List of Indian snacks
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  • Achappam
  • Appalam
  • Aappam
  • Aam papad
    Aam papad
    Aam papad or Mamidi Tandra or Aamsotto Aam papad (Hindi) or Mamidi Tandra (Telugu:మామిడి తాండ్ర)or Aamsotto Aam papad (Hindi) or Mamidi Tandra (Telugu:మామిడి తాండ్ర)or Aamsotto (Bangla is a traditional Indian snack. It is a fruit leather made out of mango pulp mixed with concentrated sugar...

  • Achi Muruku(Flower Shaped Muruku)
  • Anarsa
    Anarsa
    Anarsa is a pastry like snack commonly associated with the Hindu festival of Diwali in Central & Northern India. Its ingredients include jaggery, rice, poppy seed and ghee.Recipe :...

  • Angur Basundi
  • Amrakhanda
  • Ada
    Ada (food)
    Ada or Ela Ada, is a traditional Kerala delicacy, consisting of rice parcels encased in a dough made of rice flour, with sweet fillings, steamed in banana leaf and served as an evening snack or as part of breakfast. It can be seen even in parts of Tamil Nadu as well.Grated coconut and rice flour...


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  • Bhakshalu
  • Beaten rice
  • Banana chips
    Banana chips
    Banana chips are deep-fried and/or dried slices of bananas . They can be covered with sugar or honey and have a sweet taste, or they can be fried in oil and spices and have a salty and/or spicy taste. Variants of banana chips may be covered with chocolate instead...

  • Bhajji
    Bhajji
    For the Indian cricketer, see Harbhajan SinghFor the food item, see Bhajji Bhajji was a princely state in India. Until 1947, it was not part of British India but was subject to the suzerainty of the British crown....

  • Bhelpuri
    Bhelpuri
    Bhelpuri is a puffed rice dish with various vegetables and a tangy tamarind sauce. It is a type of chaat, or small plates of savoury snacks, particularly identified with the beaches of Mumbai , such as Chowpatty. Bhelpuri is called Jhaal Muri in Kolkata...

  • Bhujia
    Bhujia
    Bhaji is a spicy Indian snack that consists of a core food , similar to potato fritters, with several variants. It is usually used as a topping on various Indian meals but has become popular to eat alone as a snack...

  • Bonda
    Bonda
    Bonda is a typical South Indian snack that has various sweet and spicy versions of it at different regions.-Preparation:The process of making a spicy bonda involves deep-frying potato filling dipped in gram flour batter.Bonda has a sweet and a spicy variant...

  • Biryani
    Biryani
    Biryani, biriani, or beriani is a set of rice-based foods made with spices, rice and meat, fish, eggs or vegetables. The name is derived from the Persian word beryā which means "fried" or "roasted"....

  • Baingan Bharta
  • Bread pakoda
  • Bread Omlette

corn

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  • Cassava Chips
  • Churmuri
    Churmuri
    Churmuri is a light snack food prepared out of puffed rice mixed with some seasonings of onions, spices, pepper, etc. It is typical of southern and eastern India namely, Karnataka, West Bengal , etc.-Karnataka varieties:...

  • Chivra
  • Chaat
    Chaat
    Chaat is a term describing savoury snacks, typically served at road-side tracks from stalls or carts in India. With its origins in east India, chaat has become immensely popular in the rest of India and the rest of South Asia...

  • Chakli
    Chakli
    Chakli or Murukku is a savoury snack popular in India and Sri Lanka, originating in the cuisine of the South and West India. It is also popular in places with large Indian populations.-History:...

  • Chole bhature
    Chole bhature
    Chole bhature is a combination of chole and fried bread called bhatoora .. The word 'bhatura' is pronounced as 'pathoora' in Punjabi. It is mainly eaten in Punjab in North India.It is a street food sold by vendors,...

  • Chapatis
  • Chana Batata
  • Chakodi
    Chakodi
    Chakodi also Chagodi is an hot crunchy Indian snack. It is made with flour and are round in shape....

  • Cholafali
  • Chekkalu

Chewra Mix
Cornflakes Chewra

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  • Dahipuri
  • Dahi vada
    Dahi vada
    Dahi vada is an Indian chaat, prepared by soaking vadas in thick yogurt ....

  • Dal moth(savoury fried pulses)
  • Dhokla White
  • Dhokla Besan/Khaman
    Dhokla
    Dhokla or Dhokra is a vegetarian food item that originates from the Indian state of Gujarat. It is made with a fermented batter of gram flour . Dhokla can be eaten for breakfast, as a main course, as a side dish or as a snack...

  • Dosa
    Dosa
    Dosa or Dhosai is a fermented crepe or pancake made from rice batter and black lentils. It is indigenous to and is a staple dish in the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as being popular in Sri Lanka...

  • Dabeli
    Dabeli
    Dabeli or Kutchi Dabeli or Kachchhi Dabeli is a snack of India, originating in the Kutch or Kachchh region of Gujarat. It is a spicy snack made by mixing boiled potatoes with a Dabeli Masala, and putting the mixture between Ladi-Pav and served with chutnies made from tamarind, date, garlic,...

  • Dal Pakwan(Sindhi)
  • Dadpe Pohe (Marathi)

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  • Fafda
  • Frankie Veg
  • Frankie Paneer
  • Frankie Veg Cheese
  • Frankie Veg Schezwan
  • Frankie Chicken
  • Frankie Chicken Schezwan
  • Frankie Egg
  • Farsan
    Farsan (Food)
    Farsan is a collective term used for a type of snacks Gujarati cuisine, from the Indian state of Gujarat.Some are fried items which are then dried and can be stored, others fresh, fried or steamed.Some popular examples are:* Dhokla...


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  • Ghugni
    Ghugni
    Ghugni is an evening snack in Eastern India . Black gram or dried yellow peas or dried white peas is cooked with gravy, in the traditional eastern Indian style...

  • Gulab jamun
    Gulab jamun
    Gulab jamun is a popular dessert in countries of the Indian Subcontinent such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. It is made of a dough consisting mainly of milk solids, traditionally, khoya, an Indian milk product is rolled into a ball together with some flour and then deep fried...

  • Ghever
    Ghevar
    Ghevar is a famous Rajasthani sweet traditionally associated with the Teej Festival. It is disc-shaped, and made from oil, flour and sugar syrup...

  • Gathiya
  • Gaajar (Carrot) Halwa
  • Gopal Kala

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  • Kachori
    Kachori
    Kachori or Kachauri or Kachodi or Katchuri is a spicy snack popular in various parts India including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bengal and Orissa."-Variations:...

  • Kosambari
    Kosambari
    Kosambari or Koshambari is a salad made from pulses and seasoned with mustard seeds. The pulses generally used are split bengal gram and split Green gram...

  • Kuzhalappam
  • Khandvi
  • Khazla
  • Khakhra
    Khakhra
    Khakhra is a popular vegetarian roasted Gujarati Indian thin cracker bread or snack item made from mat bean and wheat flour and oil.-Varieties:Khakhra is made in several varieties such methi, jeera, bajri, math and masala flavors to name a few....

  • Kalathappam (Kerala)
  • Kinnathappam (Kerala)
  • othambiri chya vadya (maharashtrian)
  • Karolappam

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  • Maddur Vada
    Maddur vada
    Maddur vade is a type of vade or snack item which is unique to the state of Karnataka, India. Also known as Maddur vada, this snack derives its name from the town of Maddur which is in the Mandya district of Karnataka. Maddur lies between the cities of Bangalore and Mysore and Maddur Vada is...

  • Masala Vada
  • Mathari (Savoury Biscuit: North India)
  • Methi Patra
  • Methu vada
  • Murukku
    Murukku
    Chakli or Murukku is a savoury snack popular in India and Sri Lanka, originating in the cuisine of the South and West India. It is also popular in places with large Indian populations.-History:...

  • Mysorepak
  • Mangalore bajji
    Mangalore Bajji
    Mangalore Bajji, as it is referred to in Karnataka , is a popular food made from maida, curd, rice flour, chopped onion, coriander leaves, coconut, jeera, green chillies, and salt....

  • Masala Pav (Mumbai special)
  • Misal Pav

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  • Poornalu
    Poornalu
    Poornalu is the traditional sweet in the Telugu festivals. It is made of rice flour stuffed with jaggary mixed dal paste, dry fruits. It is often served hot with ghee. It is called as Poornalu in Telangana region and Boorelu in andhra region....

  • Pakora
    Pakora
    Pakora is a fried snack found across South Asia. Pakoras are created by taking one or two ingredients such as onion, eggplant, potato, spinach, plantain, cauliflower, tomato, chilli, or occasionally bread or chicken and dipping them in a batter of gram flour and then deep-frying them...

  • Pakkavada
  • Panipuri
    Panipuri
    The golgappa also known as panipuri पानीपूरी, , pani ke pataashe, pāṇīpurī, pāṇī purī, term used in Western India, phuchka , or gup chup is a popular street snack in India. It is a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of water, tamarind, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion...

  • Paratha stuffed (SEVERAL variety)
  • Pav Bhaji
    Pav bhaji
    Pav Bhaji is a fast food dish that originated in Marathi cuisine, and is native to Maharashtra and is popular in most metropolitan areas in India, particularly in Pune. Pav in Marathi means a small loaf of bread. The word has been derived from Portuguese pão . Bhaji in Marathi means vegetable dish...

  • Poha (rice)
  • Pohe (Maharashtrian)
    Pohay
    Pohay or Pohe is an Indian fast food prepared in Maharashtra.Its origins are unknown. Northern variants of this dish tend to be sweet, while Maharashtrian pohay tends to be spicy. It is also often served with an extremely spicy curry, locally called 'tarri'. Pohay with tarri is a relished snack in...

  • Potato chips
  • Papdi
  • Papad
  • Puffed rice
    Puffed rice
    Puffed rice is a type of puffed grain made from rice; usually made by heating rice kernels under high pressure in the presence of steam, though the method of manufacture varies widely.-Origin:Pori has been mentioned in various Tamil...

  • Pav Chutney

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  • Sabudana vada
  • Sabudana Khitchdi
  • Samosa
    Samosa
    A samosa is a stuffed, deep fried,snack that is very popular in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa, North Africa and South Africa...

  • Sakinalu
    Sakinalu
    Sakinalu it is a special type of snack prepared in Telangana and Extremely popular in all districts of Telangana Region and it is prepared during Makar Sankranti festival by all people irrespective of Caste and Creed...

  • Sev
  • Seeval
  • Sussendram
  • Shira
    Halva
    Halva refers to many types of dense, sweet confections, served across the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Malta and the Jewish world.The term halva ,...

  • Susala
  • Shrikhand
    Shrikhand
    Shrikhand is an Indian sweet dish made of strained yogurt. It is one of the main desserts in Gujarati cuisine and Maharashtrian cuisine. It is also served with Gujarati thali sometimes as a sweet dish. Preparation of this dish is very simple but it takes some time to process yogurt properly.The...

  • Son halwa
  • Sukhiyan
  • sandwich

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