Mirchi vada
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A long green chilli stuffed with spiced potato, coated in gram-flour batter and deep-fried, a rainy-season snack from Jodhpur that Jaipur's stalls and food courts also sell.

Wikipedia calls mirchi bada a vegetarian fast food native to Jodhpur: a green chilli stuffed with spices and mashed potato, wrapped in gram-flour batter, fried until golden and served hot, occasionally with mint and tamarind chutney, and eaten most in the rainy season. In Jaipur, Curly Tales describes Samrat's as huge green chillies stuffed with masala potato and fried golden, and Slurrp lists mirchi bada among the snacks at the Masala Chowk food court.

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Samrat Restaurant ★ 4.2

$Street foodOld City

Samrat Restaurant at 273 Chaura Rasta in Jaipur sells pyaaz kachori, samosas and poha, and a crowd gathers for them early each morning in the old city.

OrderThe pyaaz ki kachori with tamarind and coriander chutneys, or bedmi poori with aloo sabzi.

TipGo early, before the morning crowd builds; the Chaura Rasta shop is the one Outlook Traveller's local writer recommends.

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Masala Chowk ★ 4.1

$MarketJln Marg

Masala Chowk is a food court in Ram Niwas Bagh, Jaipur, where stalls selling pyaaz kachori, chaat, pav bhaji and kulfi share a single entry ticket.

OrderPyaaz kachori, a plate of chaat and a kulfi to finish, each from its own stall.

TipThe entry ticket was ₹13 a head in August 2025; Times of India puts the court between Albert Hall and Ram Niwas Bagh, so pair it with Albert Hall.

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