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Four-letter flat brown bread
Naan or Roti
Crispy flat crepe made with lentils
Dosa(or dosh, or dosai)
A ball-shaped sweet made with besan (gram) flour
Laddoo
A deep-fried fritter made of vegetables dipped in a chickpea batter, served as an appetizer or a snack in South Asian cuisine.
Pakora
A spiced mixture of mashed vegetables in a thick gravy served with bread.
Pav bhaji
Traditional lentil dish, often served as a soup or stew, served with rice and/or roti
Daal
A traditional soup made with tamarind and other spices
Rasam
Soft spongy balls are made from a dough of flour and milk powder (or condensed milk), fried and soaked in syrup. They're often flavored with cardamon and rose, which gives rise to their name.
Gulab jamun
The special clay oven used in North Indian cooking
Tandoor
Flat bread stuffed with potatoes, onions, and spices
Aloo Paratha
Mixed vegetable stew usually served with roti or naan
Sabzi
Soft & fluffy steamed cake made of fermented rice & lentil batter. These are one of the healthiest protein packed Breakfasts from South Indian cuisine.
Idli/Idly
Swirly desert made with semolina and rice flour; donut-like texture
Jalebi
A vegetable/lentil soup or stew-like dish usually made with leafy green vegetables served with Poori.
Saagu
Unleavened deep-fried bread
Poori
The main ingredient in Chana masala
Chickpeas or garbanzo beans
A popular rice-based dish, especially in Andhra Pradesh, with seven letters
Biryani
A fruit salad, which is usually made using banana, apple, mango, grapes, milk and coconut. It is eaten after a meal, and is prepared in many temples, and/or during festivals as a prasad (offering to God).
Rasayana
A thin cracker common in the Gujarati cuisine of western India, especially among Jains. It is made from mat bean, wheat flour and oil. It is served usually during breakfast.
Khakhra
It is a popular bite-size chaat consisting of a hollow, crispy-fried puffed ball that is filled with potato, chickpeas, onions, spices, and flavoured water, usually tamarind or mint, and popped into one's mouth whole.
Gol gappa (also known as Pani puri)
A fried dumpling which is a popular snack in India, often filled with potato, peas, and/or meat
Samosa
I am a popular sweet in South India, originating in the city of Mysore, and prepared using flour, ghee and jaggery
Mysore pak
North Indian dessert that will melt in your mouth like cotton candy. It's a must during Diwali festival celebrations.
Soan Papdi
The dish consists of a deep fried potato dumpling placed inside a bread bun (pav) sliced almost in half through the middle. It is generally accompanied with one or more chutneys and a green chili pepper.
Vada pav
Brown in colour crispy fried roll with a spicy filling. it is a spiral of light brown and dark brown colour. It is a traditional Maharashtrian snack and spicy.
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