Delectable street dishes of Banaras

April15,2024

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A popular breakfast dish, kachori sabzi consists of deep-fried pastry stuffed with a spicy filling, usually served with a tangy potato curry.

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Kachori Sabzi

Banaras offers a variety of chaats, including aloo tikki chaat, papdi chaat, and dahi puri. These snacks are made with a combination of crispy fried dough, potatoes, chickpeas, yogurt, and tangy chutneys.

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Chaat

This unique street food features tomatoes cooked in a spicy and tangy gravy, served with a garnish of chopped onions, cilantro, and spices.

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Tamatar Chaat

A seasonal delicacy, malaiyo is a creamy dessert made from milk foam, flavored with saffron and cardamom. It is light and airy, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

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Malaiyo

Banaras is known for its refreshing lassi, a traditional yogurt-based drink.

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Lassi

Especially popular during festivals like Holi and Mahashivratri, thandai is a cooling drink made with milk, nuts, spices, and herbs like fennel seeds and rose petals.

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Thandai

Banaras is famous for its paan, a betel leaf wrapped around a mixture of areca nut, tobacco, and various flavorings like rose petals, cardamom, and saffron. 

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Paan

A sweet and indulgent snack, malai toast consists of bread slices coated with thickened milk (malai), sugar, and spices, then grilled until golden brown.

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Malai Toast

It consists of baked wheat dough balls (baati) served with a spicy mashed vegetable dish (chokha), usually made from roasted eggplant and potatoes.

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Baati Chokha