Taste India
भारत
Punjab's tandoor and dairy, Bengal's mustard and fish, Kerala’s coconut and spice, Tamil Nadu's rice and tamarind, Hyderabad's dum cooking, Gujarati thalis: India is many kitchens sharing some spices and almost no single definition of dinner. Butter chicken is a Delhi restaurant dish, not a stand-in for the country.
21 recipes · 2 cuisines
Essential dishes
Butter chicken
मुरग़ मखनी
Delhi restaurant gravy: tandoori-style chicken in a tomato-butter sauce. Famous, modern, and not a stand-in for 'Indian food'.
2 hr 5 minMedium🌶️
Dal tadka
दाल तड़का
Tempered lentils — the everyday pot, finished with ghee, cumin and chilli in hot fat.
45 minEasy🌶️
Jeera rice
जीरा राइस
Cumin-tempered rice — the quiet plate that makes a gravy make sense.
50 minEasyNo chilli
Aloo gobi
आलू गोभी
Potato and cauliflower, dry-ish, turmeric-stained — a sabzi, not a swamp.
40 minEasy🌶️
Masala dosa
மசாலா தோசை
A fermented rice-and-lentil crepe, crisp, wrapped around spiced potato — South Indian breakfast that is a project the first time.
13 hr 10 minA bit of work🌶️
Chole
छोले
Chickpeas in a dark, sour-spiced gravy — Punjabi chana that wants bhatura or rice, not a mild hummus energy.
9 hrMedium🌶️🌶️
Kheer
खीर
Rice slowly cooked in milk until it goes creamy, finished with cardamom and nuts.
1 hrEasyNo chilli
Beef Mandi
Beef Mandi from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
3 hrA bit of work🌶️
Dal fry
Dal fry from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hrA bit of work🌶️
Chicken Handi
Chicken Handi from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hrA bit of work🌶️
Kidney Bean Curry
Kidney Bean Curry from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
28 minMediumNo chilli
Lamb Biryani
Lamb Biryani from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 54 minA bit of work🌶️
Lamb Rogan josh
Lamb Rogan josh from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 15 minA bit of workNo chilli
Bread omelette
Make and enjoy
15 minEasyNo chilli
Recheado Masala Fish
Recheado Masala Fish from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 35 minA bit of work🌶️
Smoked Haddock Kedgeree
Smoked Haddock Kedgeree from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
48 minMediumNo chilli
Tandoori chicken
Tandoori chicken from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 28 minMedium🌶️
Nutty Chicken Curry
Nutty Chicken Curry from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
21 minMedium🌶️
Baingan Bharta
Baingan Bharta from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
55 minA bit of work🌶️
Chicken Mandi
Chicken Mandi from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 22 minA bit of work🌶️
Matar Paneer
Matar Paneer from India. Times were inferred from the source steps.
23 minMedium🌶️
Regional cuisines
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Vedic, Buddhist, Mughal, Portuguese, Persian and British histories all left techniques and ingredients. Chilli, potato and tomato are New World. Butter chicken (murgh makhani) was developed in mid-20th-century Delhi by cooks working with leftover tandoori chicken and tomato-butter gravy — a restaurant classic with a known origin, not an ancient royal secret.