List of Indian dishes: Information from Answers.com

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Indian cuisine

Regional cuisines

North India

Awadhi - Punjabi – Mughlai
Kashmiri – Sindhi
Rajasthani – Uttar Pradeshi
more..

South India

Andhra – Karnataka – Kerala – Tamil
Hyderabadi – Udupi – Mangalorean more..

East India

Bengali – Oriya
Bihari – Bhojpuri - Assamese

North-East India

Meghalayan - Manipuri - Mizo
Naga – Sikkimese – Tripuri
Arunachalese

West India

Goan – Gujarati – Marathi –
Malvani & Konkani – Parsi

Other

Indian Chinese - Nepali
Jain (Satvika) – Anglo-Indian
Chettinad – Fast food

Ingredients and types of food

Main dishes – Desserts – Bread
Drinks – Snacks – Spices – Condiments

Preparation and cooking

Handi – Karahi – Tava – Uruli – Other

North

#	Name	Type	Main ingredient(s)
1	Chapati	Bread	Wheat flour
2	Rice	Rice	Rice
3	Biryani	Main/Side	Rice, optional spices, optional vegetables or meats
4	Naan	Bread	Wheat flour
5	Paratha	Bread	Wheat flour
6	Tandoori chicken	Non-Veg	Chicken
7	Chole bhature	Main	Chick peas, assorted spices, Wheat flour & Yeast for bhatura
8	Baati	Ghee(Clarified butter)	Wheat flour
9	Dal	Main	Assorted types of lentils, such as toor, urad, chana, masoor dal
10	Bhatura	Bread	Wheat flour (it is fried)
11	Rajma	Main	Kidney beans & assorted spices
12	Dal Makhani (Kali Dal)	Main	a typical type of lentil is used
13	Dal fry with tadka	typical north indian tadka
14	Daal Baati Churma	rajasthani special
15	Daal Puri	Stuffed Dal in Parathas
16	Karela Bharta
17	Bhindi Masala
18	Sattu ki Roti	Dish from bihar
19	Gajar ka Halwa	UP Dish
20	Rajma Chaval	Bean Curry with Rice
21	Poha	Specially from Madhya Pradesh , Common snack in Central part of India .
22	Makke ki Roti , Sarso da saag	Punjabi speciality
23	Samosa
24	Kachori	Rajasthani /marwari special
25	Kheer	Rice Cooked with Milk and dry fruits	Milk and Rice , dry Fruits
26	Palak Daal	Spinach with Toor Daal
27	Kofta	gram flour balls fried with vegetables	Gram flour , Veggies . rolled into balls with gram flour and fried in oil and then cooked with curry.
27	Kadhi Pakoda	Gram Flour with Yogurt with gramflour fried balls
28	Methi Saag , Chaulai Saab	Veggie leafs sauteed in oil and garlic with little masalas	Cooked mostly in Central part of India .
29	Khichadi	rice cooked with daal and veggies and sauteed	Good for health and releives weakness in body.
30	Sooji Halwa	Samolina cooked with clarified butter and Dry fruits.
31	Singhada Halwa	Lotus Fruit dried and powdered to make this fasting sweet meat.
32	Palak Paneer	Cottage cheese cubes in Spinach gravy.
33	Aloo Matar	Potatoes and peas in curry
34	Dam Aloo	Potatoes cooked in Curry.
35	Gobhi Aloo	Cauliflower with potatoes sauteed with garam masala.
36	Matar Patratha , Paneer Paratha , Aloo Paratha , gajar paratha , mooli Paratha	All stuffed parathas with different veggies.

South

#	Name	Type	Main ingredient(s)
1	Dosa	Pancake/Hopper	Ground rice
2	Idli	Steamed [cake] of fermented [rice] and [pulse] flour
3	Upma	Snack	[[Semolina\|Rava]
4	Bonda	Snack	Potatoes, gram flour
5	Bajji	Vegetable Fritters
6	Vada	Savory Donut	Urad dal
7	Goli bajje	snack	gram flour
8	Puttu	Ground Rice
9	Uttapam	Rice Pancake/Hopper with a topping of onions/tomatoes/coconut
10	Kuzhakkattai	Dumplings	Rice flour, jaggery, coconut
11	Payasam	Rice Dessert	Rice, milk
12	Kanji	Porridge	Rice
13	Kuzhambu	Thick Soup with coconut	Coconut, Vegetables
14	Appam	Pancake, thicker at center	Ground rice
15	Idiappam	Steamed rice noodles/vermicelli	Ground rice
16	Chicken 65	Popular Deep Fried Chicken preparation	Chicken, Onion, Ginger
17	Pongal	Pulao	Rice
18	Parotta	layered kerala parotta made with maida and dalda
19	Mathi	River fish variety
20	Erachi ullathiyathu	Beaf/Chicken curry with thick and minimal gravy
21	Meen Moli	White fish curry
22	Meen vevichathu	Red fish curry with tamarind
24	kappa	tapioca
25	kaada	Patridge
26	karumeen pollichathu	Fish preparation in banana leaves
27	avial	mix vegetable
28	Muyal	Rabbit
29	panni varathathu	Pork fry
30	vedi erachi	Hunting meat(deer/boar)
31	aattirachi	Mutton
32	taaravin mutta	Duck eggs
33	taaravu mappas	Duck preparation
34	Maacri kaal	Green Frog leg fried

West

#	Name	Type	Main ingredient(s)
1	Vada pav	Burger	wheat flour, potatoes, spices
2	Dahi vada	fried lentil balls in a yogurt sauce	lentils, yogurt
3	Puri	Bread	Wheat flour
4	Bombil fry	Main Course	Bombay Duck (Fish)
5	Kombdi vade	Chicken Curry with Bread	Chicken
6	Vindaloo	Goan Pork Vindaloo	Pork, Goan Red Chilli Paste
7	Veg Kolhapuri	Vegetarian Dish	Mixed Vegetables
8	Dhokla	Lentil Snack	Gram
9	Pohe	Vegetarian Snack	flattened rice
10	Sabudana Khichadi	Vegetarian Snack	sago
11	Koshimbir	salad	salad/side-dish
12	Upmaa	Vegetarian Snack	semolina
13	Thalipeeth	Savoury Pancake	mixed grain flour
14	Pooran-poli	Sweet Stuffed Bread	wheat flour, gram
15	Modak	Sweet Coconut Dumplings	rice flour, coconut
16	Chakli	Savoury Snack	mixed grain flour
17	Shakkarparey	Sweet or Savoury Snack	plain flour, sugar
18	Amti	Lentil Curry	split lentil
19	Chivda	Mixture	flattened rice, groundnut, chana, masala
20	Chorafali	spicey	grinding of Charudala, masala, sprinkle with red chilly powder on top
21	locha	spicey	grinding of chanadal, masala,

East

#	Name	Type	Main ingredient(s)
1	Chhenagaja	Sweet	Chhena, flour, sugar syrup
2	Chhenapoda	Sweet	Chhena, flour, sugar syrup
3	Mitha Dahi	Sweet	Dahi, sugar syrup and /or jaggery
4	Rasgulla	Sweet	Chhena, flour and Sugar Syrup
5	Machha Jhola	Curry	fish, various spices
6	Pakhal	Rice	fermented rice, yoghurt, salt, seasonings

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