5 dishes in India
5 street foods from Rajasthan, India: Pyaaz Kachori, Mirchi Vada, Dal Baati Churma, Ghevar and Bikaneri Bhujia. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.
Jodhpur Original · Onion-Stuffed Fried Pastry
Pyaaz Kachori
Jodhpur's kachori shops usually sell it alongside mirchi bada, a fat green chili stuffed with spiced potato and fried in gram-flour batter — the…
A maida dough is stuffed with a spiced onion filling (often blended with a touch of mashed potato), sealed, and deep-fried until deeply golden and flaky, then served split open with a…
Monsoon Favorite · Stuffed Chili Fritter
Mirchi Vada
Jodhpur's version depends on big, mild local chilies, large enough to hold a full potato stuffing and mild enough to eat whole.
Large, mild green chilies are slit and stuffed with a spiced mashed-potato filling, dipped in gram-flour batter, and deep-fried until the coating turns crisp and golden. Jodhpur's stalls…
Rajasthani Feast · Baked Wheat Ball Trio
Dal Baati Churma
Local legend holds that Rajput soldiers once baked baati by burying the dough balls in hot desert sand — a method that, true or not, still explains…
Hard wheat-flour balls (baati) are baked or roasted until firm, then cracked open and doused in ghee before being served alongside a rich lentil dal and a sweet, crumbled mix of wheat…
Teej Special · Honeycomb Disc Sweet
Ghevar
It is made in a tall metal mould set in hot ghee, and cooks pour the batter in a thin stream, a ladleful at a time, building up the honeycomb…
A thin batter of flour, ghee, and milk is poured into hot ghee in a disc shape, where it fries into a lattice of holes with a honeycomb-like texture, then gets soaked in sugar syrup and…