Do you crave the enticing flavors of Indian food and want to recreate your favorite restaurant dishes at home? Here are 29 easy and irresistible Indian recipes that will tantalize your taste buds. From classic curries to mouth-watering street food, we’ve got you covered.
Chicken Pakora
Chicken Pakora—crunchy fried chicken pieces with ginger, garlic, ground chile, and chaat masala coated in a chickpea flour (besan) batter—are an easy appetizer and they’re so good!
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Tandoori Chicken
This tandoori chicken recipe is full of flavor, and easy, too! You can cook your tandoori chicken in the oven, on the grill, or even in your air fryer.
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Mulligatawny Soup
This delicious Instant Pot Mulligatawny Soup is perfect to make on a Sunday so that you can have leftovers to eat for lunch all week. It is made with lentils, apples, curry powder, and coconut milk. It’s so easy to make!
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Kachumber Salad
Kachumber Salad is a colorful salad of chopped raw veggies—chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and chile peppers. It’s seasoned with fresh cilantro or coriander leaves, ground spices, and a squeeze of lemon juice or lime juice and makes a great side for Indian dishes from veggie curries to biryani.
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Instant Pot Chicken Biryani
Instant Pot Chicken Biryani is a quick way to make this classic Indian dish. It’s packed with savory flavor and can be made in just an hour from start to finish.
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Samosas
Samosas are a perfect, hand-held snack! These crispy fried pastries are filled with a savory mix of potatoes, peas, and spices.
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Frankies
Savory potatoes, peas, onions, chaat masala, spicy chutney all in a flaky paratha make this veg frankie recipe irresistible.
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Butter Garlic Naan
Buttery Garlic Naan Bread is pillowy soft, chewy with crispy edges, and full of flavor. It’s perfect for sopping up curry sauces!
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Instant Pot Shrimp Biryani
Instant Pot Shrimp Biryani is quick to make and full of authentic Indian flavor. Traditional biryani recipes usually slow cook for hours but this Instant Pot version can be on the table in less than 30 minutes.
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Bombay Sandwiches
A Bombay Sandwich is layered with cooked and raw vegetables on buttered white bread, slathered with delicious chutney. Delicious & vegetarian.
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Chana Aloo Masala
This Chana Masala tastes just as good as anything you’ll get from an Indian restaurant, and it’s super quick and easy to make. The intense flavors are layered for maximum savoriness.
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Chicken 65
Chicken 65 is a spicy, crispy fried chicken from South India loaded with intense flavors of ginger, garlic, curry leaves, cumin, & chilies.
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Kerala Fish Curry
Kerala Fish Curry combines flaky fish with a flavorful sauce made from earthy and fiery spices and rich coconut milk.
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Chicken Tikka Wrap
This Air Fryer Chicken Tikka Wrap is filled with delicious chicken tikka and lots of veggies for an easy and satisfying meal.
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Palak Paneer
Palak Paneer or Indian cheese simmered in a savory sauce of fresh spinach, curry spices, and aromatics. It’s so good—full of flavor, healthy, and easy to make.
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Paneer Pakora
Bite into a crispy, hot Paneer Pakora and it’s not hard to see why this north Indian snack is so popular. Pieces of tender paneer are batter fried to a crispy, crunchy golden brown.
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Raw Mango Chutney
Raw Mango chutney is tart, tangy, sweet and spicy. It’s one of those condiments that is just so versatile and delicious, it can be used in a variety of dishes. It’s delicious as a dipping sauce, drizzle or spread.
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Samosa Chaat
Samosa Chaat is savory chickpeas with crispy samosa, assorted sweet, spicy, and tangy chutneys, and crunchy and flavorful toppings.
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Paneer Rolls
Paneer rolls are a favorite Indian street food snack. Soft roti is wrapped around marinated and baked paneer, crunchy cabbage and red onion salad, and spicy and fresh Cilantro Mint Chutney with yogurt.
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Onion Samosas
Onion Samosas are delicious fried pastry pockets filled with spiced caramelized onions. They’re so good with tamarind or cilantro chutney!
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Tumeric Pickled Tomatoes
These quick pickled tomatoes are spicy, savory, and tangy. They’re great with Indian food like samosas or just as a side to grilled meats or seafood.
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Chicken Kathi Rolls
Chicken kathi rolls, a popular Indian street food roti wrap are loaded with tender marinated chicken and savory condiments
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Indian Spiced Lentil Dal
Indian Spiced Lentil Soup, called Dal Soup or Dahl Soup, is a simple and deeply satisfying vegetarian soup. With heady Indian spices, this hearty vegetarian dal soup recipe is loaded with flavor.
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Instant Pot Chicken Korma
nstant Pot Chicken Korma is a super-fast way to enjoy this spicy, rich curry. It’s quick to make, with a short ingredient list, but the recipe doesn’t sacrifice flavor for speed.
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Tamarind Chutney
Tamarind Chutney is a sweet-tart Indian dipping sauce that’s the perfect match for Chicken Pakora, Paneer Pakora, and Samosas.
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Garlic Chutney
Garlic Chutney is an intensely flavored Indian condiment made of kashimiri chili and fresh garlic. Perfect with samosas or pakoras!
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Cilantro Mint Chutney
Cilantro Mint Chutney is spicy, tart, and packed full of fresh herb flavor. It’s a perfect condiment for Biryani, Pakora, Naan, and more!
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Cucumber Raita
Cucumber raita is a refreshing yogurt sauce that’s perfect with spicy Indian dishes like tandoori, biryani, curries, and more!
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Homemade Paneer
Homemade paneer is easy to make and so creamy delicious. Use it to make palak paneer or in grilled cheese sandwiches with spicy chutney.
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