The food of Delhi
6 dishes tied to Delhi, India: born there, or made its own.
KulfiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreFrozen sweet made from slow-cooked milk, often flavoured with nuts or spices
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Butter chickenMeatमुर्ग़ मक्खनी
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreChicken in a rich, creamy tomato and butter sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Dahi vadaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreLentil fritters soaked in spiced yogurt and served as a cold snack
Street food, Snacks
Dal makhaniVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreCreamy black lentils slow-cooked with butter and spices
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
NihariMeat
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSlow-cooked meat stew from the Indian subcontinent, served hot with bread or rice
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Chole bhatureVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaChickpea curry served with deep-fried, puffy bread
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Butter chicken: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dahi vada: Mdsmds0, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dal makhani: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chole bhature: MaharajaMandy, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kulfi: danchitnis, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nihari: Miansari66, Public domain, source