Delhi

Tandoor-roasted chicken simmered in a smooth tomato, butter and cream sauce, the dish that made Delhi's Punjabi restaurants famous.

Whole black urad and a little rajma, slow-cooked for hours and finished with butter and cream; Delhi's richest dal.

Chicken marinated in curd and spices and roasted in a clay tandoor until smoky and charred at the edges.

Mutton shank stewed overnight with a special spice blend into a thick, silky gravy, eaten early in the morning around Jama Masjid.

Spiced minced meat pressed onto long skewers and grilled over charcoal, sold from the busy kebab stalls of Old Delhi.

Large mutton chops marinated in spiced curd and roasted in the tandoor until smoky and tender.

Mutton braised in curd, browned onions and whole spices into a rich, oily gravy; eaten with khamiri roti in Old Delhi.

A soft, slightly sour leavened flatbread baked in the tandoor, the usual bread with nihari and qorma in Old Delhi.

Spiced dried white peas topped with onion, tomato and lemon, eaten with soft, toasted kulchas; a favourite Delhi street meal.

Stuffed parathas deep-fried in ghee in an iron kadhai, served with potato-pumpkin sabzi and banana-tamarind chutney, as made in Chandni Chowk's famous lane.

Small, crisp puris of semolina and flour eaten with sweet suji halwa and spicy potato sabzi; a winter breakfast of Old Delhi.

Flaky, deep-fried kachoris stuffed with spiced urad dal, served with a thin, tangy potato curry; a classic breakfast of Old Delhi's halwais.

The staging of the Ramayana over the nights before Dussehra, performed on grounds across Delhi and ending with the burning of Ravana's effigy.

An open-air folk musical theatre of the villages of rural Delhi and neighbouring Haryana, telling old stories through song, dialogue and dance.

The gurdwara linked with Guru Har Krishan, who served the sick during a smallpox and cholera epidemic in 1664.

The shrine of the Chishti Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya (died 1325), known for its evening qawwali.

One of India's largest mosques, built by Shah Jahan and completed in 1656.

A lotus-shaped house of worship open to people of all faiths, dedicated in 1986.

The red sandstone palace-fort of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Old Delhi, from where the Prime Minister addresses the nation every Independence Day.

A soaring tower of red and buff sandstone begun around 1200 CE by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, standing among early Delhi Sultanate monuments and the ancient Iron Pillar.

The tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, set in a formal four-part garden; the first great garden tomb of the Indian subcontinent.

The great memorial arch on Kartavya Path and, beside it, the National War Memorial honouring soldiers who have died for India since Independence.

One of the largest mosques in India, built by Shah Jahan in red sandstone and white marble facing the Red Fort.

A white marble house of worship shaped like a half-open lotus, open to people of all faiths for silent prayer.

A large Hindu temple complex on the banks of the Yamuna, built in pink sandstone and white marble and opened in 2005.

The memorial on the banks of the Yamuna where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated on 31 January 1948.

The shrine of the Chishti Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, where qawwalis are sung in the courtyard in the evenings.

A Sikh shrine near Connaught Place linked with Guru Har Krishan, the eighth Sikh Guru, with a sacred pool and a langar that serves free meals to all.

Garden tomb that inspired the Taj Mahal.

Tall stone minaret, with the rust-resistant Iron Pillar of the Gupta age nearby.

Where the Prime Minister hoists the Tricolour every Independence Day.