Indian butter chicken among world’s top 6 chicken dishes:The Indian nosh ranks 13th on Best 100 Cuisine list

The Indian dish Butter Chicken is in the headlines these days. Recently, a New Zealand minister termed the proposed free trade agreement between New Zealand and India as a ‘Butter Chicken Tsunami’. But politics aside, in the list of top 100 chicken dishes published in April 2026 by global food guide TasteAtlas, India’s Butter Chicken ranks sixth. For the past several years, India has remained in the top 15 in the Best 100 Cuisine list of global food platform TasteAtlas. In this year’s TasteAtlas list, India ranks 13th with a strong rating of 4.43 out of 5. This selection has been made based on 590,228 valid ratings for 18,912 foods. South India ranks 40th in the Best 100 Food Regions. In Best Food Cities, Mumbai ranks 5th in the world. Delhi is at 53rd, Hyderabad at 54th, Kolkata at 73rd, and Chennai at 93rd position. In TasteAtlas’s Best Food by Category list, India’s Butter Garlic Naan is the world’s number-1 bread. In vegetable dishes, Malai Kofta ranks third in the world. Among the world’s best desserts, Indian Kulfi is at 49th position and Phirni at 60th position. Chef Vikas Khanna in Time 100 list In matters of food and cuisine, Punjab’s city of Amritsar is becoming famous worldwide. Recently, Amritsar’s chef Vikas Khanna has been included in the Time 100 Global Influencers list. Meanwhile, in Taste Atlas’s Best 100 Global Dish list, Amritsari Kulcha has been ranked 17th and is at the top among Indian dishes. Also, among the world’s Best 100 Breads, Amritsari Kulcha is at fourth position. Not only this, Amritsar ranks 48th among the world’s best food cities. Vikas Khanna has not only given Indian cuisine a new identity in New York, but has also won the world’s heart with his humanitarian services during disasters. Some of the World’s Top Cuisines 2026 with Italy on Top (Source- TasteAtlas) Best Food by Category