About r/IndianFood
Community guide
r/IndianFood (#910, about 1.2 million) is a recipe and discussion room for Indian cuisine—veg and non-veg flairs appear in samples.
What belongs
Indian food talk and recipes (about 14 posts/day). The rules: posts must be Indian food; recipe posts need both ingredients and instructions.
Versus food and spicy
General food and spicy-heat rooms are broader. IndianFood wants cuisine specificity and complete recipe posts.
Practical pointers
When sharing a recipe, include ingredients and steps together.
Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 0 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/worldcup (#909) and ahead of r/Kanye (#911) in our ranking.
What sets r/IndianFood apart
r/IndianFood is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 85% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (13:00 UTC) sees about 7.0× as many posts as the quietest (16:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/IndianFood went up from 1,170,089 to 1,170,438 subscribers (+349, +0.03%). That is about 32 new members per day. The chart shows 3 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/IndianFood this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- What Indian "side dish" would you bring to a Friendsgiving if your friends are not indian?u/LiquorSlanger · Nov 6 · text post
- Why can't we create the taste of restaurant food at home ?u/Aj100rise · Nov 5 · text post
- american indians- best bread for pav bhaji?u/garlicshrimpscampi · Nov 2 · text post
- Help! How do I make my curries spicier?u/turkeypooo · Nov 2 · text post
- Can Amul paneer stay good during a 5-hour train journey without refrigeration?u/FlatButterscotch8872 · Nov 6 · text post
- Idli batter and dosa batter are they really the same? Need proper ratio, cooking in Canadau/Good_Potential3492 · Nov 3 · text post
- South Indian filter coffee concoction - is there a non-traditional alternative?u/rachelci · Nov 4 · text post
- Need to know thename of red chutney that my friend used to bringu/IvoryDreams26 · Nov 6 · text post
- I'm trying to learn cooking but it's doesn't taste that goodu/Independent-Mud-8835 · Nov 7 · text post
- Please share a daal recipe which you love to make!🍛u/chiibey · Nov 7 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/IndianFood, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Most Indian food isn’t quick.u/Small_Attention_2581 · Mar 27, 2026 · text post
- A South Indian breakfastApr 6, 2016 · 511 points · 66 comments · image
- Fancy a Biryani?u/reincarnatedusername · Oct 18, 2016 · 509 points · 62 comments · image
- Update: My curry is never smooth; chopped onions and tomatoes show through.u/ForeverCock · Jan 29, 2025 · text post
- Why did a server correct me for ordering a "masala chai?"u/i_had_ice · Jan 14, 2025 · text post
- So I built a tandoor...u/hmahadik · Sep 6, 2016 · 657 points · 151 comments · link
- I loooove samosas.Apr 21, 2016 · 527 points · 59 comments · image
- Butter Chicken, Veg Pulao, and Naanu/hmahadik · Sep 30, 2017 · 479 points · 16 comments · image
- I come from China. Indian cuisine is gradually growing in popularity across China, yet...u/Suspicious-Trust-720 · Jul 29, 2026 · text post
- To the person who said indian food is stinky…u/keerthanaa13 · Mar 10, 2025 · text post
What r/IndianFood talks about
We read the titles of 104 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “indian”, “food”, “love”, “chicken” and “dishes”. Other frequent themes are recipes, india, cooking, recipe, homemade and dish. Recurring phrases include “indian food”, “south indian”, “honest feedback” and “food lovers”. By format, 85% are text posts and 15% are links.
Popular post flairs: discussion (23), question (22), recipe (8), veg (6), nonveg (2), video (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/IndianFood gets about 14 new posts a day. The public archive holds 42,668 posts and 393,114 comments in total, about 9.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (27 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (11). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 16:00 UTC.
Rules of r/IndianFood
The moderators of r/IndianFood list 2 rules. In short:
- Not an Indian food
- Posted recipe must include both ingredients and instructions.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/IndianFood and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/IndianFood?
r/IndianFood has 1,170,438 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #910 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 349 members between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How active is r/IndianFood?
Moderately: r/IndianFood gets about 14 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 42,668 posts and 393,114 comments. In a sample of 104 recent posts we counted 86 different authors.
When is r/IndianFood most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 16:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/IndianFood about?
r/IndianFood is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention indian, food, love, chicken and dishes. Most posts are text posts (85%).
Is r/IndianFood safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/IndianFood as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/IndianFood?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/IndianFood accepts text posts only, with galleries and polls enabled. It has 2 posted rules, starting with: “Not an Indian food”; “Posted recipe must include both ingredients and instructions.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/IndianFood?
Communities with similar topics include r/indiasocial (1.8M), r/IndianStockMarket (1.4M), r/food (24.6M), r/JapaneseFood (1.4M) and r/cookingforbeginners (2.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/IndianFood.