The fastest, cheapest, frequently best food on Delhi's streets.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Delhi.
Pt. Gaya Prasad Shiv Charan Paranthe Wale has fried stuffed parathas in Gali Paranthe Wali, Old Delhi, a fixed stop on the Chandni Chowk food lane.
OrderMixed paratha with a plate of aloo and a lassi.
TipThe shop descends from one of the first families to fry parathas in the lane, now in its sixth generation; ask for the khoya paratha.
Old Famous Jalebi Wala has fried jalebi in desi ghee at the Dariba corner of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi since 1884, sold hot by weight with rabri or samosa.
OrderA hot plate of jalebi straight off the kadhai.
TipBuy by weight and eat standing at the counter; the jalebi cools fast.
Kuremal Mohan Lal Kulfi Wale freezes kulfi inside hollowed fruit shells near Chawri Bazar metro, a family trade in Old Delhi that dates back to 1906.
OrderStuffed mango or pomegranate kulfi.
TipThe stuffed kulfi is set back inside the real fruit, using its own pulp; the shop opens every day from 11:00 to 23:00.
Natraj Dahi Bhalle Wala tops soaked lentil dumplings with sweet and tangy chutneys on Chandni Chowk's main road in Old Delhi, running since the 1940s.
OrderA plate of dahi bhalla, then the aloo tikki with both chutneys.
TipThis corner shop sells only two things, dahi bhalla and aloo tikki; expect a crowd outside at most hours, and note it closes at 21:30.
Khan Chacha rolls chicken and mutton tikka into rumali roti at its Khan Market counter, the roll stall Delhi's tourism board calls the market's landmark.
OrderMutton seekh roll and a chicken tikka roll.
TipIt began as a Khan Market kiosk in 1972; order the tikka and seekh rolls the tourism board singles out by name.
Prabhu Chaat Bhandar sells aloo tikki, gol gappe and papdi chaat in the UPSC lane on Shahjahan Road, Delhi, a chaat stop known locally as UPSC ki chaat.
OrderAloo tikki chaat with pani puri on the side.
TipIt runs on a token system, so pay first; if the tikki is too hot, cool down with the pista kulfi topped with faluda.
Bengali Sweet House, opened by a Bikaner family who reached Delhi in 1936, runs a chaat, chole and mithai counter in Bengali Market near Mandi House.
OrderA plate of chaat and chole bhature, then a rasgulla from the sweet counter.
TipThe shop, one of the first to bring rasgulla to Delhi, opened in Bengali Market in 1937; finish the chaat with one.
Dolma Aunty Momos has steamed chicken and vegetable momos in Lajpat Nagar's Central Market since 1994, a Delhi momo stall with a fiery chilli chutney.
OrderChicken momos with the red chutney on the side.
TipLook for Shop D 44; closed Mondays, and the chutney runs hot, so ask for less if you want it milder.
Giani's Di Hatti scoops rabri faluda and kulfi from a Fatehpuri counter at the western end of Chandni Chowk, a Delhi dessert stop that closes before dinner.
OrderRabri faluda topped with a scoop of kulfi.
TipShuts by 19:00, earlier than most Chandni Chowk food stops, so go before evening.
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