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Street foodConnaught Place
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.
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Street foodDefence ColonyCash only
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.
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Street foodOld Delhi
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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Street foodOld 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.
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Street foodOld Delhi
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.
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Street foodOld Delhi
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.