed and tossed in a spicy and sweet sauce. This dish is available in two versions--dry and gravy.
5. Pitha: Pitha is a famous very large cluster of caked bread that is popular throughout India. The base of Pitha is rice flour. Most of the varieties of this dish are prepared as small cookies that are filled with spices, nuts, or different kinds of vegetables.
6. Khaja:Khaja is a typical Indian dessert made up of sugar and flour and ghee-based products that a completely deep-fried in oil until turn crispy and golden. After being prepared, it is sometimes soaked in sugar syrup .
7. Ras malai:Ras malai is a traditional Indian dessert made up of sugar, milk, white cream, and cardamom-flavored paneer that is also known as chana. It is sometimes called cheesecake without a crust.
8. Jalfrezi: Jalfrezi is a typical Indian technique of preparing a curry by frying marinated meat pieces, vegetables, or paneer in numerous spices such as turmeric, cumin, coriander, and oil to make a thick gravy. This dish generally involves green chili peppers and this is served from medium to very hot.
9. Rasgulla:Rasgulla is a very famous Indian sweet that is typically served at the end of a meal. It consists of Chhena paneer dumplings and dough of semolina that are cooked together in sugar syrup.
10. Kheer:Kheer is a very old Indian dessert. it is a very creamy pudding made of rice and is served in various versions throughout the country. It can be consumed at any time of year.
TOP 10 DISHES OF WESTERN INDIA
1. Aluchya Wadya: Aluchya Wadya is a vegetarian dish of savory from Maharashtrian and Malvani cuisine. Its basic ingredients are colocasia leaves (chopped or stuffed) with a batter of rice flour, gram flour, jaggery, and different spices.
2. Misal pav:Misal pav is a typical Indian traditional dish that has its origin in Maharashtra. Its primary components are misal—a curry consisting of sprouted moth beans, that are generally topped with onions, chilis, Chivda, and potatoes—and pav, a kind of bread roll to have the flavorful curry.
3. Modak: Modak is a traditional sweet dumpling that is believed to have its origin in Maharashtra. It is prepared in various ways and is known under different names. The methods of cooking and preparation depend from region to region. However, it is commonly known as, Kadubu in Kannada, or Kudum in Telugu.
4. Dhokla: Dhokla originated from the state of Gujarat. It is a snack that consists of rice and a fermented batter of chickpeas. It is a vegetarian snack. After the process of baking, it is generally garnished with coconut, chopped chilies, or coriander. It is typically accompanied by besan chutney.
5. Bhelpuri:Bhelpuri is a kind of chaat. Chaat is a savory snack that is generally served in cafés and street carts across India. The topic of debate is what should go in bhelpuri the most common ingredients of this dish involve fried noodles, onions, chili, puffed rice, potatoes, and groundnuts.
6. Misal:Misal is the most special dish of the state of Maharashtra. The primary ingredients vary from cook to cook. The most common combination of ingredients includes pav, crud, moth bean, pea curry, gravy spiced potatoes, and some garnishing such as onions, potatoes, and tomatoes.
7. Pav bhaji:Pav bhaji is a famous street snack that has its origin in the state of Maharashtra. A typical bread roll known as pav is traditionally served with vegetable curry. This dish was discovered by street vendors who made it with leftover vegetables from the whole day. It was considered a midnight meal in the 1850s.
8. Vada pav:Vada pav is known as one of the favorite snacks of Mumbai. Key ingredients of this snack are spicy mashed potatoes deep fried in chickpea batter and white bread rolls. It is believed that this iconic dish was discovered by Ashok Vaidya who was a street vendor who worked near the train station in the 1960s and 1970s.
9. Vindaloo:Vindaloo is a very popular dish that is very famous in England and in the regions of Goa and Konkan. It is a very flavorful curry dish. It is generally a non-vegetarian dish that is made from chicken, mutton, or beef but it can also be made from paneer.
10. Chana masala:Chana masala is traditionally consumed as a snack or main meal, or it can also be consumed as breakfast. It is generally located in railway stations. It is a great combination of simmered chickpeas and spices.