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Adai

Adai

Rice and lentil dosa (crepes), may be made with millet, coconut, jaggery, vegetables, many different types

Akuri

Akuri

A Parsi scrambled eggs dish with chili peppers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, paneer, spices, commonly served with roti or pav flatbreads

Aloo poha

Aloo poha

Flattened rice mixed with potatoes, chili peppers, spices

Benne dose

Benne dose

Rice flour crepe topped with butter

Bun maska

Bun maska

Soft buns, may contain candied fruit, traditionally topped with butter, whipped cream

Chivda

Chivda

Snack mix made with flattened rice (poha), dry fruits, nuts, coconut, spices

Dal ka paratha

Dal ka paratha

Savory lentil flatbread

Eggs Kejriwal

Eggs Kejriwal

Toast topped with eggs, cheese, chili peppers, tomatoes and onions or salsa, several variations, created at Willingdon Sports Club in Mumbai in the 1950s

Handvo

Handvo

Savory cake or bread made with fermented lentils, vegetables, rice

Indori poha

Indori poha

Flattened rice with spices, curry leaves, chili peppers, served with jalebi, may also include namkeen

Kanda batata poha

Kanda batata poha

Flattened rice mixed with potatoes, onions, chili peppers, spices, etc

Khatta dhokla

Khatta dhokla

Small savory cakes made with a fermented dal and rice batter, chili peppers, ginger, spices

Khoba roti

Khoba roti

Decorative flatbread with small indentations pressed into the surface

Mallige idli

Mallige idli

Soft and spongy idli, steamed disc-shaped rice snacks

Mangalore buns

Mangalore buns

Sweet fried bread made with mashed bananas, flour and sugar

Masala idli

Masala idli

Rice cakes, cut into pieces and stir fried with a gravy made with onions, tomatoes, chili peppers and spices

Medu vada

Medu vada

Urad dal (black lentil) fritter shaped like a doughnut, when served in sambar (stew) they are called sambar vada

Misal pav

Misal pav

Spicy sprouted moth bean curry served with bread rolls (pav)

Moong dal dhokla

Moong dal dhokla

Savory steamed mung bean cakes

Muthia

Muthia

Steamed or fried dumplings made with gram flour, wheat flour, semolina, vegetables, fenugreek, chili peppers, spices, eaten as snacks, used in curries

Neer dosa

Neer dosa

Rice flour crepe, serve with curries, chutney, saagu, sambar

Palak puri

Palak puri

Puffy fried spinach flatbread

Panki

Panki

Pancake-like snack cooked in banana leaves, made with rice flour, corn flour, moong dal flour, chili peppers, ginger, spices, serve with chutney

Patoli

Patoli

Flattened rice dumplings, made with rice flour paste, jaggery and coconut that is steamed inside turmeric leaves, Note: this is different from Andhra patoli, which is ground chana dal with chili peppers and spices

Poha dosa

Poha dosa

Crepe made with rice, flattened rice, buttermilk, serve with chutney

Pudla

Pudla

Savory chickpea flour crepes or pancakes

Puran poli

Puran poli

Flatbread stuffed with a sweet lentil filling

Puri bhaji

Puri bhaji

Deep-fried flatbread served with potato curry

Ragi idli

Ragi idli

Steamed millet dumplings or cakes

Ragi malt

Ragi malt

Finger millet porridge or drink

Ragi rotti

Ragi rotti

Finger millet flatbread

Rava dosa

Rava dosa

Rice and black gram crepe, serve with ghee, butter, chutney

Ros omelette

Ros omelette

Egg and herb omelette topped with spicy curry or gravy made with chicken, mutton, chickpeas, serve with bread

Sabudana khichdi

Sabudana khichdi

Sago (tapioca) pearls with dal, potatoes, mustard, chili peppers, peanuts, spices

Set dosa

Set dosa

Spongy pancake that is fried only on one side, commonly served as a set of three dosas

Surnali

Surnali

Spongy coconut-rice pancakes, made with poha (flattened rice), coconut, buttermilk, turmeric, jaggery, serve with butter

Surti locho

Surti locho

Steamed gram flour dumpling or porridge, made with poha, turmeric, ginger, lemon juice, chili powder, cumin

Thalipeeth

Thalipeeth

Savory multigrain flatbread, serve with butter, curd, pickles, curry, bhaaji

Thatte idli

Thatte idli

Large steamed idli made with rice and urad dal, serve with chutney, sambar

Tomato dosa

Tomato dosa

Flatbread made with tomato puree, rice, urad dal, chili peppers, spices

Ukad

Ukad

Rice flour and buttermilk porridge, may also be made with wheat flour, sorghum

Ukadpendi

Ukadpendi

Savory wheat flour porridge

Usal

Usal

Mixed bean and sprout curry, made with dried beans, pulses, sprouted beans, lentils, coconut

Uthappam

Uthappam

Thick pan-fried dosa (pancake or flatbread) topped with onions, chili peppers, vegetables, serve with podi, sambar, chutney

Ven pongal

Ven pongal

Rice and moong dal (mung beans) with ghee, spices, nuts, serve with chutney, sambar

Vermicelli upma

Vermicelli upma

Noodles, lentils, vegetables, spices, herbs, cashews

7 cup burfi

7 cup burfi

Fudge-like gram flour and coconut snack

Aamras

Aamras

Pureed mango, eaten as is or blended with jaggery, cardamom, saffron, ginger, water or milk

Achappam

Achappam

Deep-fried flower-shaped snacks made by dipping a mold into batter and then into hot oil

Anarsa

Anarsa

Rice flour and jaggery fritters

Arroz doce

Arroz doce

Badam halwa

Badam halwa

A sweet pudding made with ground almonds, sugar, ghee, cardamom and saffron

Banana sheera

Banana sheera

A banana and semolina sweet with nuts, dried fruit, cardamom, saffron

Basundi

Basundi

Sweet thickened milk with nuts, fruit, cardamom, saffron

Belgaum kunda

Belgaum kunda

A sweet curdled milk dessert, made by boiling milk, sugar and curd

Bolinhos de coco

Bolinhos de coco

Small coconut confection

Chakkara pongal

Chakkara pongal

A sweet rice dish with moong dal, jaggery, nuts, dry fruit, common during festivals and special occasions

Chawal ki kheer

Chawal ki kheer

Rice pudding, made by simmering milk with rice, nuts, sugar, coconut, cardamom, some variations use millet

Chhena kheeri

Chhena kheeri

Sweetened milk dessert with small cheese balls, saffron, cardamom, pistachios, cashews, almonds

Chigali

Chigali

Sweet black sesame seed or tamarind ladoo (ball-shaped sweets)

Chiroti

Chiroti

Deep-fried layered pastry roll

Cocada

Cocada

Coconut confections, many different variations and flavors such as branca, preta, morena, com leite condensado

Coconut ice

Coconut ice

Pink-colored coconut confection

Coconut ladoo

Coconut ladoo

Sweetened coconut balls

Dehrori

Dehrori

Fermented rice and yogurt fritters/pancakes in sugar syrup, serve with buttermilk, common during Diwali

Dharwad pedha

Dharwad pedha

Fudge-like sweets made with curdled milk

Dhondas

Dhondas

Cucumber and coconut cake, also made with watermelon, jackfruit

Doce

Doce

Broken wheat and coconut pudding

Doodh pak

Doodh pak

Rice pudding with milk, nuts, cardamom, nutmeg

Gujia

Gujia

Sweet empanadas filled with coconut, nuts, dried fruit, poppy seeds

Halwasan

Halwasan

Sweet confections made with wheat, milk, semolina, dry fruit and nuts

Ice gola

Ice gola

Frozen fruit slush pops, many different flavors

Karadantu

Karadantu

Balls or bars made with dried fruit, nuts, and edible gum

Kheer kadam

Kheer kadam

Ball-shaped sweet made with milk, saffron, khoya, paneer and sugar

Khiramohana

Khiramohana

Sweet curdled milk (cottage cheese) balls soaked in syrup

Kopra pak

Kopra pak

Kulfi falooda

Kulfi falooda

Kulfi ice cream topped with falooda and rose syrup

Lapsi

Lapsi

Sweet cracked wheat porridge

Lauki halwa

Lauki halwa

Bottle gourd or opo squash sweet

Lavang latika

Lavang latika

Clove-flavored fried pastry filled with a sweet khoya mixture

Malai kulfi

Malai kulfi

A frozen dessert similar to ice cream that is made with whole milk or condensed milk

Malai peda

Malai peda

Fudge-like sweets made from dried whole milk (powdered milk)

Malida

Malida

A mixture of crumbled flatbread with sugar, ghee, dry fruit and nuts, may also be shaped into balls and fried

Mango shrikhand

Mango shrikhand

Mango flavored strained yogurt dessert

Mathura peda

Mathura peda

Small sweets made with milk solids and sugar

Mawa barfi

Mawa barfi

Fudge-like confection made with milk solids and sugar

Mawa jalebi

Mawa jalebi

Spiral-shaped fried dough that is made with a wheat flour and mawa (milk solids) batter, then soaked in sugar syrup

Modak

Modak

Sweet dumpling, may be steamed, fried, commonly filled with coconut and jaggery

Mohanthal

Mohanthal

Gram flour fudge, made with condensed milk, gram flour, ghee, nuts

Motichoor ladoo

Motichoor ladoo

Deep-fried laddu made with tiny balls pressed to form a larger ball

Nankhatai

Nankhatai

Shortbread cookies

Paal payasam

Paal payasam

Paneer jalebi

Paneer jalebi

Jalebi made with fresh paneer (cottage cheese)

Patoli

Patoli

Flattened rice dumplings, made with rice flour paste, jaggery and coconut that is steamed inside turmeric leaves, Note: this is different from Andhra patoli, which is ground chana dal with chili peppers and spices

Perad

Perad

Guava confection

Profiteroles

Profiteroles

Puran poli

Puran poli

Flatbread stuffed with a sweet lentil filling

Rajbhog

Rajbhog

Saffron-flavored paneer and semolina balls filled with dry fruit and nuts, soaked in syrup

Sakhar bhat

Sakhar bhat

Sweet rice with saffron, spices, dried fruit, nuts, ghee and sugar

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