Food in India varies from place to place and family to family. The staple meal in the North of India tends to be chicken and chawal (rice), and daal (lentils) with roti (bread). My heritage stems from the North, so I can confirm that the North loves chicken and high protein dishes. In the South, these dishes are often substituted with sambhar (a different type of lentil dish), dosa (rice pancake), idli (black lentil-rice cake), a vegetable and/or rice. These are very broad generalizations, and the variation in food is based on the local environment, seasons and traditional significance of produce available.
Recently when I traveled to Kerala, I got to experience the Indian Southern cuisine. For breakfast, I had a masala omelet with a dosa. It tasted delicious and gave me a strong way to start the day! Unlike most other Indian states, Kerala is unique in that it serves beef dishes. Beef is very hard to find here, and this was only the second time I have eaten beef while in India. It was a nice change, but honestly, my favorite dish while in India has been the chicken kathi roll, which I had in addition to the beef for lunch. I was quite hungry! This is essentially a wrap with different onions and vegetables mixed with chicken. The kathi roll is also common in Delhi and is my go-to dish.
