Our stops on Delhi Food Walk

We started our walk from Connaught Place at the legendary Wengers where we dug into a yummy strawberry pastry and drank up Keventer’s iconic milk shake as we waited for everybody to join. If Connaught  Place was this crowded, then Old Delhi was something to brace yourself for, we realized. Then we threw ourselves in a crowded Metro carriage and stepped out at Chandani Chownk station where our walk started. Below are our three stops on the food walk. To view the food album click here.

1. Paranthe Wali Gali – Not difficult to get to, anyone in Old Delhi can guide you to Paranthe Wali gali. Make your way through the saree selling shops and fancy lehenga displays to arrive on a narrow alley with rows parantha selling shops. The only catch is that paranthas are like deep fried stuffed puris. My Past experience with these paranthas left me with unpalatable taste but Mansi had tasted more than one paranthas in this gali and took us straight to  Pt. Gaya Prasad’s. We tasted everything from Okra stuffed paranthas to Rabri Paranthas. Nimbu parantha emerged clear winner but I still can’t get the taste of Mawa parantha off my mind. Thanks Mansi, this was the best food find ever.

Expense: 7 paranthas amongst four people Rs. 4oo.

If you keep walking straight ahead zig zagging through tiny lanes you come across halwaai operating for generations and the Kachori Wala who has his own website. Talk about old meets new. We had appetite to save for kebabs and korma. But Mansi was more than tad bit hurt by the absence of regular Daulat chaat hawkers around the area. It took time for sulking Mansi to return to her spirits but soon she was leading us around another web of tiny streets around the Jama Masjid area where we stopped next for sutli kebabs.

2. Sutli Kebabs – A lot like kakori or may be just Kakori, sutli kebabs are minced mutton tied to skewers with threads and barbecued to perfection before they are taken off the coals and served with onions and spicy chutney. I never thought good food can come by from unassuming street side stalls. But of course if Mansi hadn’t been such an expert on the food on the streets of Chandani chownk we wouldn’t found this one.

Expenses: Rs 40 for pieces of kebab shared between three people.

After being shoved around in the streets (mind you its impossible to walk straight in Old Delhi) we decided it was time to sit around and have a proper meal. That is when we stopped at:

3. Al Jawahar – On the street opposing gate number 1 of Jama Masjid, if you walk towards Kareem’s, a number of restaurants will fall on either of your sides. To watch out for is Al Jawahar serving one of the best non-vegetarian food in Delhi. We ordered Achari Chicken Buryani and Mutton Korma with rotis. Giving up the pretense of being too full  to even breathe, we all picked up our roti and  spoons and dug unabashedly into the shared portions of gravy and biryani for our dinner number two.

Expenses: Rs 416 for three roties, 1/2 chicken biryani and 1/2 mutton Korma shared between three.

Food walk cost us about 270/pp considering Siddhartha barely ate. Whoever said Delhi is an expensive city?

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Empty Rucksack travelers is an attempt to bring together many wonderful stories of career breaks, long term vacations and great travel destinations together at one place. The posts authored by Empty Rucksack Travelers are put together by Vikram and Ishwinder, an Indian couple out on a long term travel to find that perfect place in the world where they may want to stay forever.

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4 comments

  1. Welcome to India and good to know about your ambitious travel plans. Best wishes.

    Let me know if we can help in any way
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  2. Lovely blog!! Does Mansi conduct food tours? If so, can you share her contact number? We are going to be in Delhi and would love to explore the awesome food there!
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