Food is an essential part of all Indian festivals. Street food adds to the experience of pandal-hopping during Durga Puja. Here's list of top five street food items that you must try when pandal-hopping in C R Park. (These food items are available on roads and markets all over C R Park.)
Jhal Muri:
It is the ultimate street food from Bengal/Odisha. Made with rice puffs, boiled potatoes, chana, peanuts, green chillis, and mixed with spices and mustard oil, this street food is healthy, and easy on the pocket. Perfect to munch on while you are pandal-hopping.
Kathi/Chicken Rolls:
If you are not fasting for Navratri, try a piping hot chicken roll. Wrapped in a slightly sweetened Indian flatbread and stuffed with chicken, egg, onion, and seasoning, these rolls taste divine, and you can have it on the go. Go for vegetarian variety if you don’t prefer non-veg food during this time.
Beguni/ Tele Bhaja:
Beguni or fried brinjals are popular with Bengalis, and we don't question why. Brinjals are cut into thin wafer-like discs, dipped in besan and fried till crispy to make Beguni. Tele bhaja is fritters of assorted veggies like capsicum, potatoes, and onion, and it's somewhat similar to pakoras.
Jilepi (Jalebi):
A favourite Indian dessert all over the nation, jalebi (or Jilepi in Bangla) stalls can be easily found near Durga Puja stalls. With hot sugar syrup running in concentric and zigzag circles, this dessert ensures multiple foodgasms.
Puchka:
Delhi’s golgappa is puchka in the east. Not just the name, but even the character of puchka is slightly different from golgappa. Puchka is mostly made of atta and is bigger in size. Stuffed with boiled potato mash and gugni (peas or matar) they are dipped in tangy water made with lemon, spices, and coriander, this is one of the must-haves during Durga Puja. Puchka is served in a dona (dried leaf) rather than a steel plate.
Jhal Muri:
It is the ultimate street food from Bengal/Odisha. Made with rice puffs, boiled potatoes, chana, peanuts, green chillis, and mixed with spices and mustard oil, this street food is healthy, and easy on the pocket. Perfect to munch on while you are pandal-hopping.
Kathi/Chicken Rolls:
If you are not fasting for Navratri, try a piping hot chicken roll. Wrapped in a slightly sweetened Indian flatbread and stuffed with chicken, egg, onion, and seasoning, these rolls taste divine, and you can have it on the go. Go for vegetarian variety if you don’t prefer non-veg food during this time.
Beguni/ Tele Bhaja:
Beguni or fried brinjals are popular with Bengalis, and we don't question why. Brinjals are cut into thin wafer-like discs, dipped in besan and fried till crispy to make Beguni. Tele bhaja is fritters of assorted veggies like capsicum, potatoes, and onion, and it's somewhat similar to pakoras.
Jilepi (Jalebi):
A favourite Indian dessert all over the nation, jalebi (or Jilepi in Bangla) stalls can be easily found near Durga Puja stalls. With hot sugar syrup running in concentric and zigzag circles, this dessert ensures multiple foodgasms.
Puchka:
Delhi’s golgappa is puchka in the east. Not just the name, but even the character of puchka is slightly different from golgappa. Puchka is mostly made of atta and is bigger in size. Stuffed with boiled potato mash and gugni (peas or matar) they are dipped in tangy water made with lemon, spices, and coriander, this is one of the must-haves during Durga Puja. Puchka is served in a dona (dried leaf) rather than a steel plate.