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Traditional Foods of India

Traditional foods are the culture and heritage of the people

Several such traditional foods have been produced by industries while others are prepared in small scales in domestic kitchens, restaurants, snack counters, etc

Selected traditional foods (19 in number) have been cited now on this website in a scientific manner with the hope of adding more and more foods in the near future

The purposes of this website are to popularise, indicate scientific studies, facilitate large-scale production, export and improvements in the quality of these products through research initiatives concerning Traditional Foods of India.

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Tandoori roti, chicken and paneer

Several ready-to-eat Indian traditional foods are prepared by employing a tandoor, a special type of

Sweet and salty cooked sooji

Wheat semolina (sooji) and semolina from other cereals and pulses are used to prepare several

Boondi and laadu

Boondi (fried chickpea batter droplets) is a popular traditional snack in India and neighboring countries

Kosha mangsho

Kosha or kasha mangsho is a slowly cooked meat, mostly mutton pieces, along with oil

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Tandoori roti, chicken and paneer

Several ready-to-eat Indian traditional foods are prepared by employing a tandoor, a special type of

Sweet and salty cooked sooji

Wheat semolina (sooji) and semolina from other cereals and pulses are used to prepare several

Boondi and laadu

Boondi (fried chickpea batter droplets) is a popular traditional snack in India and neighboring countries

Kosha mangsho

Kosha or kasha mangsho is a slowly cooked meat, mostly mutton pieces, along with oil

Vada and related fried products

Vada (also called vadai, bada, bora or bara) is a pulse dough/paste-based traditional Indian fried

Puffed rice

Puffed rice is one of the popular traditional snacks in India and neighbouring countries (Figure

Popped rice

Popped rice is a ready-to-eat product obtained from the sudden expansion of paddy. The traditional

Papad

Papad, a ready-to-prepare traditional snack product (Figure 2.4.1), is consumed as a food adjunct in

Murrukku and chakli

Murrukku, a typical twisted fried snack made with rice and black gram flour, is also

Idli

The traditional fermented rice cake idli or idly (Indian rice cake), though originated in the

Dosa

Dosa (also called dosha and dose) is a ready-to-eat Indian rice pancake made usually from

Rasmalai

Rasmalai or rasomalai is a traditional sweet of India, which is rasogolla put in concentrated

Mysore pak

Mysore pak or Mysore paka is a traditional sweet (Figure 1.6.1) that was developed at

Kadma

Several sugar/jaggery-based traditional Indian confectioneries are prepared at small/cottage scales and in domestic kitchens. Kadma

Bombay and Kerala halwa

Special halwa is a thick semi-solid or gelled ready-to-eat sweets where grain fractions (such as

Jalebi

Jalebi (Hindi: जलेबी, Urdu: جلیبی‎) is a popular sweet snack in South Asia, Middle East,

Nakuldana

Mimosa Sugar Balls, also known as Prasad Dana, Gol Dana, Nakul Dana or Tarasari, is

Gajak

Gajak (also called gazak, til gajak, gur gajak and gachak) is a traditional Indian sweet

Batasha

Batasha (also called batasa or batashe) is one of the many traditional candies available in

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