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Maharashtra

Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Featured Dishes from Maharashtra

Kheere ka raita
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Kheere ka raita

Cucumber and yogurt
Khichdi
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Khichdi

Rice and lentils
Khichu
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Khichu

Steamed rice flour dumplings, serve with oil and masala or chili powder, also made with wheat, millet, oats
Khoba roti
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Khoba roti

Decorative flatbread with small indentations pressed into the surface
Kodubale
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Kodubale

Crispy deep-fried ring-shaped snacks made with rice flour, gram flour, wheat flour, spices, yogurt, chili peppers, coconut
Kolhapuri masala
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Kolhapuri masala

Two types: a dry powder, and a paste (wet blend of spices)
Kombdi vade
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Kombdi vade

Chicken curry served with fried rice and dal flatbread/dumplings, also refers just to the vada/flatbreads themselves
Kosambari
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Kosambari

Lentil salad with coconut, chili peppers, carrot, cucumber, mustard seeds, curry leaves, lemon juice
Koshimbir
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Koshimbir

Vegetable salad, made with cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, onion, tomatoes
Kothimbir vadi
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Kothimbir vadi

Coriander and gram flour bars, serve with chutney and chai (tea)
Kothu parotta
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Kothu parotta

Shredded flatbread cooked with chili peppers, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, eggs, chicken, spices
Kurkuri bhindi
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Kurkuri bhindi

Fried okra, may also be baked
Ladi pav
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Ladi pav

Bread rolls, introduced to India by the Portuguese
Lahsun ki chutney
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Lahsun ki chutney

Spicy garlic chutney with tomatoes, chilies and spices
Maddur vada
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Maddur vada

Fried savory patties made with rice flour, wheat flour, semolina, onions, chili peppers, curry leaves, coconuts, from the town of Maddur
Malai kabab
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Malai kabab

Chicken marinated in yogurt, cheese, spices and chili peppers, then skewered and grilled
Mallige idli
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Mallige idli

Soft and spongy idli, steamed disc-shaped rice snacks
Mangalore buns
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Mangalore buns

Sweet fried bread made with mashed bananas, flour and sugar
Mangodi
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Mangodi

Small dried dumplings made from a paste of lentils, beans, and spices, these dried nuggets store well and are used to add flavor and nutrition to many dishes, for example, sandgyachi bhaji (mangodi bhaji), curry, sukha sandga, pulao, aloo mangodi
Masala idli
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Masala idli

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

Spicy curry made with white peas, crushed flatbread, coconut, herbs and spices
Masala vada
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Masala vada

Chana dal fritters with onions, herbs and spices
Medu vada
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Medu vada

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

Fenugreek and chickpea fritters
Mirchi vada
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Mirchi vada

Deep-fried chili peppers stuffed with a spicy potato mixture
Misal pav
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Misal pav

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

Savory steamed mung bean cakes
Muthia
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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
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Neer dosa

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

Onion fritters
Onion sabji
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Onion sabji

Onion in spicy yogurt curry
Palak puri
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Palak puri

Puffy fried spinach flatbread
Palak saag
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Palak saag
Panki
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Panki

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

Snack mix made with crushed papad, spices, onions, coriander and ghee
Papaya chutney
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Papaya chutney

Grated green papaya chutney
Patoli
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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
Patra
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Patra

Seasoned colocasia (taro) leaves that are rolled, sliced and fried or steamed, similar to patrode in Karnataka
Patrode
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Patrode

Colocasia leaves with a spiced rice mixture, may be rolled, mixed, similar to patra in Gujuart
Pinaca
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Pinaca

Sweets made with rice, coconut, jaggery and cardamom, serve with tea
Pineapple pachadi
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Pineapple pachadi

A sweet pineapple curry with coconut and spices, similar to a chutney
Poha masala
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Poha masala

A sweet and tangy spice mix used to make Indori poha (flattened rice and spice breakfast meal)
Ponk bhel
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Ponk bhel

Fresh winter millet (sorghum, jowar) mixed with vegetables, mango, yogurt, chaat masala, chutney
Prawn balchao
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Prawn balchao

Spicy pickled prawns, made with turmeric, chili peppers, mustard, cumin, serve with rice
Pudachi vadi
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Pudachi vadi

Coriander rolls, thin dough wrapped around a filling of coriander, coconut and spices
Puran poli
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Puran poli

Flatbread stuffed with a sweet lentil filling
Puri bhaji
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Puri bhaji

Deep-fried flatbread served with potato curry
Ragda pattice
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Ragda pattice

Curried vatana (white peas) with mashed potato patties (fritters), chutney, sev, onions
Ragi malt
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Ragi malt

Finger millet porridge or drink
Ragi rotti
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Ragi rotti

Finger millet flatbread
Rajma tikki
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Rajma tikki

Fried patties or cutlets made with red kidney beans and spices
Rasam powder
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Rasam powder

Seasoning made with dal, curry, coriander seeds, red chilies, black peppercorns, cumin, fenugreek, turmeric, asafoetida, used with rasam (chaaru, saaru) soup
Red chilli chutney
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Red chilli chutney

Spicy chutney made with red chili peppers
Ros omelette
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Ros omelette

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

Flaky flatbread, typically served with and dipped in curry
Sabudana vada
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Sabudana vada

Deep-fried savory tapioca fritters
Sakhar amba
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Sakhar amba

Sweet and tangy mango chutney
Sambar powder
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Sambar powder

Mix of spices that is used to add flavor to sambar dishes
Sambar vada
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Sambar vada

Urad dal (black lentil) fritters shaped like a doughnut and either served with or in sambar (stew)
Sambharo
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Sambharo

A warm stir fried vegetable or fruit salad, flavored with mustard seeds, chili peppers, lemon juice, spices, herbs, commonly made with cabbage, carrot, papaya, raw mango
Sangri ki sabji
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Sangri ki sabji

Stir fried green beans, ker (green berries from capparis decidua, a thorny bush) and spices
Sev khamani
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Sev khamani

Spiced lentil snack with lemon juice, ginger paste, pomegranate seeds, coriander, green chili paste, sev
Sev puri
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Sev puri

Small fried flatbreads topped with potatoes, chutney, onions, tomatoes, sev (crispy gram flour noodles)
Shankarpali
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Shankarpali

Small cut pieces of deep-fried dough, can be sweet, spicy, sour
Shegaon kachori
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Shegaon kachori

Fried flour dumplings stuffed with a mixture made with spices, ginger, garlic, chili peppers
Surti locho
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Surti locho

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

Mixed rice with vegetables and spices
Thalipeeth
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Thalipeeth

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

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

A semi-dry chutney made with roasted and pounded peanuts, garlic, chili peppers and coriander, though there are many variations
Thenkuzhal
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Thenkuzhal

Crunchy, deep-fried urad flour noodles
Thepla
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Thepla

Flatbread, commonly made with fenugreek (methi thepla)
Thumbuli
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Thumbuli

Greens or vegetable curry side dishes, many different types
Til chutney
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Til chutney

Sesame seed chutney
Tomato dosa
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Tomato dosa

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

A Parsi version of paneer, eaten by itself, common at Parsi weddings
Ukadpendi
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Ukadpendi

Savory wheat flour porridge
Upasachi kachori
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Upasachi kachori

Potato and varai flour ladoo (ball) stuffed with a mixture of coconut, chili peppers, nuts, lemon juice and spices
Usal
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Usal

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

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

Spicy chickpea curry, serve with dosa, rice
Vada pav
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Vada pav

Potato fritter inside a bread bun
Vadi
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Vadi

Deep-fried stick-shaped wheat flour snacks, serve with black tea
Vaghareli rotli
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Vaghareli rotli

Seasoned and stir fried or curried pieces of flatbread
Water chestnut
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Water chestnut

Dried, raw, roasted, fried, pickled, stir fried, water chestnut flour is used in baking