
Dal Kachori (Khasta)
Dal kachori fills short pastry with spiced mung dal and fries it until the shell flakes.
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Dal kachori fills short pastry with spiced mung dal and fries it until the shell flakes.

Dal moradabadi is a thin, soupy yellow mung dal served in a bowl and finished at the table with its own set of toppings.

Dal palak cooks split pigeon peas with spinach until the greens melt into the dal.

Dalimbi bhaat cooks rice with sprouted field beans and goda masala, a Maharashtrian one-pot dish.

Delhi aloo chaat fries boiled potato until the edges crisp, then dresses it with chaat masala and lemon.

Delhi Street Style Banta Soda is a fizzy masala lemon soda with black salt, chaat masala, roasted cumin, and fresh mint.

Dahi ke sholey wraps spiced hung yoghurt in bread and fries it, so the outside crisps and the filling stays cool.

Paneer khurchan shreds paneer and peppers on a hot griddle and scrapes up everything that sticks, which is the point of the dish.

Desi Sabudana Mango Boba uses soaked sabudana pearls under thick chilled mango milk for an Indian-style bubble tea.

Aloo soya pulao cooks soy chunks with potato into a filling dhaba-style rice.

Anda palak poaches eggs in a spinach gravy, a dhaba dish that eats like palak paneer with egg instead.

Anda pulao cooks boiled eggs into a dhaba-style spiced rice.

Dal fry cooks the dal into the masala rather than pouring a tempering over it, which is what separates it from dal tadka.

Dhaba style egg curry gives boiled eggs a robust onion-tomato gravy thickened with gram flour, in the style of a roadside kitchen.

Egg keema biryani crumbles boiled egg through spiced rice so it eats like a mince biryani.

Lasooni methi paneer leans hard on garlic and fresh fenugreek, in the dhaba style rather than a creamy restaurant one.

Lasooni palak is spinach cooked hard with garlic, in the dhaba style rather than a creamy restaurant one.

Lasooni paneer tikka loads the marinade with garlic, in the dhaba style rather than a restaurant one.

Mix veg curry cooks whatever vegetables are to hand in a single dhaba-style onion and tomato gravy.

Bhuna gosht is cooked dry rather than in gravy, the mutton fried down with browned onion and yoghurt until the masala clings to it.

Dhaba style mutton curry cooks goat meat slowly in yoghurt and browned onion until the oil rises.

Soya chaap rogan josh gives soy chaap the Kashmiri treatment, cooked in yoghurt with fennel and dry ginger.

Dharwad peda cooks milk solids until they darken and turn grainy, which is what sets it apart from a plain peda.

Dindigul egg biryani uses the small-grain seeraga samba rice and a peppery Tamil masala.

Dragon chicken tosses fried chicken strips in a sweet-hot sauce with cashews.

Dry matar paneer keeps paneer and peas out of gravy, tossed instead in a thick masala that clings.

Dry soya matar sabzi cooks soy chunks with green peas in a thick masala rather than a gravy.

Dulce de Leche Biscuit Shake is a thick caramel-biscuit milkshake with vanilla ice cream, crushed biscuits, and a dulce de leche drizzle.

Egg dal tadka drops boiled eggs into a finished dal, so it eats as a main rather than a side.

Egg kathi roll coats a paratha in egg and wraps it around onion and chutney, the Kolkata street original.

Egg kheema matar crumbles boiled egg into a pea and onion masala so it eats like a mince curry.

Egg Paratha is a North Indian whole wheat pocket paratha filled with whisked egg, onion, green chilli, and coriander.

Egg pepper fry cooks boiled eggs with onion and crushed black pepper until dry.

Eggless caramel custard is a steamed milk pudding set with custard powder and agar agar over a dark caramel base.

Eggless fudgy chocolate brownie is a dense cocoa brownie made with yogurt, melted butter and chocolate chips.

Eggless vanilla sponge cake is a soft basic tea cake made with curd, oil, vanilla and a gentle cut-and-fold batter.

Eid special sheer khurma is a rich milk, vermicelli, date and nut pudding scented with cardamom, saffron and rose water.

Elaneer payasam blends tender coconut into milk, served cold.

Elaneer Sherbet is a tender coconut cooler with fresh coconut water, soft malai pieces, condensed milk, and cardamom.

Ellu sadam coats rice in ground roasted sesame, a Tamil temple dish.

Farali dahi vada fries potato and water chestnut dumplings and soaks them in yoghurt.

Farali dosa uses barnyard millet and tapioca in place of rice and urad dal, fermented the same way.

Farali idli steams barnyard millet and tapioca into idlis for fasting days, when rice and dal are avoided.

Farali khandvi rolls a yoghurt and arrowroot batter into thin sheets, replacing the gram flour of the everyday version.

Makhana bhel tosses roasted fox nuts with potato and peanuts, a fasting-day version of the street snack.

Farali paneer bhurji is a fasting version of the scramble, seasoned without onion or garlic.

Papaya sambharo is a quick Gujarati stir-fry of grated raw papaya, tempered with cumin and green chilli.

Farali pattice are Gujarati fasting cutlets of potato bound with arrowroot and filled with coconut and peanut.

Farali rajgira pithla is a quick amaranth flour porridge loosened with buttermilk, for fasting days.

Raw papaya halwa cooks grated green papaya in ghee and milk until it turns soft and translucent.

Farali sama dhokla steams barnyard millet batter into soft squares for fasting days.

Farali samosa uses water chestnut flour for the pastry, so it can be eaten while fasting.

Kesar thandai blends soaked almonds, cashews, pistachios, seeds, saffron, and spices with chilled milk for a festive North Indian drink.

Cold brew-style filter coffee shakes chilled South Indian coffee decoction with almond milk, jaggery syrup, and ice.

Fish koliwada coats fish in a red gram flour batter, the Mumbai fishing-village version of a fry.

Fluffy Puri is a small whole wheat and semolina bread rolled without dry flour and fried until puffed and golden.

Fresh fruit cream is a chilled Punjabi-style dessert with whipped cream, vanilla and chopped seasonal fruit.

Fresh Pudina Chaas is a thin mint buttermilk with roasted cumin, black salt, and a small green chilli kick for lunch plates.

Fruit trifle pudding is a chilled layered dessert with sponge cake, vanilla custard, fruit, jam and whipped cream.

Gajar ka halwa cooks grated carrot down in milk until it darkens, then finishes it with ghee and nuts.