34 Indian Recipes You (Yes, You!) Can Make At Home

If you’re like us, you’re not able to travel nearly as often as you’d like. To ease our wanderlust, we like to focus on regional cuisines to at least let our taste buds experience other cultures even when we can’t. When we’re looking for wildly flavorful, complex but approachable, sweet-savory dishes that’ll excite our palates AND be simple enough to serve for a weeknight dinner, we’re turning to Indian food. Not all of these recipes are perfectly traditional (though we’ve certainly aimed for authenticity where we can), but we can promise–these apps, condiments, mains, and more are all incredibly delicious. Join us in getting inspired by these 34 Indian recipes for your own kitchen journey from Mumbai to Hyderabad and beyond.

When you think of Indian food, we bet you’re imagining curry, and for good reason—India is famous for curries of all types, featuring different proteins, veggies, and other ingredients. We’ve got so many recipes here, you could have them for every meal for at least a week. Some of our favorites include our chicken madras, our massaman curry, our bateka nu shaak, our butter chicken (including an Instant Pot and Crock-pot version), or our lamb curry. Try them all and see which curry style you prefer!

Though curries are a big part of Indian cuisine, there are many other foods you’re going to want to get familiar with as you explore these South Asian recipes. We’re particularly fond of certain simple sides and accompaniments that can go with or on nearly anything, like our mango chutney, our cucumber raita, our samosas, our lentil dal, or our tomato chutney. Make up a batch of a few of these and see for yourself—they might just become your new favorites too.

For more region-specific ideas, check out our list of Chinese, Mexican, Korean, and Greek dishes too.