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Dal-Dhokli — Pasta Sheets in Spiced Lentil Broth (दाल ढोकली)
Dal-dhokli (दाल ढोकली) is the Gujarati one-pot comfort dish: rough-cut wheat and chickpea flour past…
Gujarat; dal-dhokli is th
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Dhansak — Parsi Persian Lentil Meat Stew (धनसाक)
Dhansak is the Parsi community's defining preparation — a complex lentil-vegetable-meat stew, always…
Parsi (Zoroastrian) commu
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Dhokla — Fermented Chickpea Flour Steamed Cake (ढोकला)
Dhokla (ढोकला) is the most celebrated snack of Gujarat: a soft, spongy steamed cake made from fermen…
Gujarat; dhokla is docume
IN.06.0004
Khandvi — Rolled Chickpea Sheets (खांडवी)
Khandvi (खांडवी) is one of the most technically demanding Gujarati snacks: a smooth, elastic batter …
Gujarat; khandvi is assoc
IN.06.0005
Kolhapuri Chicken — Dry Coconut-Based Fire (कोल्हापुरी चिकन)
Kolhapuri chicken (कोल्हापुरी चिकन) is Kolhapur city's fiercely flavoured preparation: chicken cooke…
Kolhapur city, southern M
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Kolhapuri Chicken — Maharashtra Dry Coconut Masala (कोल्हापुरी चिकन)
Kolhapuri chicken originates from Kolhapur in southern Maharashtra — one of India's most genuinely f…
Kolhapur, Maharashtra — t
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Misal Pav — Maharashtrian Sprouted Bean Curry with Usal (मिसळ पाव)
Misal pav (मिसळ पाव) is the most complex and fiercely spiced of all Maharashtrian street foods: a bo…
Maharashtra, with regiona
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Parsi Patra ni Machhi — Fish in Banana Leaf Steam Parcel (पतरा ना मछी)
Patra ni machhi is the Parsi community's most iconic preparation — pomfret (Stromateus argenteus) or…
Parsi (Zoroastrian) commu
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Puran Poli — Sweet Lentil-Stuffed Flatbread (पुरण पोळी)
Puran poli (पुरण पोळी) is Maharashtra's most important festival flatbread: a soft wheat dough enclos…
Maharashtra; made at Holi
IN.06.0010
Puran Poli — Sweet Lentil Stuffed Flatbread (पुरण पोळी)
Puran poli is Maharashtra's most important festive flatbread — a soft wheat disc encasing puran (a s…
Maharashtra — particularl
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Sali Boti — Parsi Apricot Lamb with Potato Straw (सालि बोटी)
Sali boti is the Parsi (Zoroastrian) lamb preparation that exemplifies the sweet-sour balance centra…
Parsi (Zoroastrian) commu
IN.06.0012
Thepla — Spiced Fenugreek Flatbread (થેપલા)
Thepla (થેપલા) is the Gujarati travel flatbread: a thin, slightly crisp whole-wheat flatbread enrich…
Gujarat; associated parti
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Undhiyu — Upside-Down Mixed Vegetable Clay Pot (ઉંધિયું)
Undhiyu (ઉંધિયું — from 'undhu', meaning upside-down) is a winter Gujarati festive dish: a collectio…
Surat district, South Guj
IN.06.0014
Vada Pav — Mumbai Street Fried Potato Bun (वडा पाव)
Vada pav (वडा पाव) is Mumbai's most iconic street food and India's most consumed fast food: a deep-f…
Mumbai (Bombay); created