Most popular vegeterian dishes

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM TO SERVE DISH WITH NO CHILIES AND LESS OIL.

A variety of food is available in India, owing to the vast cultural diversity and region.  We will take a tour of the best dishes with pictures and pronunciations.  

Tea stall can be found in almost every part of India. Tea in India is boiled with a lot of milk and sugar. It is called KADAK CHAI. It will be served in a glass / cup saucer/ plastic cups / earthen clay glasses known as kulhar (pronu: kulhadh).

SAMOSA (POTATO FILLED PATTICE)

PULSE + RICE known as dal chawal

                                                                         

A light yellow or black pulse tempered with little oil and cumin seeds will be served with a bowl of plain rice or cumin tempered rice (jeera rice). Great dish with less of oil and chillies

Vegetables known as subzi

Vegetables are cooked in a variety of ways as vegetable eating is a part of every meal in every house everyday. Try vegetables with less spices

JEERA ALOO (potatoes with little salt and cumin seeds).

MIXED VEGETABLE

TANDOORI PLATTER

COTTAGE CHEESE DISHES known as PANEER

It is a soft cottage cheese made from buffalo or cow’s milk. It is eaten by all the vegetarians in India. There is a wide variety of dishes made out of this.

The list of dishes made with paneer (cottage cheese) is very long. You can opt for some non spicy ones, wh

PANEER TIKKA

KADHAI PANEER

SHAHI PANEER

BREAD known as ROTI / CHAPATI /  NAAN / PARATHA / ROOMALI ROTI

Indians prefer ROTI / CHAPATI over bread. These are made from whole wheat flour.  Some other grains used for making these chapati’s is

Rice flour

Jowar - Sorghum (English)/ Milo. equivalent to:

Great millet and Guinea corn (West Africa), Kafir corn (South Africa), Dura (Sudan), Mtama (Eastern Africa), Jowar (India), Kaoliang (China), Bachanta (Ethiopia) & etc 

Bajra -  is equivalent to Pearl millet (English).

Bajra (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br./ Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke) equivalent to: 

Bulrush millet, Dukn (the Sudan), Bajra (India), Babala (Natal) & etc

Makai -  is equivalent to corn flour

Plain wheat Flour

RICE PANCAKE known as DOSA

(Not Spicy)

Must eat. Traditionally comes from south India but can be found everywhere.  Made out of Rice and Pulse. Ground and fermented. Spread out like a pancake with little oil it is roasted and served with potatoes, yellow pulse (known as sambhar) and little tamarind and vegetables, coconut chutney.  Its NOT spicy and very crispy.

IDLI 

(Not spicy)

MUST eat. Steamed rice flour cupcakes shaped like a UFO J  served with yellow pulse (known as sambhar) and little tamarind and vegetables, coconut chutney.

NON VEGETERIAN

Can be broadly divided into chicken / mutton / sea food

TANDOORI CHICKEN known as TANDOORI MURG

(SPICY)

Grilled in coal griller called (tandoor). Spices and red food colour added while marinating. Served with onion rings.

CHICKEN TIKKA

(SPICY)

Boneless chunks of chicken grilled in coal griller called (tandoor). Spices and red food colour added while marinating. Served with onion rings.

MUTTON SEEKH KABAB

(MEDIUM SPICY)

Generally beef mince skewered in shape of a sausage grilled over charcoal pit.  Served with onion rings. Best eaten with roomali roti (See roti section)