Must Try Street Foods in Old Delhi

11 MUST TRY Street Foods For Visitors in Old Delhi, India

3/10/2023

After exploring Delhi for a few days on our own, we were still unsure of what we could and couldn't eat, and thought the best way to try some of the incredible Indian food we'd heard so much about would be to take a tour! After comparing food tours on Viator, we found the best tour with the most trustworthy reviews, and thought we would try it out for ourselves. After meeting our guide in Connaught Place, we took a short subway ride to Old Delhi, and from there walked around trying an incredible amount of street food! Along the way we stopped at the largest spice market in Asia and were shown different temples! We highly recommend adding a food tour to your Delhi itinerary, even if you only have two days. Read on to see all that we tried, and which foods we recommend - and since we're writing this 48 hours later - we can confirm we didn't get sick!

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Old Dehli's Best Street Foods

Although this is a great list of street foods to try in Old Delhi, we highly recommend taking a guided tour so you can confirm which stalls to purchase food items from without getting sick! You can check out the exact tour we did here!

Dahi Bhalla

Aloo Chat

Jalebi

Dahi Bhalla - fried lentil fritters soaked in yogurt
Aloo Chat - fried potato cubes flavored with spices (we got a spicy and "not spicy" set but to be honest they both tasted very similar)
Jalebi - similar to funnel cake, this Indian street food is made from a fried mix of flour and baking soda infused with saffron and rose water

Chole Bhature

Parathe

Fennel Seeds

Chole Bhature - this street food is commonly eaten as a breakfast, and consists of a fried bread and chickpea curry
Parathe - a flatbread filled with different fillings like chopped onion, potato or cheese
Fennel Seeds with Sugar - not really a street food, but commonly served after meals in India

Our Favorite Tours near Dehli :
- Old Delhi Food Walking Tour
- Taj Mahal Day Trip

Kebabs

Rice Kheer

Lassi

Kebabs - classic meat chunks cooked over fire, we tried chicken, buffalo and mutton (goat)
Chicken Tikka - chicken chunks spiced with an orange sauce consisting of tomato, cream, and various spices
Rice Kheer - Indian rice pudding, this street food is commonly served in small terracotta pots
Double Ka Meetha - a bread pudding made from frying pieces of bread and covering in condensed milk
Lassi - a buttermilk and yogurt based drink that comes in different flavors like strawberry and mango