Ordering food online is no longer a fad but rather a convenience. While some foods taste better when cooked at home some cuisine is best ordered either through e-retail portals or food delivery platforms. Let’s understand this better…

Tired of back-to-back calls and virtual meetings? Don’t have the stamina to cook? Simply download a food app and place an order for sabzi-roti. How familiar this sounds, eh?

But how about being a tad discreet and only ordering select foods? Not only would your pocket thank you for it but it would be good for your health too … and then again nothing can beat the creative pleasure of preparing something in the kitchen, can it? Then again there are some food items (Birista for instance) that are best bought online. Who has the back-breaking patience to shred, fry and spice them, eh?

Some Foods Which Are Best Ordered Online

1. Biryani (vegetarian, chicken, mutton or aloo)
2. Grilled Meats (steak, chicken, lamb et al) and Vegetables – These foods travel well and are easy to reheat too 
3. Noodle Dishes– If properly packaged these taste absolutely lip-smacking on arrival!
4. Thai Salads – Some which make perfect delivery candidates are: 
   1. Som tum - A fresh papaya salad with dried shrimp, chilli, fish sauce, peanuts, and sugar that is meant to sit marinating in the ingredients’ juices to enhance flavour, so it’ll only get better with time 
   2. Larb  - This Thai classic combines minced meats, fresh herbs, lime, chilli, and dry roasted rice which tastes delicious no matter what temperature it is when it arrives
5. Burrito Bowl – Albeit your cheese will melt a little and the other cold ingredients won’t be as cold as they should ideally be but you’ll still get all the great flavour and the ingredients hold their own a bit better than when wrapped in a warm tortilla
6. Birista (crispy fried onions) – These thinly sliced onions deep-fried in oil till golden brown and crisp are perfect for making biryani, soups, dals, sandwiches et al; and sprinkling over Khichdi or Matar Pulao.
7. Regional and Tribal Cuisine - As the spices and condiments involved in preparing these dishes are extremely niche so ordering them online is the best option. Try – 
   1. Bansapora Chicken from Kolkata - Marinated fowl stuffed in a bamboo stem and cooked over tandoor
   2. Jadoh – A Khasi rice dish from Meghalaya generously mixed with mutton 
   3. Kukhurako Masu – An exotic chicken dish smeared in coconut, tamarind and house spices
   4. Pukhlein – A deep-fried jaggery and rice Khasi desert 
   5. Mylliem - Chicken cooked with different condiments
   6. Dohkhlieh - A unique salad made with boiled pork with onions and chillies
   7. Singju - A salad with lotus stems, onions, sesame, beans, cabbage, coriander, and roasted chickpea
   8. Smoked Pork with Axone – From Nagaland
   9. Ghonghi Tiyan, Sanei Phool Bharta and Getu Fish Curry from Jharkhand

You can also opt for ordering dishes that claim the top spots in the delivery food pantheon like – pizza, paneer butter masala, masala dosa, chicken fried rice, et al which are delicious, satisfying and 

travel exceptionally well too.