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Potato (Aloo) Tomato (Tamatar) Okra (Bhindi) Cauliflower (Phool Gobhi) Taro (Arbi). Most of the food items which define modern North Indian and Subcontinental cooking have origins inside the Indian subcontinent though many foods that are now a part of them are based on fruits and vegetables that originated outside the Indian subcontinent.
Pasanda (Urdu: پسندہ, Hindi: पसन्दा), also called Parche (Urdu: پارچے, Hindi: पारचे), is a popular dish from the Indian subcontinent, notably North India, Rampur, Hyderabadi and Pakistani, derived from a meal served in the court of the Mughal emperors.
Archaeological excavations have found "food balls" made of legumes and cereals such as barley, wheat, chickpea and mung bean were consumed in the Indus Valley Civilization circa 2600 BCE. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the 3rd-4th century Sanskrit medical text Sushruta Samhita , ladduka are described as small balls of jaggery, peanuts , and sesame seeds coated ...
Sweet Snacks notable in Northeast and East, specially in Odisha. Sweet Momo: Originally from Tibet, it is a popular snack/ food item in India. Muri Naaru: A sweet Bengali specialty. Pani Tenga: a pickled dish made from mustard. Sunga Pitha: A Sweet Assamese specialty: Alu Pitika: a dish made of mashed potato. Masor tenga
Bun kebab (Urdu: بَن کباب) or anda shami (Urdu: انڈا شامی) is a sandwich that originated in Pakistan, [1] [2] but is now popular all throughout South Asia. Bun kebabs are a signature in Pakistani metro cities like Karachi and Lahore , but they can be found all over Pakistan. [ 3 ]
The ancient Hindu text Mahabharata mentions rice and vegetable cooked together, and the word "pulao" or "pallao" is used to refer to the dish in ancient Sanskrit works, such as Yājñavalkya Smṛti. [41] Ayurveda, ancient Indian system of wellness, deals with holistic approach to wellness, and it includes food, dhyana {meditation} and yoga.
A snack food of India, originating in the Kutch or Kachchh region of Gujarat, it is a spicy snack made by mixing boiled potatoes with a dabeli masala, and putting the mixture between ladi-pav and served with chutneys made from tamarind, date, garlic, red chillies, etc. and garnished with pomegranate and roasted peanuts.
Panipuri is one of the popular chaats in South Asia. Dahi vada chaat with yogurt. The chaat variants are all based on fried dough, with various other ingredients. The original chaat is a mixture of potato pieces, crisp fried bread, dahi vada or dahi bhalla, gram or chickpeas and tangy-salty spices, with sour Indian chili and saunth (dried ginger and tamarind sauce), fresh green coriander ...