The street food of Chandni Chowk
Chandni Chowk’s claustrophobic souk includes a famous paranthe wale gali, but the paranthas were crisp-fried and not very tasty:
This guy scoops out delish kulfi from rusty metal molds and glops falooda on top:
This guy is a chaat maestro, tossing the ingredients in a cement mixer motion with only a leaf and a spoon:
According to corporate lore, the first Haldiram’s shop was on Chandni Chowk. One of their specialties is creating faux watermelons, apples, mangoes and pear barfi using pistas as stems. Their kulfi on a stick is divine:
Fruit juices flow from Mount Kailash:
Behind the metro station, an Ashoka pillar:
Across from Lal Qila sits this highly decorated corner mandir:
The narrow galis are a wholesale market:
White tourists are paraded through the zari wale gali on rickshaws:
A city government building:
on Thursday, February 22nd, 2007, 7:10 pm in Food, Photos, Travel › 
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Wonderful set of photos. Back in the day I used to hang out a lot at Lajpatrai market and Bhagirath palace where electronic components are sold. Brings back fond memories.
Great pictures. I haven’t been to Delhi in a long long time but it’s still as vibrant as I remember, if not more.
You shoulda tried the aloo tikkis there - they’re out of this world.
Near Jama Masjid, there are some dhabas that make one of the tastiest Indian non-vegetarian food.
Great photos. I had waited with great anticipation (and much salivation) to go to paranthewali gali in old Delhi. However, when I actually saw how they were cleaning the plates, I changed my mind. I read somewhere that some parantha shops there are more than a hundred years old. On the other hand, I liked the Haldiram’s restaurant on Chandni Chowk quite a lot.
Karim’s is one of the most famous Indian Non-Vegetarian restaurants near Jama Masjid, the founders were supposed to be chefs in Bahadurshah Jafar’s palace.
Yes, I meant Karim’s
wow……………….this all looks so kool…………………im not indian so ive never been to india but ive got to say this looks so wicked………………….and the decorations are fab!
note the male:female ration in the pics….chandni chowk is hell for women, especially if u fall below the “aunty” age - pushing, shoving, not to mention shameless groping is more the rule than the exception.
The Karims at Old Delhi is not very clean. The Karims at Nizamuddin is cleaner and has an overall better inside ambience. They do need to open a Karims restaurant in an area which is accessible without being accosted by panhandling children (Nizamuddin Karims) and navigating through crowded by lanes (Old Delhi Karims)
The food at the Nizamuddin Karims is delicious. I think thats probably the best Mughlai food in Delhi though the food in Sheraton is a close second.
love the pictures. so colorful..
captures real India so well..great job Manish..u should publish ur pictures in a book..
Hi,
I’m a student in design and Im involved in a project about cooling terracotta pot.
Could anybody tell me How are kulfi sold in the street on push cart without electricity? Which kind of storage do kulfi sellers use? Do they carry ice? Do the pots in which kulfis are stored contain ice?
Thank you
laura
jollycembalo@libero.it