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Dhaba, the Glossary

A dhaba is a roadside restaurant in the Indian subcontinent.^[1]

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Aloo paratha

Aloo paratha (Hindi:, Bengali:, Nepali:, Gujarati:, Odia:, Punjabi: ਆਲੂਆਂ ਦਾ ਪਰੌਠਾ, Urdu) is a paratha (flat bread dish) stuffed with potato filling native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Amritsar

Amritsar (ISO: Amr̥tasara), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Barfi

Barfi or burfi is a milk-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent with a fudge-like consistency.

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Biryani

Biryani is a mixed rice dish, mainly popular in South Asia and Iran.

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Black pepper

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

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Cardamom

Cardamom, sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the family Zingiberaceae.

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Cha chaan teng

Cha chaan teng, often called a Hong Kong-style cafe or diner in English, is a type of restaurant that originated in Hong Kong.

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Chana masala

Chana masala (also chole masala, or chole) is a chickpea curry originating in the Indian subcontinent.

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Chapati (alternatively spelled chapathi; pronounced as IAST), also known as roti, rooti, rotee, rotli, rotta, safati, shabaati, phulka (in Marathi), chapo (in East Africa), sada roti (in the Caribbean), poli, and roshi (in the Maldives), is an unleavened flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent and is a staple in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, and the Caribbean.

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Charpai

Charpai (also, Charpaya, Charpoy, Khat, Manja, or Manji) is a traditional woven bed used across South Asia.

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Chicken tikka

Chicken tikka is a chicken dish popularised in the Indian subcontinent popular in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

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Chicken tikka masala

Chicken tikka masala is a dish consisting of roasted marinated chicken chunks (chicken tikka) in a spiced sauce.

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Chickpea

The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae.

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Chili powder

Chili powder (also spelled chile, chilli, or, alternatively, powdered chili) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (in which case it is also sometimes known as chili powder blend or chili seasoning mix).

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Chole bhature

Chole bhature is a food dish popular in the northern areas of the Indian subcontinent.

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Chorba

Chorba or shorba (from Ottoman Turkish چوربا or Persian شوربا) is a broad class of stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia.

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.

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Clove

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum.

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Coriander

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), also known as cilantro, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae.

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Cumin

Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Irano-Turanian Region.

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Dabbawala

A dabbawala (also spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, called tiffin wallah in older sources) is a worker who delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai.

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Dahi (curd)

Curd, also mosaru or dahi or Thayir or Perugu, is a traditional yogurt or fermented milk product, originating from and popular throughout the Indian subcontinent.

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Dal makhani

Dal makhani (pronounced) is an Indian dish originating in Delhi.

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Delhi

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.

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Dharmendra

Dharmendra Kewal Krishan Deol (born 8 December 1935), known mononymously as Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who is primarily known for his work in Hindi films.

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Filling station

A filling station (also known as a gas station or petrol station) is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles.

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Folk etymology

Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage.

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General store

A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise.

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Ghee

Ghee is a type of clarified butter, originating from India.

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Grand Trunk Road

The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads.

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Greasy spoon

A greasy spoon is a small, cheap restaurant typically specializing in short order fare. Dhaba and greasy spoon are restaurants by type.

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Gulab jamun

Gulab jamun (also spelled gulaab jamun; or 'Rose berry') is a sweet confectionary or dessert, originating in the Indian subcontinent and a type of mithai popular in India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Maldives and Bangladesh, as well as Myanmar.

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Haryana

Haryana (ISO: Hariyāṇā) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country.

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Hawker centre

A hawker centre or cooked food centre is an open-air complex commonly found in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Dhaba and hawker centre are restaurants by type.

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Hindi cinema

Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language.

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Indian bread

Indian breads are a wide variety of flatbreads and crêpes which are an integral part of Indian cuisine.

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Indian cuisine

Indian cuisine consists of a variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Jaggery

Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central America, Brazil and Africa.

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Jalebi

Jalebi, is a popular sweet snack in the Indian subcontinent, West Asia and some parts of Africa.

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Kadhi

Kadhi or karhi is a yogurt-based dish originating from Rajasthan, india.

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Kati roll

A kati roll (sometimes spelt kathi roll; কাঠি রোল) is a street-food dish originating from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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Kebab

Kebab (كباب, kabāb, كباب,; kebap), kabob (North American), kebap, or kabab (Kashmir) is a variety of roasted meat dishes that originated in the Middle East.

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Kesar Da Dhaba

Kesar Da Dhaba is a vegetarian Punjabi dhaba in Amritsar, Punjab, India, that originated as a small restaurant selling dal and roti set up by Lala Kesar Mal, a Punjabi Hindu in Sheikhupura, near Lahore in 1916. Dhaba and Kesar Da Dhaba are restaurants in India.

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Kheer

Kheer, also known as payasam or payesh, is a pudding/porridge popular in the Indian subcontinent, usually made by boiling milk, sugar or jaggery, and rice.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Kopi tiam

A kopitiam or kopi tiam is a type of coffee shop mostly found in parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Southern Thailand patronised for meals and beverages, and traditionally operated by the Chinese community of these countries. Dhaba and kopi tiam are restaurants by type.

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Korma

Korma or qorma); is a dish with its origin in the Indian subcontinent, consisting of meat or vegetables braised with yogurt, water or stock, and spices to produce a thick sauce or gravy.

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Lahore

Lahore (لہور; لاہور) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Lassi

Lassi is a Punjabi yogurt–based beverage with a smoothie-like consistency.

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Lentil

The lentil (Vicia lens or Lens culinaris) is an edible legume.

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Ludhiana

Ludhiana is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab.

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Lunch

Lunch is a meal eaten around the middle of the day.

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Makki ki roti

Makki ki roti is a flat unleavened bread made from corn meal (maize flour), primarily eaten in Pakistan, the Jammu region, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand in North India and Gujarat, Maharashtra in Western India and also in Nepal.

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Mamak stall

Mamak stalls are indoor and open-air food establishments particularly found in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaysia and Singapore, which serve a type of Indian Muslim cuisine unique to the region and by its Indian community. Dhaba and Mamak stall are restaurants by type.

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Manda roti

Manda roti (also called Rumali roti) is a traditional Indian roti which finds mention in religious Sanskrit literature like purāṇas to ayurvedic & pākakalā texts like Nighantus & Bhojanakutūhala.

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Mattar paneer

Mattar paneer (मटर पनीर), also known as matar paneer, muttar paneer, and mutter paneer, is a modern restaurant-style and vegetarian punjabi dish consisting of peas and paneer in a tomato-based sauce, spiced with garam masala.

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Murthal

Murthal, also known as Morthal Khas, is a village in Sonipat district of the Indian state of Haryana.

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Mustard (condiment)

Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant (white/yellow mustard, Sinapis alba; brown mustard, Brassica juncea; or black mustard, Brassica nigra).

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Mustard oil

Mustard oil can mean either the pressed oil used for cooking, or a pungent essential oil also known as volatile oil of mustard.

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Naan

Naan is a leavened, oven-baked (usually using a tandoor) or tawa-fried flatbread.

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Pakistani cuisine

Pakistani cuisine (پاکستانی پکوان, romanized: pākistānī pakwān) can be characterized as a blend of regional cooking styles and flavours from across South, Central and Western Asia.

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Palak paneer

Palak paneer or palak chhena is an Indian dish consisting of chhena or paneer in a thick paste made from puréed spinach, called palak in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, and other Indian languages.

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Paneer

Paneer, also known as ponir, is a fresh acid-set cheese common in the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent made from full-fat buffalo milk or cow milk.

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Paneer makhani

Paneer makhani (also called paneer butter masala) is an Indian dish of paneer, originating in New Delhi, in which the gravy is prepared usually with butter (makhan), tomatoes and cashews.

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Panjiri

Panjiri is a Ayurvedic sweet dish from the Indian subcontinent which is specially prepared for Krishna Janmashtami festival.

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Paratha

Paratha (also parantha) is a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent, with earliest reference mentioned in early medieval Sanskrit, India; prevalent throughout the modern-day nations of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago where wheat is the traditional staple.

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Peshawar

Peshawar (پېښور; پشور;; پشاور) is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census.

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Phirni

Phirni is a dessert from Kashmir made with ground rice or rice flour cooked in milk.

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Punjabi Americans

Punjabi Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

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Rajma

Rājmā (राजमा, राजमा, راجما), also known as rajmah, rāzmā, or lal lobia, is a vegetarian dish, originating from the Indian subcontinent, consisting of red kidney beans in a thick gravy with many Indian whole spices, and is usually served with rice.

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Ras malai

Ras malai, also known as rasamalei, or roshomalai, is a dessert that invented in Kolkata, British India at 1868 by Krishna Chandra Das.

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Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi (Punjabi) is the third-largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Rice

Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.

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Roti

Roti (also known as chapati) is a round flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent.

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Saag

Saag, also spelled sag or saga, is an Indian subcontinental leafy vegetable dish eaten with bread, such as roti or naan, or in some regions with rice.

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Saffron

Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus".

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Sarson ka saag

Sarson ka saag, also known as sarsa ka saag, is a dish of mustard greens cooked with spices.

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Sholay

Sholay is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by Salim–Javed.

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Sonipat

Sonipat is a planned industrial city & administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India.

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South Asia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.

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South Asian cuisine

South Asian cuisine, includes the traditional cuisines from the modern-day South Asian republics of Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, also sometimes including the kingdom of Bhutan and the emirate of Afghanistan.

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Tandoor

A tandoor is a large vase-shaped oven, usually made of clay.

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Tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken is a dish made from chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and roasted in a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven.

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Thali

Thali (meaning "plate" or "tray") or Bhojanam (meaning "full meal") is a round platter used to serve food in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Tiffin

Tiffin is a South Asian English word for a type of meal.

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Trans-Canada Highway

The Trans-Canada Highway (French: Route Transcanadienne; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Truck stop

A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motorists and truck drivers. Dhaba and truck stop are restaurants by type.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaba

Also known as Dhabba, PUNJABI DHABHA, Punjabi dhaba.

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Dhaba, the Glossary

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Indian trucking industry

Restaurants in India

Transport culture of India

Trucking subculture

References