Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Delhi shops, snacks and lunches.

Markets to wander

Khari Baoli Spice Market ★ 4.7

Mon-Sat 10:00-20:00; closed Sunold-delhi

Khari Baoli Spice Market has traded whole spices, dried fruit and tea at Chandni Chowk's west end since the 17th century, still Delhi's largest spice market.

Go forWhole spices, Dry fruits, Nuts, Tea

TipClosed Sundays; the lanes run beside Fatehpuri Masjid, and many spice shops here sell retail as well as wholesale.

Paranthe Wali Gali ★ 4.1

Daily, most shops 09:00-23:00old-delhi

Paranthe Wali Gali packs a handful of hereditary paratha shops into one narrow Old Delhi lane, each frying stuffed parathas the same way for generations.

Go forStuffed parathas, Old Delhi snacks

TipSeveral hereditary shops share the lane; Delhi Tourism dates Pt Gaya Prasad Shiv Charan to 1872 and Kanhaiya Lal Durga Prasad to 1875.

INA Market ★ 4.4

Tue-Sun 10:00-21:00; closed Mondayina

INA Market stocks imported groceries, fresh seafood and meat that are hard to find elsewhere in Delhi, earning it the label of the city's food bazaar.

Go forImported groceries, Fresh seafood, Meat, Spices

TipClosed Mondays; go in the morning for the best pick of fish and seafood.

Dilli Haat, INA ★ 4.5

Daily 10:30-22:00ina

Dilli Haat, INA lines a paved courtyard in Delhi with rotating stalls from every Indian state, craft stands on one side and food counters on the other.

Go forState food stalls, Handicrafts

TipEntry costs a small ticket at the gate; open every day of the week, no closing day.

Lajpat Nagar Central Market ★ 4.3

Tue-Sun 11:00-20:30; closed Mondaydefence-colony

Lajpat Nagar Central Market pairs bargain fashion stalls with a dense street food lane in Delhi, momo counters and chaat carts running between the shops.

Go forStreet food stalls, Momos, Clothing

TipClosed Mondays; evenings after 17:00 bring the biggest street food crowds.

Chittaranjan Park Fish Market ★ 4.3

Daily 07:00-22:00; freshest catch 07:00-09:00greater-kailash

Chittaranjan Park Fish Market sells Hilsa shipped overnight from Kolkata and other river fish in its Market 1 alley, anchoring Delhi's Bengali quarter.

Go forFreshwater fish, Hilsa, Bengali groceries

TipGo between 07:00 and 09:00, before the day's heat sets in and the best catch is gone.

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