Question

how many food items are there in India what are the recipes

Answer 1

there are more and more food items
Sambar rice
vegetable rice
biriyani
fried rice and more...

Answer 2

India has number of different cultures and religions. So, there are uncountable food items in India. Some of the recipes are too small and some take days to make them.
Its way too difficult to tell about all recipes here. So please tell in the comment section that which recipe do you want???