Indian street food is a treat for the palate. On every street corner you can find small chai tea stalls, as well as market stalls with finger food treats. When I had to wait for the bus or the cab, I drank a delicious chai tea and chatted with the vendors. The Indian street food is really special, the combination of different spices make it a flavor explosion.
Breakfast
Ayurvedischer Chai Tea
Put Ayurvedic spice mix (masala) – cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, cardamom pods, peppercorns and the ginger – in a mortar. Then bring the water to a boil in a pot. Add the spice mixture and simmer for 5 – 10 minutes. Then add the black tea. After two more minutes, add the milk to the pot and bring everything to a boil again. Finally, pour the chai tea through a fine sieve into a pot or directly into tea cups and enjoy hot. Tip: take a look at Ayurvedic nutrition.
Crispy lentil donut in Sambar – Sambar Vada
Sambar Vada a traditional South Indian breakfast recipe because it is eaten along with sambar (curry) or coconut chutney (upma).
Spicy potatoes – Spicy Aloo
Spicy Aloo an Indian staple dish and better known as Bombay Aloo. First, the potatoes are boiled with turmeric, which gives them a beautiful golden color. Then the potatoes are put in a mixture of onions, oil, curry paste and black mustard seeds before being cooked in the oven for about 30 minutes.
Poha – Indian dish made from rice flakes
Poha is known as a breakfast dish in South and West India. Therefore, there are different Poha variants with peas, potatoes, mixed vegetables and onions.
Street Food – Lunch
Lentil Daal
First wash the lentils with a sieve. Then cut the onions into fine pieces. Then wash the tomatoes and chop the ginger. Fry the onions until they are translucent and then add the tomatoes. Add the finely chopped ginger and spices and then add the washed lentils. After that, fry everything until hot and then deglaze with water so that the lentils are covered and let the daal simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the lentils settle to the bottom. After that, you can add additional water. Finally, peel the garlic, wash and chop the parsley, and squeeze the lemon. When the lentils are soft, season them with salt and pepper and finally add the parsley and lemon juice.
Aloo Parata
Aloo means “potato” and paratha means “stuffed flatbread” in Hindi. First, the potatoes are boiled, peeled and then mashed. The mashed potato is seasoned with herbs and salt, then stuffed into a rolled dough before being roasted or deep fried.
Palak Paneer
Palak Paneer is one of the most popular Indian dishes because it is made of juicy cubes of paneer (Indian cottage cheese) with fresh spinach leaves (palak), herbs and spices.
Indian Street Food Dinners
Pav Bhaji
Pav Bhaji known as a spicy Indian vegetable curry served with white bread (pav). Therefore, Bhaji consists basically of cauliflower, potatoes, carrots and peas. The vegetables are cooked until quite soft and then mashed into puree. In addition, a red spice paste is prepared from onions, ginger garlic paste, tomatoes, green peppers, which is then stirred into the vegetable puree. This is then seasoned with raw onions, lemon wedges and fresh coriander.
Vada Pav and Coriander Mint Chutney
- ½ tsp cumin
- 20 g fresh coriander
- 20 g fresh mint leaves
- 5g granulated sugar
- 5g coarsely chopped green chillies
- 25ml lime juice
- 25ml water
First, heat the frying pan over medium heat. Then add ½ tsp cumin seeds, roast for 2-3 minutes, then turn out onto a plate to cool. Whisk 20 g fresh coriander, 20 g fresh mint leaves, 5 g granulated sugar, 5 g coarsely chopped green chili pepper, 25 ml lime juice and the toasted cumin seeds with 25 ml water to make a thick sauce. Then serve or transfer to a jar and store covered in the refrigerator for a day or two.
Potatoes with Marsala – Aloo Tikki
Aloo Tikki is a popular North Indian dish made with potatoes. The potatoes are mixed with herbs and spices, made into fritters and then deep fried until crispy.
Tortiallas with salad and sauce – Papoli Pakodi Chaat
Pakodi Chaat made of soft and spongy split green gram lentil doughnuts, chutneys and yogurt and therefore adored by all chaat lovers.
Indian sweets – mirchi
- yellow ball of milk – pide
- bright yellow ball of sugar syrup – Ladoo
- sugar free pumpkin ball – Panchi Petha