These Indian food quiz questions may get your taste buds working overtime. Do you enjoy a good Indian meal whether as a takeaway, cooked at home or in a restaurant? You’ll find questions covering both North India and South Indian cuisine. I guarantee you’ll be hungry, hearing all about the tasty Indian curries, snacks and rice dishes you can enjoy.
Indian Food Quiz Round 1
Is gulab jamun a starter, main or dessert dish?
Gulab jamun is a sweet Indian dessert
What colour is the sauce of a chicken tikka masala?
A chicken tikka masala sauce is often orange in colour
What is another name for clarified butter?
Clarified butter is also known as ghee
What is the Bengali sweet Cham cham coated with?
A Cham cham is coated with coconut
What is the main ingredient of the South Indian dish Biryani?
Rice is the main ingredient in a Biryani
Indian Food Quiz Round 2
What’s the name of the Indian food that’s made from fried dough filled with different ingredients?
A chaat is made of fried dough and filled with a variety of different ingredients
Which part of India is a vindaloo originally from?
A vindaloo is originally from Goa
What colour is saag?
Saag is green in colour
What fruit makes the base of a jalfrezi sauce?
Tomatoes make the base of a jalfrezi sauce
What will you find inside a keema naan?
There is minced lamb inside a keema naan
Indian Food Quiz Round 3
What’s the name of the fried Indian bread made with wheat flour and sometimes cumin seeds?
Puri
A popular Indian starter or snack is a poppadom, but what sauce would you pair with it?
A poppadom is often paired with mango chutney
What’s the name of the spice used in Indian cooking that includes cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, cloves, and peppercorns?
Garam Masala contains cinnamon, cumin, cardamom, cloves, and peppercorns
What vegetable ingredient will you find in an aloo naan?
There is potato in an aloo naan
True or False – A Paneer curry includes cheese as one of the ingredients?
This is True – Paneer cheese is an Indian cheese often used in traditional Indian cooking including curry.
Indian Food Quiz Round 4
What is Gulab Jamun soaked in?
Gulab Jamun is soaked in a sugar syrup
What is the base ingredient in a raita?
Yoghurt is the base ingredient in raita
What’s the name of the milk based ice cream that’s often flavored with pistachio or rose water?
Kulfi
What is the hottest Indian curry?
A phaal is the hottest Indian curry
What’s the name of the deep fried triangular Indian pastries?
Samosas are deep fried triangular Indian pastries
Indian Food Quiz Round 5
What is the main ingredient in a Machha Jhola?
Fish is the main ingredient in a Machha Jhola
Pica Hat is an anagram for which Indian food?
Pica Hat = chapati
What’s the main ingredient in a lassi?
Yoghurt is the main ingredient in a lassi
What colour is turmeric?
Turmeric is yellow
What type of oven do you cook tandoori chicken in?
Tandoori chicken is cooked in a clay oven
Indian Food Quiz Round 6
What Indian dish is made with kidney beans, onions, tomatoes and spices?
A Rajma Masala is made with kidney beans, onions, tomatoes and spices
What sweet dish is a barfi?
Barfi is a fudge
What is another name for Tabakh Maaz?
Tabakh Maaz is lamb ribs
What is a paratha?
A paratha is a flatbread
What type of Indian food is Basmati?
Basmati is a long grained rice
