SANTOSH 9702: Foods

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

What are the best street foods in India?

Slurp! Food! That too Indian!

Here are some of my favourite street foods:

Bahaduras Moti choor laddu (Gwalior)

Mattar kulcha in delhi

3. Golgappe

4. Bittu tikki wale ki Aloo tikki (delhi)

5. Dilli style ki food truck wali chowmein

6. M.P ki bedai

7. Punjab k chhole bhature

8. Kolkata ki jhal muri

9. Mumbai ki bhel puri

10. Gwalior ke samose

11. Indori pohe jalebi

12. Gwalior k mangode

13. Gwalior again- Sindhi dal Pakwan

14. South/North Indian Dahi vade

15. Kachori sabzi

16. Banarasi malaiyo

17. Bangalorean paddu

18. Mangalorean paneer ghee roast

19. Bangalores ghee idli

My list is endless so I'll cut short as I'm already drooling :p

Colourful pretty India and its flavourful colourful cuisine :)

Image source - google

Which food makes a Punjabi happy?

BATHURE CHANNE

2. AMRITSARI NAAN (kulche)

( they are not a dish they are just emotions 😍😍)

my mom makes alloo parantha as same as this Amritsari naan at home.

3. PURI CHANA

4. how can we forget this MAKKI KI ROTI AND SASRSO KA SAAG

the saag originally is cooked on an earth stove in villages in Punjab which makes it more authentic. although I live in city so we make it on a gas stove. but I have some friends of mine who live in villages so I had tasted it the saag made upon earth stove.

5. GAJAR KA HALWA

most satisfying sweet

6. kara

it is the same kara prasad that is served in shri Hari mandir sahib as Prashad

yes but we also cook this at home also.

P.S. I have a sweet tooth 😋

7. chatti di lassi

I bet you can not finish even a half glass it's difficult…..I know all these food are a bit heavy and oily and too much in calories. but eating it eventually will not be that much bad.

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

If you are from India, what are some unique or special foods from your hometown?

I'm from a city named Dharwad. Its known as the Vidya Kashi as there are many universities, colleges and schools. It was center of education for the northern part of Karnataka for many decades.

Its famous for Dharwad Pedha.

A brief history:

Dharwad peda was originally started by the Thakur family who had migrated from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh to Dharwad after plague broke out in Unnao in early 19th Century. Ram Ratan Singh Thakur, a first generation confectioner, started producing and selling pedas locally. Dharwad peda was prepared from the milk of Dharwadi buffaloes which are raised by the Gavali community in and around Dharwad. His grandson Babu Singh Thakur helped grow the family business further in their Line Bazaar store and the peda came to also be called locally as the "Line Bazaar Peda". The family closely guards the recipe of the Peda as a trade secret which has been passing down the lineage. Babusingh Thakur's single outlet store that was running for a few decades expanded later in many other cities. In many other cities around India other confectioneries also sell Dharwad peda which is not connected to the Thakur family.

Use:

Its given in almost all the occasions.

Its given when someone scores well.

Its given when someone gets admission.

Its given when someone gets a job.

Its given like in almost every happy occasions.

But still people are not tired of it. Share some good news and they ask “Pedha elle? Yaavag kodti?” (Where is Pedha? When will you give?)

Where to buy?

I would say, Babu Singh Thakur pedha is still the best. Mishra Pedha isn't bad either.

What are the best Indian street foods?

Since popular examples are already stated here by others, I am including other street foods across India, some of which are my favourites.

All picture credits to Google Images and the owners of the pics.

Maddur vada - savoury fritter from Karnataka

2. Mysore bonda- deep-fried dumplings

3. Ros omelette- Evening/night time snack from Goa, omelette served with chicken curry and warm rolls

4. Pazham pori- Tea-time Kerala snack of batter fried banana

5. Kothu parotta- spicy curried shreds of parotta with vegetables, egg or meat. Tamil Nadu speciality

6. Bhurji pav- Scrambled eggs Mumbai style

7. Roasted shakarkandi- sweet potato, Delhi

8. Besan ka chilla- Chandni Chowk, Delhi

9. Aloo kabli chaat- Kolkata

10. Jhaal muri- West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha

11. Kathi roll- Kolkata

12. Dahi bara, aloo dum- Anywhere in Odisha

13. Parippu vada- chana dal fritters from South India, esp Kerala

14. Surti locho- lentil snack from Gujarat

15. Sev khamani- Cousin to above, also from Gujarat

16. Mirchi bada- Rajasthan

17. Kheema pav- Mumbai

18. Litti chokha- Bihar

19. Dhuska ghugni- Jharkhand

20. Bombay Sandwich

21. Misal pav- Maharashtra. Regional variants exist, matki is the usual pulse used. Misal lovers insist on topping up with the spicy tari.

22. Hurda bhel-Maharashtra. Winter time chhat made with lightly roasted tender sorghum (jowar)

23. Daulat ki chaat/Malayo/Malai Makkhan/Nimish- North India, only available in winter, till end of February. It is a delight, although it is just milk fat foam served lightly sweetened.