Main dishes are divided into 4 parts :

1. Bread (Roti)
2. Rice
3. Dry Curry
4. Wet Curry

1. Bread :

In india bread is called as chapatti or roti or puri.

It is made without oil, ghee, or without oil.

 

Below are the types of breads :

Chapati – made from wheat flour, ghee or oil

Jawar – made from jawar flour. It is light digestion.

Roti – it is made from maida flour, ghee, sesame seeds

Naan – it is made from maids flour, ghee, sesame seeds

Puri – these are small in shaped round size  made from wheat flour or maida flour, fried in oil

 

2. Rice :

Boil rice grains in water and add necessary spices, vegetables or meat or dal.

For eg – Moong Dal Rice, Coconut Rice, Jeera Rice, Tomato Rice, Vegetable Rice(Fried ), Lemon Rice, Curd Rice, Ghee Rice

 

3. Dry Curry

Dry dishes are mainly made of vegetables or meat but do not have water content in the gravy. This can be eaten with bread.

 

Different e.g of dry curries are :

 

Mutter Paneer – green peas, paneer, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Aloo gobi – potato, cauliflower, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Channa masala – boiled channa, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Bhendi  – lady finger, oil, green chilli, salt, onion, curry leaf

Bhaingan – brinjal, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Moong usal – boiled moong, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Beetroot and carrot curry – beetroot, carrot, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Cabbage – grated cabbage, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Cauliflower – grated cauliflower, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Capsicum – capsicum pieces, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Bottle gourd – Bottle gourd pieces, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Sprout curry – all sprouts, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Masura curry – soak masura overnight, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Rajama Curry – soak rajama overnight, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Leafy vegetables like spinach, methi  etc – are made by garlic, oil, salt (cook without water)

Meat /chicken curry – meat or chicken pieces, oil,  chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste , spices

Scrambled Egg – Scrambled egg, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices

Omlet – egg, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato,  spices.

 

    4.Wet Curry

It is made by cooking vegetables with spices and have water content in the dishes.

It is mainly consumed with rice. The food becomes more soft and easily swallowed.

 

Below are some  wet curries :

Dal Fry – boiled dal (tur dal, moong dal ),  oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Sambhar – boiled dal (tur dal ), all vegetables, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Rasam – boil tomato, water, all spices, oil

Chole curry – soak chole over night, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Potato curry – potato, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Paneer tikka masala – Paneer, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Paneer butter masala – Paneer, butter, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Soya Chunks curry – soak soya chunks over night, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Meat or chicken curry – meat or chicken pieces, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water

Egg curry – boiled egg, oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste, spices, water.