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Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a district of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India. It is composed of two separate geographical entities: Nagar Haveli, wedged in between Maharashtra and Gujarat states, and the smaller enclave of Dadra. Silvassa is the administrative headquarters of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Featured Dishes from Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Akuri

Akuri

A Parsi scrambled eggs dish with chili peppers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, paneer, spices, commonly served with roti or pav flatbreads

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Aleti paleti

Offal in a spicy masala, for example, goat, mutton or chicken liver, kidneys, spleen, gizzards

Keema

Keema

Minced meat curry, made with mutton, chicken, lamb, peas, potatoes

Poha

Poha

Flattened rice, used in many dishes

Vada

Vada

Lentil fritters

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Lapsi

Sweet cracked wheat porridge

Tadi

Tadi

An alcoholic drink made from the flowers of the Madhuca longifolia tree

Bai

Bai

Soup with vegetables, bamboo, rice, may also be made with meat such as pork

Bombay duck

Bombay duck

Lizard fish, dried, curried, fried, pickled, fritters, stuffed

Butter garlic crab

Butter garlic crab

Carp

Carp

Catla carp, mrigal carp, rohu carp

Chokha

Chokha

Savory mashed vegetables, for example, eggplant, potato, tomato, squash, commonly served with or used to fill litti

Cozido à Portuguesa

Cozido à Portuguesa

Boiled meat and vegetables

Crab

Crab

Fish curry

Fish curry

Fish cooked in a sauce or gravy with spices

Fish koliwada

Fish koliwada

Spicy fried fish

Freshwater fish

Freshwater fish

Keema

Keema

Minced meat curry, made with mutton, chicken, lamb, peas, potatoes

Lobster

Lobster

Saag

Saag

Leafy greens such as basella, collard greens, mustard leaf and spinach, used in curry, stewed

Ubadiyu

Ubadiyu

Vegetable curry that is traditionally cooked in earthen pots and without oil, made with vegetables, beans, potatoes, eggplant, spices

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Bullet chicken

Small deep-fried chicken croquettes, made with ground chicken, vegetables and spices

Chakli

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Chakli

Deep-fried spiral-shaped snack made with rice flour, wheat flour, gram flour or a mixture of lentil flours

Dhebra

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Dhebra

Savory flatbread made with millet flour, aromatics, yogurt, herbs, spices, chili peppers, can be made very thin or thick like small pancakes, serve with chutney, pickles

Jowar roti

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Jowar roti

Sorghum flatbread

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Karonda chutney

A chutney or relish using the berry of the Carissa carandas bush

Khakhra

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Khakhra

Thin and crispy flatbread/crackers, many different types

Laddu

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Laddu

Fried dough balls made with wheat, ragi/finger millet, rice, dal/lentil, may be filled

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Mango leaf chutney

Mor rasam (buttermilk rasam

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Mor rasam (buttermilk rasam

Buttermilk seasoned with turmeric

Patra

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Patra

Seasoned colocasia leaves that are rolled, sliced and fried or steamed, similar to patrode in Karnataka

Poha

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Poha

Flattened rice, used in many dishes

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Ponk bhel

Fresh winter millet mixed with vegetables, mango, yogurt, chaat masala, chutney

Roti

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Roti

Flatbread, may be filled with ingredients such as beef, dal puri, curry, goat, chicken, pumpkin, vegetable, lamb, lambi, pork, seafood

Saag

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Saag

Leafy greens such as basella, collard greens, mustard leaf and spinach, used in curry, stewed