16 iconic and popular foods served on Indian Railways

When it comes to train journeys in India, it is not just about the destination, but it is also about the set of experiences it brings along. From lush green lands, noise and chaos at stations, endless skylines, and the earthy flavours served in the trains. While one can always shop for food from local vendors at the station and in the train, the Indian Railway pantry via Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation also offers a set menu on all routes. Here we have listed the 16 iconic and popular dishes that are served by Indian railways.

It is one of the most popular breakfast options and is made with mashed and spices potatoes stuffed in wheat flour dough and cooked with oil on tawa. It is served with pickles and curd.

It is mostly made with 1 or 2 beaten eggs and uses onion, salt and pepper for seasoning. It is served with bread slices and ketchup for breakfast.

It is served during evening hours before dinner and is made with tomato puree seasoned with a lot of pepper and salt and topped with butter. It is served with extra salt and pepper and soup sticks or croutons.

It is a cylindrical delight served for breakfast and is made with steamed and mashed veggies like potato, capsicum, carrot, and peas and is coated with breadcrumbs. It is served with 2 bread slices and some steamed carrots and peas.

This is served for both lunch and dinner and is made with either chana or tor dal and is tempered with oil, cumin seeds, onion and tomato along with hing for that perfect kick of flavours and taste.

This is served as dessert in the meal platter or even with an evening snack tray and is made with gram flour, refined flour, sugar, ghee, and cardamom, and nuts.

This is a packed food which is served as a part of evening snack and consists of salted popcorns coated with dark caramel sauce.

This curry is served for both lunch and dinner and is made with frozen peas, paneer and are cooked in a tangy onion-tomato gravy that also uses cream and spices for seasoning.

It is also served as dessert in meals or as a part of evening snack and is made with wheat flour, ghee, nuts, cardamom, and even crushed seeds and sometimes it has gond too.

It is mostly served as a part of evening snack and refers to deep-fried delight made with refined flour, oil, salt and has a mildly-spiced stuffing made with moong or urad dal. It is served with tomato ketchup.

It is one of the most famous evening snacks served in trains and is made with refined flour dough, stuffed with spiced potatoes and deep fried with perfection. It is served with tomato ketchup.

This Indian sweet is often served as a dessert post meal in small bowls and is made with mawa, milk powder, and maida, which are deep fried and then dunked in thick sugar syrup.

It is also a part of non-veg thali, where hard-boiled eggs are pan-fried and then dunked in onion-tomato gravy, seasoned with garam masala and sabzi masala.

Both the popular beverages are mostly served in the dip or ready-to-stir form along with milk powder, sugar, and hot water. They are often paired with packaged biscuits.

This is a no-cook sandwich, where the sides of white bread is trimmed and is layered with cream and grated cucumber and seasoned with salt and pepper.

This one comes for lunch or dinner as a part of non-veg thali, where tender chicken pieces are simmered in onion-tomato gravy along with chicken masala powder.

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