Can you beat a Telugu at food? Perhaps no other cuisine has such an enormous spread! From the Telugu kitchen — tiffins, rice varieties, chutneys, podis, dals, pachadis, pulusus, bajjis, pakodis, pickles and sweets. Here is a list of 250+ dishes. (Dish names are given in their Telugu forms.)

Dosas & Attu (crepes)

  • Minapattu, Pesarattu, Ravvattu, Paper dosa, Masala dosa, Ulli (onion) dosa, Ragi dosa, Cheese-palak dosa
  • Kobbari attu, Godhuma attu, Atukula attu, Saggubiyyam attu, Biyyapu-pindi attu, Pullattu, Uthappam, Puli bongaram, Upma attu

Idli & steamed items

  • Idli, Masala idli, Rava idli, Sambar idli, Idli upma, Aaviri kudumu

Upma varieties

  • Masala upma, Bombay rava upma, Godhuma rava upma, Semiya upma, Tomato bath
  • Biyyapu rava upma, Nukalupma, Maramarala upma, Kobbari upma, Atukula upma, Uppidi pindi

Pongal & tiffins

  • Pappu pongali, Chakra pongali, Kattu pongali, Pulagam, Poori, Chapati, Vada, Sambar vada

Rice varieties

  • Kanchi pulihora, Nimma (lemon) pulihora, Kobbari annam, Pudina pulao, Biryani, Dadhyodanam, Veg fried rice, Jeera rice

Chutneys

  • Onion, Dried-chilli, Coconut, Urad, Groundnut, Chana-dal, Besan (Bombay), Munagaku (drumstick-leaf), Gummadi (pumpkin)

Podis (spice powders)

  • Chana-dal podi, Coriander podi, Coconut podi, Sesame podi, Garlic karam podi, Curry-leaf podi, Kandipodi

Pulihoras

  • Atukula, Tamarind, Lemon, Mango, Rava, Semiya

Rotis & parottas

  • Aloo paratha, Paratha, Pulka, Rumali roti, Cauliflower parotta, Poori & saagu, Palak paneer, assorted pooris

Dals (pappu)

  • Muddapappu, Dosakaya, Beerakaya, Tomato, Mango, Thotakura, Gummadi, Chinta-chiguru

Fresh pachadis

  • Kandi, Coconut, Cabbage, Carrot, Dondakaya, Dosakaya, Beerakaya-thokku, Bendakaya, Mango, Vankaya, Velakkaya, Tomato, Menthikura, Potlakaya-perugu

Pulusus & sambar

  • Sambar, Sambar podi, Sweet pulusu, Potlakaya pulusu, Sorakaya pulusu, Majjiga pulusu, Pappu pulusu

Bajjis

  • Appadam, Aritikaya, Onion, Tomato, Potato, Beerakaya, Bread, Chilli, Vankaya, Capsicum, Korra, Pumpkin, Dosakaya

Pakodis

  • Onion, Cabbage, Wheat-flour, Palak, Rice-flour, Masala, Soft, Bread, Peanut, Semiya, Cauliflower, Aloo, Khandvi, Atukula poni

Vadas, punugulu & bondas

  • Gunta punugulu, Punugulu, Mysore bonda, Sago bonda, Batani bonda, Masala gaare, Nethi gaare, Pappu vada, Masala vada, Vegetable vada, Pesara gaarelu, Minapachekka vadalu

Pickles (uragayalu)

  • Mango avakaya, Maagaya, Mango-turumu, Mukkala pachadi, Pesara avakaya, Munakkaya avakaya, Usiri avakaya
  • Gongura, Chintakaya, Kakarakaya, Kothimeera, Ginger (allam), Dabbakaya, Ripe-chilli, Lemon, Garlic, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Chilagadadumpa, Usirikaya

Chips, chekkalu & karappusa

  • Karappusa, Chegodi, Chekkalu, Tapala chekkalu, Pesara chekkalu, Chekka pakodi, Karam chekkalu, Kobbari chekkalu
  • Chakralu, Perugu chakralu, Sago chakralu, Chana chakralu, Jantikalu, Jonna murukulu, Gavvalu, Vaampusa
  • Aloo chips, Banana chips, Sweet-potato chips, Kakarakaya chips, Gummadi varugu, Maida chips, Masala beans, Boondi, Venna undalu, Paneer chat-pat, Samosa

Sweets & pindivantalu

  • Ariselu, Boorelu (coconut / pachi / thaidu / milk / sajja / wheat / jonna), Chalimidi, Coconut poornalu, Wheat poornalu, Poothareku, Kajjikaya, Kova kajjikaya
  • Boondi laddu, Rava laddu, Thokkudu laddu, Sesame laddu (chimmiri), Minapa muddalu, Sunnundalu, Peanut muddalu, Maramarala muddalu
  • Badusha, Madata kaja, Sweet kaja, Mysore pak, Milk Mysore pak, Jangri, Poosa mithai, Kova, Boondi mithai
  • Cashew paakam, Chana paakam, Badam paakam, Kaju-carrot, Butter barfi, Kismis kalakand, Dry-fruit halwa, Bombay halwa, Khajuram sweet, Coconut-khajuram

If we've missed any dishes, tell us — we'll add them! 🙏