The following highlights some of the popular Traditional Indian Foods. If you manage to be in an Indian restaurant or you are visiting India, I recommend the following:
1. Smoked Pork
In this delicious dish, pork is cooked with potatoes, tomatoes, green chillies. Once these ingredients are cooked, grind them to a semi-thick curry paste. It goes very well with hot rice.
2. Vada Pav
Vada Pav is one of Mumbai’s most popular and cheapest fast food sandwiches. It is made of seasoned mashed potato balls served in a kind of sausage or hamburger bun. For gravy you can use peanut chutney or coriander or tomato sauce or whatever you like. On the streets of Mumbai, vendors spread butter on typical buns.
3. Rogan Josh
Rogan josh is a typical Indian dish that can be summarized as meat cooked in clarified butter over high heat. There are different versions of this dish depending on the region where it is eaten. The spices include paprika for the reddish color, aniseed, cumin or cinnamon.
4. Tunde ke Kabab
This is a dish made of minced meat that is very popular in Lucknow. It is said to contain 160 spices. Ingredients include minced goat meat, plain yogurt, curry powder, minced ginger, minced garlic, minced cardamom, crushed cloves, melted ghee, dried mint, ringed shallots, vinegar, saffron, rose water, sugar and lime.
5. Beef Roast and Parotta
Paratha is a typical flatbread from the northern part of India, the dough is worked and folded several times to create thin sheets like mille-feuille, it is fried on the griddle with butter, served hot, mostly beef is used for this dish. It is a really good combination.
6. Hyderabadi Biryani
Biryani defines Hyderabadi culture. Like the city, this royal dish is a delicate fusion of rice, meat and hot spices. Hyderabadi biryani stands out from other varieties across the country because of its cooking method and mild but delicate spices.
7. Indian Chaats
It is a delicious puffy fried bread stuffed with potatoes, tamarind juice and other spices. You can usually see them for sale at street stalls around highways and in areas with lots of public transport. Chat is eaten with your hands, so don’t be shy and eat it with confidence.
8. Makki Ki Roti and Sarson Ka Saag
India is undoubtedly a country of tortillas, culinarily speaking. They have a variety of flatbreads or as they would say, rotis that no one else has. Makki di roti is a type of roti made with corn flour. Makki di roti is best eaten freshly made. It is an ideal accompaniment to any kind of curry.
9. Dhokla
Dhokla is not a dessert, it is a typical dish of Indian cuisine that is often served as fast food. It is a famous snack that is traditionally sold on every street in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is a fermented dough of chickpea flour that can be eaten as a breakfast or snack.
10. Masala Dosa
Masala dosa is a kind of crêpe or galette rolled up with potatoes, onion, curry, turmeric, coriander, rice and lentils. It is a hearty dish, as inside this crêpe are hidden these and many more ingredients accompanied by a coconut chutney. This is a vegetarian dish with a spicy kick.
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The following highlights some of the popular Traditional Indian Foods. If you manage to be in an Indian restaurant or you are visiting India, I recommend the following: