1- pav bhaji
Although a spicy fast food of Maharastrian origin but you can find on every corner of India, paav bhaji consists of buttered bread (Paav) and a thick vegetable curry (Bhaji) served with chopped onion and a slice of lemon. Ideal for breakfast.
2- idly sambar
This south Indian breakfast is the combination of steamed fermented rice cake (Idli) with a sour vegetable stew (Sambar) and often accompanied with white coconut chutney. Although find all over India, but tastes best in the southern states of India. Real inexpensive light breakfast.
3-chole bhature
This is typical Punjabi breakfast which consists of fluffy fried bread (Bhature) and a thick curry of chickpeas (Chole) is widely available as a street food all over the country, especially the northern parts.
4-samosa
Popular appetizers/ snacks in India served at tea time. A fried or baked triangular snack made of a potato stuffing containing onions and peas, served with mint or tomato chutney.
5-panipuri
Small crisp hollow round bread filled with spiced water, tamarind paste, potato, onion, and chickpeas. It is small enough to fit completely in mouth and available throughout India with different names such as Puchka in West Bengal. The most popular modification is to put little whiskey or rum into it instead of spiced water & than the taste becomes out of the world.
6- bhelpuri
Puffed rice fried with vegetables, in a spicy and tangy tamarind sauce along with chopped onion and green chilies. It’s the famous tea time snack found throughout India.
7- dhokla
A snack/breakfast food from Gujrat, made of fermented rice and chickpea batter. Although find it most parts of India, but best to have in Gujrat.
8-dahi vada
Dahi Vadas are lentil dumplings dipped in yogurt and topped with spicy savory tamarind chutney. These are great as a side dish for a formal dinner, appetizer or served as a chaat.
9- masala dosa
A crispy paper-thin pancake, flat bread (similar to a crepe) made of rice batter and filled with mashed potato, served with a lentil sauce (sambar) and a variety of chutney. Although found throughout India, but tastes best in southern states of India where it originated specially Karnataka & Tamil Nadu.
10- pyaz ki kachori
Popular breakfast or evening snack found in North India, it is deep-fried and filled with onions, potato to be eaten with mint chutney.
