Translations:List of Indian dishes/5/en

North India

Name	Image	Description	Vegetarian/ Non-Vegetarian
Achari baingan		brinjal cooked with pickle spices in gravy	Vegetarian
Aloo gobi		Cauliflower with potatoes sautéed with garam masala, turmeric, sometimes kalonji and curry leaves.	Vegetarian
Aloo tikki		Patties of potato mixed with some vegetables fried	Vegetarian
Aloo tuk		double fried potatoes tossed in spices	Vegetarian
Aloo matar		Potatoes and peas in curry	Vegetarian
Aloo kulcha		Mildly leavened flatbread stuffed with potatoes	Vegetarian
Aloo methi		Sautéed potatoes (aloo) and chopped fenugreek leaves (methi) with chopped onions, garlic, and a blend of spices such as cumin, coriander, turmeric, and chili powder.	Vegetarian
Aloo shimla mirch		Green capsicum with potatoes sautéed with cumin seeds, onions, tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric, red chilli powder and garam masala	Vegetarian
Baati		Hard, unleavened bread cooked in most of areas of Rajasthan, and in some parts of Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat states of India.	Vegetarian
Bhatura		a fluffy deep-fried leavened bread originating from the Indian subcontinent.	Vegetarian
Bhindi masala		Okra sautéed with onions and tomatoes	Vegetarian
Biryani		Mixed rice dish, optional spices, optional vegetables, meats or seafood. Can be served with plain yogurt.	Non-Vegetarian
Butter chicken, murgh mahal		Chicken in a mildly spiced tomato sauce.	Non-Vegetarian
Chaat		Usually containing potato patty fried in oil, topped with sweet yogurt, and other sauces and spices	Vegetarian, Street food.
Chana masala		Chickpeas of the Chana type in tomato based sauce.	Vegetarian
Chapati		Unleavened flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent and staple in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, East Africa and the Caribbean.	Vegetarian
Chicken razala		Bhopali style chicken cooked in a rich gravy with mint
Chicken Tikka		Chicken with spices served on a skewer
Chicken tikka masala		Chicken marinated in a Yogurt tomato sauce. It is known to have a creamy texture.
Chole bhature		Main course with Chick peas, assorted spices, wheat flour and bhatura yeast.	Vegetarian
Daal baati churma		a Rajasthani specialty	Vegetarian
Dal fara			Vegetarian
Dal makhani (kali dal)		Lentils in a creamy and aromatic sauce made of butter, tomato sauce, and a blend of spices	Vegetarian
Daal puri		Stuffed dal in parathas	Vegetarian
Dal fry with tadka		Typical north Indian tadka	Vegetarian
Dum aloo		Potatoes cooked in curry	Vegetarian
Poha		Specialty from Madhya Pradesh. Common snack in central part of India. Flattended rice, potato, turmeric.	Vegetarian
Fara		Stuffed Lentil Dumplings	Vegetarian
Aloo Phalliyaan		Diced French beans with potatoes cooked with chopped onions, tomatoes sautéed with cumin seeds, green chillies and garam masala	Vegetarian
Gajar Pak		Sweet dish made using carrot, milk, ghee, dry fruits.	Vegetarian
Gatte ki Sabzi		Gatte (made up of besan) are added to spice gravy made of curd.
Gajar matar aloo		Diced red/orange carrots and potatoes sautéed with black mustard leaves, garnished with ground black pepper powder and lemon juice	Vegetarian
Gobhi matar		Cauliflower in a tomato sauce	Vegetarian
Hari mutter ka nimona (green peas daal)		a Typical north Indian tadka	Vegetarian
Imarti		spherically meshed sweet dish from North India made up of batter from moong dal dipped in sugary syrup	Vegetarian
Imarti with rabri		Dessert made by combining [imarti]] with rabri.	Vegetarian
Jalebi		A North Indian twisted noodle like sweet dish dipped in sugary syrup	Vegetarian
Jaleba		A bigger form of jalebi	Vegetarian
jalfrezi	<	Meat and spices fried in a pan. Can be vegetarian as well.	Vegetarian
Kachori		Rajasthani / Marwari special	Vegetarian
Kadai paneer		Paneer and green peppers in tomato gravy	Vegetarian
Kadhi pakoda		Gram flour with yogurt with gramflour fried balls	Vegetarian
Karela bharta		a bitter gourd or melon dish	Usually vegetarian
Katha meetha petha / kaddu halwa		Pumpkin cooked in spices	Vegetarian
Kheer		Rice cooked with milk and dry fruits	Vegetarian
Khichdi		Rice cooked with daal and veggies and sauteed	Vegetarian
Kadhi and Khichdi		Khichdi mixed with kadhi, found mostly in Gujarat. Also referred to as khichdi and kadhi, khichdi-kadhi, and kadhi-khichdi.	Vegetarian
Khoya paneer		cube of paneer cheese in a gravy made of thickened milk (khoya), onion, garlic, ginger, tomato and spices	Vegetarian
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.	Vegetarian
Kulfi falooda		dessert to ward off sweltering heat of summers	Vegetarian
Laapsi		dessert made up of broken wheat	Vegetarian
Lauki ke kofte		a way to serve bottle gourd	Vegetarian
Lauki ki bhaaji		a way to serve bottle gourd	Vegetarian
Litti chokha		a baked salted wheat flour cake filled with sattu (baked chickpea flour) and some special spices	Vegetarian
Lobiya		Black eyes peas, onions and tomatoes in a curry sauce	Vegetarian
Makhaan ka kheer		Sweet, made up with makhaana, milk, sugar, cashew and other savor. Popular in Mithilanchal region of Bihar	Vegetarian
Makki ki roti, sarson ka saag		Creamed sarson mustard leaves, with heavily buttered roti made from corn flour. North Indian winter favorite.	Vegetarian
Matar paneer		green peas and cube of paneer cheese in a spiced tomato-based sauce	Vegetarian
Mathura ke pede		a sort of a confection	Vegetarian
Methi saag, chaulai saag		Veggie leaves sauteed in oil and garlic with little masalas. Cooked mostly in central part of India.	Vegetarian
Millet Lapsi		Roasted Millet cooked in Jaggery	Vegetarian
Mirchi Bada		Green Chili stuffed with mashed potato, coated with besan batter and fried, it is native to Jodhpur,	Vegetarian
Missi roti		Whole wheat & gram flour dough ground masalas, pan fried	Vegetarian
Mixed vegetable		mixed vegetables, slow cooked with a tomato sauce added.	Vegetarian
Moong dal ki Lapsi		a dish made with yellow lentils, milk, sugar, and nuts	Vegetarian Dessert
Murgh musallam			Non-Vegetarian
Mushroom do pyaza (Kanda Khumb)		Mushrooms & Onions in a tomato masala sauce spiced with chilles	Vegetarian
Mushroom matar (Matar Khumb)		Mushrooms and sweet peas in a masala or chili sauce	Vegetarian
Naan		Tandoor-baked soft flatbread made with refined wheat flour.	Vegetarian
Navrattan korma		Vegetables, Nuts, Paneer cheese in a tomato cream sauce
Pakhala		Cooked rice with water	Vegetarian
Palak paneer		fresh spinach leaves (palak) cooked with cubes of paneer cheese in a rich and creamy tomato-based sauce	Vegetarian
Paneer butter masala, paneer makhani		curry made with soft cubes of paneer cheese in a creamy and aromatic sauce made of butter, tomato sauce, and a blend of spices	Vegetarian
Paneer tikka masala		vegetarian alternative to chicken tikka masala, with [[paneer] in stead of chicken	Vegetarian
Pani puri		a typical Indian tadka	Vegetarian
Panjeeri		a mixture of butter, dried fruits and whole wheat flour served as a dessert.	Vegetarian
Papad		A crispy add on to Lunch and Dinner, for adding a spicy and crunchier taste to food.	Vegetarian
Paratha		flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent, prevalent throughout the modern-day nations of India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Myanmar, where wheat is the traditional staple	Vegetarian
Pattor		A flour based snack	Vegetarian
Phirni		Sweet rice pudding, cooked in milk, flavoured with cardamom, saffron, and rose water, and garnished with nuts like almonds and pistachios.	Vegetarian
Pinni		An almond based dessert	Vegetarian
Rajma		Main. Kidney beans & assorted spices.	Vegetarian
Ramatori bhaaji		a spicy side dish made with any two vegetables i.e. potatoes and cabbage	Vegetarian
Samosa		Normally served as an entree or appetiser. Potatoes, onions, peas, coriander, and lentils, may be served with a mint or tamarind sauce	Vegetarian/meat varieties
Sattu ki roti		a dish from Bihar	Vegetarian
Shahi paneer or Rajwadi Chhena/Paneer		A popular Indian as well as Nepalese dish, made with chhena or paneer in a thick cream and tomato gravy that is sweeter and spicier than paneer makhani	Vegetarian
Shahi tukra		a bread pudding in a rich gravy of thickened milk, garnished with sliced almonds	Vegetarian
Singhada Lapsi		Lotus fruit dried and powdered to make this fasting sweet meat	Vegetarian
Sooji halwa (Suji Lapsi)		Semolina cooked with clarified butter and dry fruits. Semolina (Suji), clarified butter, cashew nuts.	Vegetarian
Sweet pethas / kesar petha / pista petha		A ravioli like dessert stuffed with a choice of fillings and equally popular in various parts of India and Pakistan	Vegetarian
Talit Macchi	Fried fish made with curry, ginger, and garlic	Non-Vegetarian
Tamatar Chaat		Tamatar Chaat is an Indian street food which is most popular in north India specially in Varanasi.	Vegetarian
Tandoori Chicken		Tandoori chicken as a dish originated in the Punjab before the independence of India and Pakistan.	Non-Vegetarian
Tandoori Fish Tikka		Fish marinated in lime and ginger and cooked over an open fire.