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19 March 2009 9 Comments

Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi is famous for these deep fried snacks.  Sweet Thekua, namakparas, samosas, kachoris, besan kaju and what not, with at least 5 varieties of each.

They are equally rich in taste and oil. The containers have holes in bottom and are placed on top of canisters for draining off extra oil.
They always use paper bags to pack and within a minute those bags are fully drenched in oil !!

My visits to the place are not complete unless I buy kilos of them ! Yes, whenever I happen to go there, there is a huge demand to bring these fresh crispy yummy items and I have to buy them by kilos and not by grams !!

No wonder when I asked the shopkeeper about his daily sale, he said anything between 200-250 Kgs per day. And this was just one of the many such shops.

A trip to Chandni Chowk and coming back without these goodies ? No way !

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9 Comments »

  • Deepu said:

    Lucky you. :) The most northern place in India I have visited is Goa. :( . I hope to make up some excuse to visit Dilli n probably Agra in near future.

    # 20 March 2009 at 4:32 AM
  • Shivanand Manthalkar said:

    I had been to Delhi and to Chandni Chowk on many occasions. A fantastic place…

    # 20 March 2009 at 8:38 AM
  • abhijit said:

    mouth watering… :-)

    # 20 March 2009 at 10:18 AM
  • rahul said:

    well I am a Delhi-7 guy :) but still can’t resist these delicacies, no matter how much I have.

    nice blog!!

    # 20 March 2009 at 12:05 PM
  • Trotter said:

    Hi Cuckoo!
    250 kgs a day? Wow! That’s big business…

    Meanwhile India 2008 is coming to its end at Blogtrotter. I know you’re getting a bit tired, but there are still some marvels to come ;) . Look forward to reading your comments! Enjoy and have a great weekend!

    # 20 March 2009 at 2:38 PM
  • Rahi said:

    aah muh me pani aa gaya. yaar abhi hath tang hai tabhi aapko ye post karne ka tha. god knows aaj dil ko kaise samjhaoonga.

    # 20 March 2009 at 5:32 PM
  • bindu said:

    Hi Cuckoo – thanks for stopping by my blog and linking my post to blogbharti. You have some great pictures here, and interesting posts! The snack foods look so awesome. The indian stores here are so inadequate in this regard … Hadn’t heard of the menstruating goddess before. How interesting. I wonder what the mechanism is by which the waters turn red. I hope there isn’t a dye factory nearby …

    # 21 March 2009 at 9:45 PM
  • Jeevan said:

    Last time I went to Delhi 6 was for dining at Karim’s. The first thing that struck me in those streets were the Electric wires. Didn’t take the risk of eating outside there.. Will give it a try next time :)

    # 21 March 2009 at 10:23 PM
  • Indrani said:

    That is quite a huge amount and that too sold from one shop.

    # 22 March 2009 at 6:56 PM

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