India

🇮🇳India

Masala Puri

ಮಸಾಲೆ ಪುರಿ

A Karnataka chaat of crispy puris crushed and topped with peas, spices, and chutneys. It is spicy and filling.

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Masala Vada

मसाला वड़ा

A South Indian fritter made from chana dal and whole spices, shaped flat and deep-fried until crisp. It is a tea-time snack

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Masale Bhaat

मसाले भात

A Maharashtrian spiced rice dish with vegetables and goda masala. It is a festive one-pot rice.

🇮🇳Assam, India

Masor tenga

Tenga

Light Assamese fish curry is sharpened with tomato, lemon, or elephant apple rather than heavy spice.

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Matar Kachori

मटर कचौरी

A North Indian kachori filled with spiced green peas. It is a popular breakfast and tea-time snack.

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Matar Paneer

मटर पनीर

A North Indian curry of paneer and green peas in a tomato-onion gravy. It is a common home-style vegetarian dish.

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Mathi

मठ्ठी

A North Indian fried savory cracker, similar to namak para. It is flaky and served with tea.

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Matki Usal

मटकी उसळ

A Maharashtrian stir-fry of sprouted matki beans with coconut and spices. It is healthy and protein-rich.

🇮🇳Mumbai, India

Mawa cake

मावा केक

Parsi bakeries fold reduced milk solids into a buttery cake and bake it until fragrant and dense.

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Medu Vada

मेदू वड़ा

A savory, donut-shaped fritter made from urad dal batter, deep-fried until golden. It is crisp outside, soft inside, and served with sambar and chutney

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Meen Curry

മീൻ കറി

A Kerala fish curry made with coconut, tamarind, and spices. It is a staple along the Malabar coast.

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Memoni Biryani

میمونی بریانی

A spicy biryani from the Memon community of Gujarat and Pakistan, made with lamb, yogurt, and potatoes. It is rich and aromatic.

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Methi Malai Matar

मेथी मलाई मटर

A creamy North Indian curry with fenugreek leaves, green peas, and cream. It has a mildly bitter and sweet flavor profile.

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Methi Mathri

मेथी मठरी

A North Indian fried cracker flavored with fenugreek leaves and spices. It is crispy and savory.

🇮🇳Gujarat, India

Methi Thepla

મેથી થેપલા

A Gujarati thepla flavored with fresh fenugreek leaves. It is soft, aromatic, and a popular travel snack.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Mezhukkupuratti

മെഴുക്കുപുരട്ടി

A Kerala style of stir-frying vegetables with chili, turmeric, and oil. It is simple and commonly made at home.

🇮🇳Rajasthan, India

Mirchi Bada

मिर्ची बड़ा

A Rajasthani snack of large green chilies stuffed with potato filling, coated in gram flour, and deep-fried.

🇮🇳Hyderabad, India

Mirchi Ka Salan

मिर्ची का सालन

A Hyderabadi curry of green chilies in a peanut-sesame-tamarind gravy. It is served with biryani.

🇮🇳Maharashtra, India

Misal Pav

मिसळ पाव

A Maharashtrian breakfast of spicy sprouted bean curry topped with farsan and served with bread rolls. It is tangy and crunchy.

🇧🇩West Bengal, Bangladesh

Mishti Doi

মিষ্টি দই

Milk boiled down with date molasses or caramelised sugar, then set as yoghurt in a shallow earthen pot.

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Missi Roti

मिस्सी रोटी

A Rajasthani flatbread made from a mix of whole wheat and gram flour, spiced with ajwain, cumin, and green chilies. It has a nutty flavor and firm texture.

🇮🇳Maharashtra, India

Modak

मोदक

Rice-flour dough encloses a coconut and jaggery filling, then is steamed or fried into a pleated sweet.

🇮🇳Gujarat, India

Mohanthal

મોહનથાળ

Gram flour is slow-roasted with ghee, sugar, and cardamom, then set into Gujarati fudge squares.

🇨🇳Tibet, China

Momos

ममः

Filled dumplings travelled through the Himalayan region and became a defining Nepali street food, steamed or fried and served with achar.

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Mor Kuzhambu

மோர் குழம்பு

A South Indian yogurt-based curry with vegetables, similar to kadhi. It is cooling and tangy, served with rice.

🇮🇳West Bengal, India

Mughlai paratha

মোগলাই পরোটা

Bengali paratha is folded around egg, minced meat, or onion and fried on a griddle.

🇮🇳Moradabad, India

Muradabadi Biryani

मुरादाबादी बिरयानी

A biryani from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, made with chicken, yogurt, and whole spices. It is often colored with food coloring.

🇮🇳West Bengal, India

Murgh rezala (Chicken rezala)

মুর্গ রেজালা

Chicken is simmered with yogurt, onion, cashew, and aromatic spices into Bengal's pale rezala gravy.

🇧🇩Dhaka, Bangladesh

Murgi Musallam

মুরগ মুসাল্লাম

Whole chicken marinated in yoghurt and spice, stuffed with boiled egg and mince, and slow-cooked until the skin darkens.

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Murukku

Savory spiral-shaped snacks made from rice flour and urad dal, crispy with not hard and well-seasoned, a Malaysian Indian festive snack, and crunchy

🇮🇳Gujarat, India

Muthiya

મુઠિયા

A Gujarati steamed or fried snack made from gram flour and vegetables like bottle gourd or methi. It is spiced and wholesome.

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Mutton Sukha

மட்டன் சுக்கா

A dry, spicy mutton preparation from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, cooked with onions, chilies, and spices.

🇮🇳Mysuru, India

Mysore Bonda

ಮೈಸೂರು ಬೋಂಡಾ

A South Indian deep-fried snack made from flour, yogurt, and spices. It is soft, fluffy, and served with chutney.

🇮🇳Mysuru, India

Mysore pak

ಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್

A Mysore sweet of gram flour, ghee and sugar, dense and porous.

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Naan

नान

A leavened, tandoor-baked flatbread with a soft, chewy texture. It is one of India's most recognizable breads abroad, traditionally brushed with butter or ghee and served with curries

🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nadru yakhni (Lotus root curry)

नद्रू यख़नी

Lotus stem is simmered in a yogurt and fennel broth with mild Kashmiri spices.