Indian food is twenty-eight states of cooking that share only spice. Mumbai's vada pav and bombay duck have nothing in common with Delhi's mughlai parathas, Kolkata's mishti doi, Chennai's idli-sambar-filter-coffee, Goa's vindaloo, or Kerala's appam. Each Indian city is its own cuisine.
Cities in India
Each city has its own way of feeding you. Pick where to start.
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Signature dishes of India
A growing index of the canonical dishes from India, what they are, where they came from, and where in the country to eat them.