Desi Delight
Desi Delight brings Indian cuisine to Farmer's Delight, with dishes, ingredients and a tandoor-style cooking setup for Forge on Minecraft 1.20.1.
What it does
The mod is built on Farmer's Delight and needs it installed alongside. Its stated focus is Indian cuisine, and the author plans to add more dishes over time, extending the same approach to the cooking traditions of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Food items are shown as 3D models in the world, covering most non-feast dishes.
Desi Delight also adds decorative features tied to Desi culture, and the author describes new structures meant to make cooking feel more natural, using a tandoor as the central appliance. Its only published build is for Forge 1.20.1, released as an alpha file on 2026-07-03. Ports to other loaders and newer releases have been discussed, but none is available yet.
The mod runs on the client and the server, so both sides need it. It is distributed under a custom license and is not open source, though source code and an issue tracker are public.
Key features
Indian cuisine dishes
Adds dishes and ingredients drawn from Indian cooking, extending the Farmer's Delight food system.
3D food models
Most non-feast food items display as 3D models when placed or held, rather than flat sprites.
Tandoor-based cooking
A tandoor is introduced as the cooking appliance for the new structures and recipes.
Desi-themed decoration
Decorative blocks and features connected to Desi culture are included for building.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want Indian cuisine in a Farmer's Delight setup on Forge 1.20.1, and server owners who run that setup for their community.
How it compares
Slavic Cuisine is a Forge option for 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and open source, with the same client and server environment as Desi Delight. Asian Kitchen is also a Forge 1.20.1 food mod, but it is server-side only and uses a custom license that is not open source, so players can join without installing it. TFC Cuisine covers 1.20.1 on Forge under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source. ARprod's Delight, also on Forge 1.20.1 and client and server, is MIT licensed and open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desi Delight | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-03 |
| Slavic Cuisine | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-10-16 |
| Asian Kitchen | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-20 |
| TFC Cuisine | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-24 |
| ARprod's Delight | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-30 |
Questions
Does Desi Delight need Farmer's Delight?
Does the server need Desi Delight?
Which versions does Desi Delight support?
In the catalog
Desi Delight is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/zena-desi-delight
- Owner
- naomidagreatest
- Published
- 2026-07-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15