Delhi’s street food is a must-try if you are visiting there. You will find a wide variety of spicy and tasty street food everywhere on the streets of Delhi. In this article, we will discuss the top favorite street foods of Delhiites.
The article also mentions recommendations on where to try them for your convenience.
Food to try in Delhi:
1. Paratha:
Paratha is a stuffed flatbread prevalent in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, and all other places where wheat is a traditional staple. The word ‘paratha’ is composed of two words, ‘parat’ and ‘aata’, which mean layers of cooked dough.
For Delhites, paratha is one of their favorite breakfast and tea snacks. You will find a lot of varieties of stuffing for paratha. Must-try varieties include spiced potato, leaf vegetables, paneer, cauliflower, and radish. Paratha comes with butter spread on top, along with chutney, pickle, ketchup, yogurt, or raita.
You can also have a plain paratha, roll it, and eat it with tea, often dipping the paratha. One plate of paratha will cost you around 150 INR.
Where to try:
- Parathe Wali Gali in Chandni Chowk.
- Moolchand Parathe Wallis is located in South Delhi.
- Pt Babu Ram Paranthe Wale in Chandni Chowk
2. Chole Bhatur, Delhi:
Chole Bhature is a north Indian dish. It is a combination of spicy white chickpeas and fried bread made of white flour. This dish is mostly eaten for breakfast with a glass of lassi. It is served with sliced onion, pickle, fried green chili, green chutney, and pickle.
One full plate of chole bhature contains two bhature and a bowl of spicy chole garnished with fresh coriander leaves. Some places offer paneer-stuffed bhature as well.
Where to try:
- Sita Ram Diwan Chand in Paharganj
- Chache Di Hatti, D32, Bungalow Road, Kamla Nagar
- Civil Lines Wala
3. Butter Chicken, Delhi:
IPeople in Delhi also know Butter Chicken as murgh makhani. It is a curry of chicken that chefs prepare in a spiced sauce of tomato, butter, and cream. The chicken is marinated in curry for several hours in a mixture of lemon juice, yogurt, red chili, salt, traditional spices, and ginger garlic paste.
This dish is served in a sauce with added butter and rumali roti. You must try this dish for lunch or dinner. This is one of the royal main course dishes in Delhi. A half plate will cost you about 450 INR.
Where to try:
- Are Waah near Moujpur Metro Station, Shahdara
- Invitation, Community Center, Ashok Vihar Phase 2
- Kay’s Bar-Be-Que, Community Center, Ashok Vihar Phase 1
4. Momos in Delhi:
Momos represent a variation of East and South Asian steamed-filled dumplings. In Jin Chinese, the term ‘Momo’ denotes a steamed bun. Momo is a steamed dumpling with some filling. In Delhi, you will find two varieties of momos, steamed and fried.
The momo stuffing can include minced meat, vegetables, paneer, tofu, and Khoa. They serve it with sweet mayonnaise and a hot and spicy garlic sauce.
Where to try:
- Hunger Strike, Amar Colony Market
- Dolma Aunty Momos, Lajpat Nagar 2
- Yeti, Connaught Place
5. Chaat:
Chaat is an Indian-originated dish. You will find a lot of roadside stalls selling various kinds of chats all over Delhi. Chaat is a mixture of potato pieces, chopped onion, dried yellow noodles, ginger, salt, crisp fried bread, boiled gram or chickpeas, sour Indian chili, dried ginger and tamarind sauce, and tangy-salty spices.
Fresh coriander leaves and sometimes yogurt garnishes the dish. You can eat chat as a starter or a snack.
Where to try:
- Bittoo Tikki Wala (BTW)
- Prince Chat Corner, Greater Kailash 1
- Natraj Dahi Bhalle Wala, Opp. Parathe Wali Gali, Chandni Chowk
6. Sweet Lassi:
Lassi is a very popular yogurt-based drink. It is a blend of yogurt, water, sugar, spices, and sometimes fruit. Sweet lassi is similar to milkshakes. Sweet lassi is flavored with rosewater, strawberry, saffron, mango, and lemon.
Lassi is consumed with the main course meals. Lassi is very popular in Punjab. The cost per person will be around 150 INR.
Where to try:
- Bille Di Hatti, 72-D, Kamla Nagar
- Baba Nagpal Corner, Gupta Market, Lajpat Nagar 4
- Amritsari Lassi Wala, Fatehpuri Chowk, Chandni Chowk
7. Rolls:
Spring rolls are appetizers filled and rolled, often eaten as a snack. A veg or spring roll contains stuffing rolled in a tortilla made of white flour. In Delhi, one can find rolls containing both vegetarian and non-vegetarian fillings.
The veg rolls contain the stuffing of noodles, veggies, various sauces, onion, chilies, mayonnaise, and ketchup. The non-veg roll contains chicken meat, mutton, eggs, and all other ingredients same as in the veg roll.
Other must-try rolls in Delhi include paneer roll, soya chaap roll, Mughlai roll, and Kathi roll. Typically, they serve them wrapped in either tissue paper or aluminum foil. The cost per person will be about 300 INR
Where to try:
- Nizam’s Kathi Kebab, Defence colony
- Chowringhee, opp.Venkateshwara College, Satya Niketan
- Khan Chacha, D3 Connaught Plac
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