The food of Gujarat
10 dishes tied to Gujarat, India: born there, or made its own.
DhoklaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSteamed, spongy savoury cake from Gujarat made with fermented lentil and rice batter
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Puran PoliVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet stuffed flatbread enjoyed at festivals and special occasions in India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Sarson ka saagVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreMustard greens cooked with spices, a winter dish from Punjab
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Makki ki rotiVeganمکی دی روٹی
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCornmeal flatbread cooked on a griddle, common in northern and western India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
TheplaVegetarianથેપલા
🇮🇳 IndiaSoft spiced flatbread from Gujarat, often made with fenugreek leaves
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
HandvoVegetarianહાંડવો
🇮🇳 IndiaA spiced vegetable cake from Gujarat, made with lentils, grains and bottle gourd
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Dhansakધાનશાક
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreParsi sweet and sour curry of meat, lentils and vegetables served with caramelised rice
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Dhansak: Miansari66, CC0, source
- Dhokla: Tarunpant, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Puran Poli: No machine-readable author provided. Pamri assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Sarson ka saag: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Makki ki roti: Vsigamany, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thepla: Rocky231293, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Handvo: Dkgohil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source