From the famous chole bhature of Karol Bagh to the iconic Paranthe Wali Gali, Delhi’s street food lives in the memory of every visitor. The history of this food is closely linked to the rise of the city itself. What we today call street food became popular with the arrival of merchants, kings, and travellers from distant regions, who turned Delhi into a bustling marketplace.
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Few people know that the popular aloo tikki was invented through experimentation by merchants in Old Delhi.
At a time when the str
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