Would you recommend these Indian dishes to your friends?
When it comes to Indian cuisine, everything is my favourite. Even though I would like to list 25 foods here; which I can recommend to anyone who wants to try Indian food. Most of the foreigners, know only some really famous dishes that are world-wide famous, like Tikka masala, Briyani, to name a few. But, is Indian cuisine limited to those? Absolutely no! So, I wish this article will give more spotlight to many unknown dishes to the World.
- Idly / Idli:
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What is it: Steamed rice cakes, made with fermented rice and lentils
Type: Breakfast or Dinner - Dosa:
Image source: GoogleWhat is it: Similar to crepes, made with a batter from fermented rice and lentils
Type: Breakfast or Dinner - Poori:
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What is it: Thick porridge, made from dry roasted semolina or coarse rice flour along with vegetables.
Type: Breakfast or Dinner
- Pongal:
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What is it: A savoury dish, made with rice, lentils, pepper and cashews.
Type: Breakfast
- Lemon Rice:
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What is it: A typical south-indian lunch, made with rice, groundnuts, lemon extract, some Indian spice
Type: Lunch
- Puliyogare:
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What is it: A tangy variety of rice, made with tamarind, nuts, etc.,
Type: Lunch
- Bisi bela bath:
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What is it: Hot lentil rice, aromatic and spicy with all the vegetables
Type: Lunch
- Curd rice:
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What is it: Rice mixed with curd (unsweetened yogurt), tastes very good with Indian pickles
Type: Lunch
- Coconut rice:
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What is it: Rice with mixture of coconut flakes and chilies, with nice aroma
Type: Lunch
- Methu Vada:
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What is it: Fritters, shaped like doughnuts, a savoury snack. Many varieties of it can also be found, like Sambar vada, Dahi vada, etc.,
Type: Snack
- Masala Vada:
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What is it: Coarsely ground lentils, along with some spices and deep fried. Usually eaten with Tea(Chai) or as Street food
Type: Snack
- Pakoda / Pakora:
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What is it: Deep fried, Small lumps of lentils batter, which is mixed with onion or other core ingredient
Type: Snack
- Samosa:
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What is it: Fried dough, with savoury filling like potato, peas, lentils, etc.,
Type: Snack
- Murukku:
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What is it: Crunchy, twisted snack made from rice flour and lentils. Different types of Murukku are available.
Type: Snack
- Dal Makhani:
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What is it: Black lentils cooked with Kidney beans, cream and butter. Mostly consumed with Roti or Rice
Type: Lunch or Dinner
- Chettinad Chicken:
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What is it: A chicken/lamb gravy with aromatic spices, usually eaten with Chapathi or Rice
Type: Lunch or Dinner
- Tandoori Chicken:
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What is it: Marinated and Oven cooked chicken with curd (yogurt) and other spices.
Type: Lunch or Dinner
- Fish fry:
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What is it: Shallow fried or Deep fried fish which is usually marinated with spices and lemon
Type: Lunch or Dinner
- Biryani:
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What is it: A mixed rice dish with aromatic spices, usually depicts a 'feast'.
Type: Lunch or Dinner - Gulab Jamun:
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What is it: Milk-solids-based sweet, soaked in Sugar syrup
Type: Dessert - Kaju katli:
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What is it: Cashew based sweet
Type: Dessert - Carrot halwa:
Image source: GoogleWhat is it: Carrot based sweet, with cream and milk
Type: Dessert - Kulfi:
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What is it: Ice cream, with almonds, pistachios, etc., basically a frozen dairy dessert
Type: Dessert - Mysore Pak:
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What is it: Gram flour and ghee based sweet, which melts in your mouth as soon as you taste it
Type: Dessert
The dishes that I have mentioned above are only 'some' of my favourite Indian dishes, but still I shall add more in the upcoming articles. This are the dishes I would like to recommend to my friends from other countries.
I think, this much is enough for one post to make you drool and hungry.
If you did drool, do not forget to SHARE this article. ;)
Let me know your thoughts and favourite foods in the comments section below.
Have a nice day!
I think, this much is enough for one post to make you drool and hungry.
If you did drool, do not forget to SHARE this article. ;)
Let me know your thoughts and favourite foods in the comments section below.
Have a nice day!
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