Indian cuisines—both vegetarian and nonvegetarian are a delight for your taste buds and hence, when in India, following are 10 cuisines that you must not miss—
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Top 10 Indian cuisines in India
1. Rogan Josh
This lamb dish is a specialty of Kashmir and is decked with a variety of spices that make a perfect delight for your taste buds.
2. Butter chicken
This one’s trademark special ingredients and recipe hail from Punjab and make a perfect mouth watering dish for the chicken lovers.
3. Banjari Gosht
This dish is a specialty of the northern state of Rajasthan, and consists of juicy mutton pieces blended in tasty gravy.
4. Kakori Kabab
This is a royal dish, the recipe of which hails from the nawabi city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The name “kakori” comes from a city with the same name located on the outskirts of Lucknow and the dish contains yummy pieces of meat cooked with a variety of Indian spices.
5. Bhapa Aloo
Or in other words, vaporized potatoes is a special dish from Bengal that consists potatoes blended in coconut paste and mustard oil along with other tasty spices reflecting the beautiful flavors of Bengal and makes a perfect simple, sober and satisfying meal.
6. Chicken stew with appams
This dish is a specialty of God’s own country—Kerala, in which pieces of chicken are blended with coconut gravy and appams—which is a form of pancake made with coconut and rice batter.
7. Hyderabadi biriyani
As the name suggests, the dish hails from the south Indian town of Hyderabad and is the perfect cuisine for rice lovers, especially those who love it a little spicy with chicken or meat. This dish consisting of layered rice and fried onions is served with cold raita—a dish made of yogurt and veggies.
8. Idli and Sambhar
If you want to eat tasty and healthy, this is the perfect dish for you. Idlis are rice pancakes about two-three inches wide and are eaten with a curry, called sambhar and often with a coconut chutney, and can be consumed at any hour of the day as a meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
9. Dhokla
The trademark dish of the Indian state of Gujarat, this one is a healthy meal mainly treated as snacks and is a steamed cake made of channa dal and gram flour and makes a perfect meal for any occasions, especially when it comes to vegetarians.
10. Sali Boti
This one’s a famous Parsi dish with a unique combination of hot and sweet, wherein juicy mutton pieces are cooked in a blend of onions, tomatoes, vinegar as well as jaggery. The dish with strong flavors is served with fried potatoes.