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Tag: Street food
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a hawker or vendor.
Ganne ka Ras | A desi health drink
Popularly known as ganne ka ras, the sugarcane juice is not just another drink, but one of the healthiest drinks that you could lay your hands on. It is a healthy, raw, natural, whole plant food that heals and restores our bodies. Freshly extracted juices contain live enzymes and nutrients that are easily absorbed by the body for quick nourishment. Raw sugarcane juice is in fact nature’s perfect wonder food. It hydrates the body instantly and helps in regaining energy.
Samosa | The quintessential Indian snack
No evening snack in India can be complete without tea and the quintessential samosa. It is considered an Indian delicacy, but its history is far more complex and cosmopolitan than that. It is a historic artefact and is a product of the process of globalisation — the product of influences of the great migrations and interactions that shaped this country.
Litti-Chokha | A dish from Magadh era
Litti along with chokha is a complete meal. Litti is a dough ball made up of whole wheat flour and stuffed with Sattu mixed with herbs and spices and then baked over coal or cow dung cakes or wood and sometimes it is also tossed with lots of ghee.
Bhaarbhunja | A Healthy Snack
Bhaarbhunja [parched grain] is cooked usually using short grain parboiled rice, grams or chickpeas, groundnuts. Rice, grams, groundnuts are roasted in a huge wok-like vessel called karahi with hot sand. A karahi is a type of thick, circular, and deep cooking pot (similar in shape to a wok) used in South Asian cuisine. The word has been coined from bhaar, which means stove and bhunja means gram or chickpeas.
Gola (Shave Ice) | Thanda, Thanda, Cool, Cool!
The Gola’s crunchy shaved ice stays inside the mouth for longer. It freezes the tongue, chills the teeth and numbs the cavities. Its iciness makes you deliciously comfortable and for a moment you yearn for the summer to last longer.
Jhalmuri | A Healthy and Delicious Snack
Jhalmuri (ঝালমুড়ি) is a popular street food in eastern India, especially in West Bengal. It is a great snack food – light, healthy and quick to fix and bursting with flavor. It’s spicy, tangy, crispy, & crunchy! Jhal in Bangla means spicy and Muri is of course the puffed rice and it is made by heating rice in a sand-filled oven. Muri is to rice as popcorn is to corn.
