Hindi culture
Hindi-belt food
The Hindi-belt — Delhi, UP, MP, Bihar, Rajasthan — gives Indian cuisine its most iconic dishes: paratha breakfasts, the dum-cooked biryani, Mughlai curries, Rajasthani thalis, and street food legends like chaat and golgappa.
दाल मखनी
dāl makhanī
Slow-cooked black lentil curry with butter and cream
छोले भटूरे
chhōle bhaṭūre
Chickpea curry with puffed fried bread
पानी पूरी
pānī pūrī
Crisp hollow shells with spiced water — North India's favourite snack
बिरयानी
biryānī
Layered rice-meat dish, dum-cooked
समोसा
samōsā
Stuffed fried pyramid
दाल बाटी चूरमा
dāl bāṭī chūrmā
Rajasthan's wheat-ball-and-lentils thali
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