# India's most popular street food

Indians' favourite street foods from Delhi to Mumbai and Kolkata, based on lists by Live Hindustan, News18 Hindi and Navbharat Times.

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- Nov 23, 2025 · Aarti Gupta
- https://even.best/en/l/607/india-s-most-popular-street-food

## Top 12

1. **Pani puri / golgappa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crisp puris with potato, chickpeas and spicy-tangy water; every city has its own name.
2. **Chole bhature** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spicy chickpeas with puffed fried bread, Delhi's favourite street food.
3. **Vada pav** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Potato fritter and chutneys in a bun, Mumbai's burger.
4. **Pav bhaji** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spicy mashed vegetables with buttered rolls, Mumbai's pride.
5. **Samosa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Triangular pastry with potato and peas, with tea.
6. **Aloo tikki chaat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crisp potato patties with yoghurt, chutneys and sev.
7. **Papdi chaat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crisp wafers with yoghurt, chutneys and spices.
8. **Kathi roll** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kolkata's kebab wrapped in paratha.
9. **Kachori** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lentil or onion-filled kachori, famous in Rajasthan and Varanasi.
10. **Poha** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flattened rice breakfast; Indore's poha-jalebi is famous.
11. **Momos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Steamed dumplings from the Himalayas, now on every street.
12. **Idli sambar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — South Indian breakfast from Chennai's carts.
13. **Jalebi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hot jalebis from morning breakfast to late night.
14. **Dabeli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spicy potato filled pav from Kutch (Gujarat) with pomegranate and peanuts.
15. **Sev Puri** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mumbai chaat made by adding potatoes, chutney and sev on small puris.
16. **Bhel Puri** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mumbai's famous Chowpatty chaat made with puffed rice, sev, onion and chutneys.

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