Best Indian Food to Carry While Traveling Abroad

Do you remember the summer vacations when we were kids? Till the age of 14-15 years, summer vacation meant only one thing. Nana Nani ke ghar jana hai. 


I remember how excited my siblings and I used to get at that time. On the day of travel, our moms would wake up super early in the morning to make the food to carry while we travel. Now, Indians have this habit. Whenever we travel, we pack like there is no tomorrow. That too especially, when it comes to food. Suppose if four people are traveling, we pack enough to feed eight people.

Our moms even had these dishes that she used to make at the time of travel only. That's why food is a big part of those memories. 

Maybe this is the reason why Indians love to carry so much food while they travel. When you combine travel and food, you will find the best of memories. 

After all these years, this still hasn't changed. When someone travels abroad or even within India, their mom packs homemade food to carry along. 

Keeping all these in mind, we have made a list of Indian foods to carry while traveling. Here it goes:


1) Indian Spices

Indian food is incomplete without Indian spices. If you are planning to stay for a long time, then you can pack some of your favorite spices as well. You can also gift some spices to your family and friends.



2) Pickles

If you are a pickle lover, then you can not travel without these. Pickles are an inseparable part of Indian food. It is included with lunch and dinner both as a side dish. And the chances are if someone from abroad tastes the pickles, they are gonna love it too. 


3) Ready-made Indian meals

There are a lot of ready-to-mix, ready-to-mix food recipes available on the market now. These are very easy to make and get ready in a matter of minutes. These can come in very handy when you miss Indian food. These ready-made Indian food variations include palak paneer mix, chicken curry, egg curry, shahi paneer, and more. Not just the gravies, but ready-to-mix dosa, idli, and khaman are also available. You can even carry some of the ready-made dessert mixes like gulab jamun, ras malai, rabadi, and jalebi mixes. 




4) Chai Masala

If you love masala chai, then don't forget to pack this one. This can make or break all your experience.

You can also pack some ready to make tea packets.

 

5) Indian Snacks

Farsan, khakhra, theplas make a great snack to carry while traveling abroad. You can also make some homemade chivda since it does not get stale easily. Along with this, you can pack some papad also. 


6) Ready to eat Indian Meals and ready to eat Indian Snacks

If you are a vegetarian traveling abroad, then ready to eat Indian food is a must to carry. Because you might face some trouble finding veg food in some countries. Keeping ready to eat Indian food handy will save you from a lot of trouble. Also, it will help you save some money. 

There are a lot of ready to eat Indian foods available in the market now. You can choose from snacks like Masala Poha, upma, idli sambar, vermicelli to meals like Hyderabadi biryani, Veg Pulav, Mexican Rice, and many more. 


7) Sandwiches and Parathas

Sandwiches and parathas have to be one of the best travel foods so far. They are easy to make and it's mess-free when eating. You can carry different types of sandwiches like a veg sandwich, cheese sandwich, peanut butter sandwich and more. And paratha like stuffed potato paratha, mix veg paratha and so on.


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