If your stomach is strong enough, I suggest trying out India’s most famous street dish called the “chaat”. This particular dish is so popular that most of us Indians will walk out of the house just to have a plate of chaat from the local street vendor. Most Indian localities will have one of these street food carts. As you can see below, the chaat is made of chickpeas with chillies and other hot spices. You think of a spice and it’s in it. The brown sauce running down the yoghurt is tamarind sauce, the classic ingredient of chaat that gives it that tangy taste. It will also have dried ginger and pepper, coriander leaves, onions, dried noodles, and aloo tikkis or samosas. If you love Indian food, you’ll love the chaat.
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Looks great Shalu! Is this a Northern Indian of Southern Indian type of dish? Might have to grab me a plate in Pondicherry today 😉
Ryan
I think its North Indian but you should be able to get this everywhere even in Pondicherry. A must try Ryan, I’m sure you’ll like it.
Great Dish Shalu!
Huff! It’s really looking Tasty. Truly, Now i feel like to eat this Chaat! Well, I ate Chaat sometime but i hope it will better than all! 🙂
Yes, its one tasty dish. Thank you for your comment.
Hi Shalu,
It surely IS YUM 🙂
An all time favorite at our end with all of us, and I’m glad I manage to make it off and on, but the taste that you get at the shops and the expertise with which they make it is awesome.
Some places are well known for their chat, though nowadays you get it all over the place. Not to mention that you can always ask or a combination of things or chutney’s you’d prefer on it…you got my mouth watering. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. Have a nice weekend 🙂
Hi Harleena
Its definitely the all time favourite for Indians. Love eating chaat. Thanks for your comment.
I love chaats . I eat paani puri every 2 days and i’ve been addicted to it .I would recommend foreigners to try out paani puri or bhel puri and am sure they’ll enjoy it . Thanks for sharing the information Shalu .
-Pramod
Paani Puri is also good, very irresistibly. They certainly must try it out when in India.
Wow ! Chat is so delicious . I have tasted this many times and its so delicious and yummy . My mouth gets filled with water 😀
I am sure you will like it too. Thanks for your comment.
Yummy..! I am enjoy Chat many times with friends in collages days.
Same here, thank you..
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Hi Shalu
India is known for its spicy food specifically north india. When you talk about indian fast/road side food then Chaat, Gol-gappa, Bhel-puri, tikki will be on the top of list.
Thanks for yummy post
HI Sunidhi
Absolutely, India is famous for these street dishes. Nice you mentioned the bhel puri, I love them.
I think your first lines sums it up: If you have a strong stomach 🙂 But the taste is worth trying and enjoying. 🙂
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The dish looks so yummy and I would definitely try it if I ever made it to India. Love samosas and naan bread so I guess I would enjoy chaat as well :-D!
Hi Agness, certainly worth trying it out when in India. Thanks for sharing and commenting.
Hi Shalu!
It is 11 p.m. here and I am hungry now! Craving Indian food 🙁 This dish looks like something I would surely love to eat.
The spicier the better for me!
-Donna
Its one tasty dish and I am sure you will like it. Thanks for your comment Donna.
What would our lives be without “chaat”! I wonder? It does not matter if it costs Rs 15 in a town or Rs 80 in a food court in a tier 1 city. Once you go street food in India, you never go back to your regular boring diet. :p
I am agree completely.
Thanks for your post…..its very tasty…nice dish…
The dish looks so yummy and I would definitely try it if I ever made it to India.
Indeed, one of the most popular of all Indian street dishes.
Yummy in tummy!!! Love to eat chat but I am completely fan for Hot Pani Puri 😀
Pani puri is good too.
Yummy in tummy… This is one of my favourite food all time. I am really missing it. Will eat soon
Let us know and don’t forget to take a photo for us. Thanks for your comment.
Looks good. I can’t agree with “street food”, mainly when it comes to this elaborated food.
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Thank you.
I need to bring my life partner to India. Specially at Mumbai Chopatti to taste all Indian street foods. Simply yummy 🙂
Chaat is really very delicious food of India. Chaat is local food of India & it can be found anywhere in India like in local city & stand area too. In fact most of women’s like to eat chaat.
Chaat is very delicious, I love it. Thanks for your comment.
ummy in tummy!!! Love to eat this………Chaat is very delicious, I love it.
Hi shalu,
yup i totally agree with you its the best street food and it is very delicious dish even i also love it . Thank you for sharing such Indian culture things with us
i love it…it is my best street food. thank u so much for sharing mam….
There we go with chaat! They do not look like street food when they are on the plate. Thanks for posting at least we can tell of them and take a bit when we visit. ~ Anetta
Aww too bad I haven’t had these. Actually I don’t remember seeing it on the streets. Hmm… with the way it looks, I wouldn’t have bought it anyway, unless an Indian was with me!
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I wonder what would be the taste of a mix of spicy and tangy. Seems interesting.
Yes, Thanks for your post…..its very tasty…nice dish… The dish looks so yummy and I would definitely try it if I ever made it to India. Keep sharing.
Awesome, I just love chaat, In fact I love to eat Paani Poori and Choole Bhatoore of Nehru Place in New Delhi,
I also like Bread Pakora’s of Okhla railway station, its tasty but the feeling you get is even more tasty 🙂
Hi,
Thanks for sharing ,Really its Nice food,So many lovers have Pani poori,chat…:)
Yummm!! What fantastic looking pic here! I am not a chaat fan but your Bhalla Papdi Chaat pic are tempting me away (can you parcel me please :p)
I Love Chaat too like every Indian!!! It’s very testy and nice vag dish of India.
HI,
Chaat papdi is awesome delicious food. When I came in india last time then i taste it. it supurbbbbbbb.
This post is so so mouth watering. I am literally going to eat chaat now.
This food looks really yummy, would love to have a bite 😀
Really awesome post and pic. I would like eat chaat Daily One of the my favorite Street Food..
Really awesome post about popular chaats. The pic is extremely good and the chaat look yummy. Will definitely try out Bhalla papdi chaat. Thanks for sharing!
Very testy!! I can’t control if I was see chaat.According to me, this is a beautifully written info and the pictures are absolutely “Beautiful”real pic.. Thanks for sharing your wonderful suggestions.
Yummy Yummy. This is so mouth watering. Would tell my mom to make this for me.
I have tried most of the chaat items and they are amazing. Thinking of it makes me tongue watering. Thanks for the post.
Hi Shalu,
Reading your article and the comments above, I already know that this street food is really worth to try when I visited your country. Thank you for the information.