Forgotten Flavors of India: Rare Regional Dishes Worth Discovering

Yo, let’s get real for a sec—folk act like India’s food scene starts and stops at butter chicken or whatever biryani’s trending on food reels. Nah. That’s just the surface. Underneath all that, there’s this shadow realm of recipes that barely anyone even remembers, let alone posts on Insta with a million filters. 

These are the OGs. Stuff your great-grandma would defend with a rolling pin. Passed down at sketchy family reunions, whispered about like neighborhood gossip, and carrying the weight of, “Yeah, my family’s food is cooler than yours.”