Tempting Street Foods of Delhi

Are you a great foodie but bored of eating the sophisticated and low-calorie cuisines of Five-Star Hotels and restaurants? Well, than you must savor the tempting street foods of Delhi. This city of glorious past and modern contemporary days is a fun place for food.

Delhi is blessed with a myriad of culinary traditions of street foods that are dated back to Mughal era. Previously, Khomchas, than redhis and thelas and now the street corners at your neighborhoods, satisfies the tasting buds with their relishing street foods.

Keeping aside the hygienic and cleanliness conditions, these mouth-watering street foods are an ideal options to fulfill your appetite during your hectic shopping spree or hang out time. Delhi has endless array of street foods which are very tasty as well as inexpensive.

Be it a chilling winter or scorching summer season, there is no dearth of street foods for Delhites. Roasted shakarkandi (warm sweet potatoes with seasoning), fresh fruit chaat (prepared with seasonal fruits like guava, apple, banana, radish and carrot with salt and dash of lime) or chaat-papdi, golgappa, allutikki, samosa, dahi-bhalla, bhature chana, chhole kulche, rose and kewra flavoured Kulifi faluda kathi kabab are some of the traditional street foods that very well captivates the attention of the food lovers with their rich aroma and hot and spicy taste.

Apart from these lip-smacking street delicacies, there are some more street foods which very well merged itself with Delhi's street food culture. Chowmein, hot-sweet corn in butter, steamed or fried veg and non-veg mommos, burger, idli, dosa are some added attractions of Delhi's street foods.

Some well known street food corners in Delhi are namely the Jalebis at Dariba Kalan corner, rabri faluda at Gianis, Fathepuri, lassi at Naya Bans, chaat near Bank of India and parantha of paranthe wali gali in Chandini Chowk, Samosas at Panchkuain Road, Bhaturas in Paharganj, chaat at UPSC, Khan Chacha Kabaab corner at Khan market etc. Most of these shops are involve in these business for generations. They have their own secret recipes to prepare these awesome delicacies. Most of them take proper care of hygiene while in the preparation of the foods.

Of late, these street foods has become a necessity for Delhites who are unable to pack their food from home or can't afford to dine on foods from costly restaurants or Dhabbas. These street foods are also the source of earning for many vendors who has migrated to Delhi from nearby states.

So, if you want to explore and experience the colorful and unique culture of Delhi, than you must try out the street foods of Delhi as they are the part and parcel of Delhi's multi-culture.

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