30 Popular Indian Street Food Recipes

Here is a collection of 30 of the best and most popular Indian Street Food recipes. The list is much longer, in fact. However, I have compiled the available recipes on the blog.

Street foods are much loved in India. They are basically snacks and breakfast items sold by street-side vendors. These are mostly finger foods and fast food items. They may not always be healthy, but they are really tempting. Such stalls are always crowded.

30 Popular Indian Street Food Recipes

Indian Street Food Varieties

These are more popular in metro towns like Mumbai and Delhi. But this is not restricted to metros only. Even small towns are crowded with street food stalls. However, the availability is greater near corporate houses, tourist places, schools, and colleges, where there is a high demand for such food. These are ready-to-eat foods or drinks sold by hawkers or street-side vendors. They are portable and use cycles, food trucks, or food carts.

Indian Street Food is as diverse as Indian Cuisine. The majority is occupied by South Indian Foods like Dosa and idli, which are loved equally in other parts of India, such as North India, East India, and West India.

The other popular regional street foods include vada pav, misal pav, pav bhaji, tawa pulao from West India, momos, bread pakoda, tikki chaat, aloo chaat, chole bhature from North India, dahi vada, golgappe, ghughni chaat from East India and so in South India.

Homemade Street Food Recipes

Here, I will divide the street food into seven sections;

1. South Indian Snacks: Idli, Dosa, Uttapam, Vada, etc.
2. Chat Centre: Aloo chat, Tikki chat, papdi chat, Bhel, Ragda
3. Indo-Chinese: Noodles, Fried rice, Manchurian, Chinese bhel, Chinese Pakoda, momos (North-eastern)
4. Sandwiches: Chilli Cheese Sandwich, Masala Toast Sandwich
5. Indian Snacks: Onion fritters, potato cakes (aloo tikki), mirchi bhajji, moong dal pakoda, palak fritters, samosa, vada pav
6. Indian Breakfast: Chole bhature, masala poori, dahi vada, bread pakoda, bread roll
7. Mumbai Special: Pav Bhaji, Masala Pav, Vada Pav, Misal Pav, Tawa Pulao

Below is the list with images. Click on the image or recipe title to direct to the recipe page.

I. South Indian Snacks/ Breakfast

1. South Indian Idli

2. Medu Vada

3. Dosa Sambar

4. Onion Uttapam

5. Masala Uttapam

II. Chaat Centre

1. Aloo Chaat

2. Papdi Chaat

3. Ragda Patties/ Aloo Tikki Chaat

III. Indo- Chinese Foods

1. Hakka Noodles

2. Chilli Paneer

3. Veg Manchurian

4. Chinese Bhel

5. Steamed Momos

IV. Sandwiches

1. Chilli Cheese Sandwich

2. Masala Toast Sandwich

V. Indian Snacks

1. Kanda Bhajia/ Onion Fritters

2. Chinese Fritters

3. Palak Pakoda

4. Cabbage Fritters

VI. Indian Breakfast (Regional)

1. Kanda Poha (Mumbai)

2. Upma (Mumbai)

3. Chole Bhature (North)

4. Bread Pakoda (North)

5. Bread Roll (North)

6. Dahi Vada (Odisha)

VII. Mumbai Special

1. Pav Bhaji

2. Tawa Pulao

3. Masala Pav

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