Momo are served in classy Chinese restaurants in India as a dish while momos are found in every other place. However, both these are not part of the main dish in China, but a tea-time snack and fillings range from sweet to savoury.
Believe it or not, noodles is a popular street food item in China, and they don't always have it as the main dish. When they have it on their main menu, it is eaten in a bowl with a thick paste or broth to add flavour. It does not resemble the stir-fried noodles variety mixed with vegetables, meat, egg and spicy sauce we get in India.
Indian manchow is a brown colored spicy soup in a soy base and has vegetables, fried noodles, and meat. It has no relation to the original Chinese soup or the province of Manchuria.
Chinese don't dump chicken pieces into a vat of sauce. Chilli chicken is usually prepared from the offal of the bird. It is one of the cheapest food item available in China. The offal is barbequed, roasted or steamed with a sweet sauce to prepare the item.
The original chowmien is boiled noodles served with scrambled eggs, cooked vegetables and soy sauce. How does the Indian version differ? It involves fried noodles in spicy sauce.
This most popular Chinese dish gets its name from the province of Manchuria in China, but is in no way related to it, The dish was invented by Nelson Wang, an Indian chef of Chinese descent. Wang accepts that he only added soy sauce instead of garam masala to prepare this favourite dish of Indians.
It is the most famous Chinese food available in India. It is a winner across the board of all the dishes served in the Indian subcontinent. The Chinese prepare it by steaming rice with vegetables or meat, while in India we get a spicy and greasy version of it.