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🇮🇳 Traditional dishes from India

3 dishes people actually cook in India: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Rajma chawal

60 min · easy · 10 ingredients

Rajma chawal, a traditional dish from India

Red beans in gravy, over rice, on a Sunday.

  • 250 g dried kidney beans
  • 2 onions
  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 ginger
  • 2 green chilli
  • 300 g basmati rice
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tbsp ghee

Pav bhaji

45 min · easy · 10 ingredients

Pav bhaji, a traditional dish from India

Mashed vegetable curry and buttered buns.

  • 400 g potatoes
  • 200 g cauliflower
  • 150 g green peas
  • 2 onions
  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 1 green pepper
  • 8 soft rolls (pav)
  • 2 tbsp pav bhaji masala
  • 80 g butter
  • 1 lime

Masala dosa

40 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Masala dosa, a traditional dish from India

A crisp crepe folded over spiced potato.

  • 600 ml dosa batter
  • 500 g potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 12 curry leaves
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 2 green chilli
  • 1 ginger

What do people eat in India?

The three dishes from India documented in Copper are Rajma chawal, Pav bhaji and Masala dosa. Onion and ginger each appear in more than one recipe. All three are boiled. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 22 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from India?

The three recipes need 22 ingredients between them, of which 5 are shared by more than one dish. Green chilli and ripe tomatoes are the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 2 use green chilli and 11 use ripe tomatoes. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from India take?

Masala dosa is the quickest at 40 minutes. Rajma chawal is the longest at 60 minutes. The median is 45 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from India is easiest to make at home?

Rajma chawal and Pav bhaji are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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