Durga Puja – The major festival in Eastern India especially in West Bengal. As Bengalis are very fond of food, you can find a perfect mix of all types of dishes from several states here. But the flavour of street foods of Kolkata has no match. During the five days of Durga Puja, enjoying street foods with Pandal hooping is a must for all Bengalis.
If you are new in Bengal and a passionate food lover, you must try the 5 superhot tasty street foods at least once:
Puchka
You can find this extremely delicious street food in other parts of India also like panipuri in Mumbai and Golgappa in Delhi. You can find puchka in different flavours and the sellers make them mouth-watering with the perfect mix of chilli powder, salts and little bit of tamarind. You just can’t have one and leave the place.
Jhalmuri
Puffed rice mixed with tomato, chopped onion, peanuts, coconut, sliced boiled potato, green chillies, salts and chilli powder. That would be a perfect snack in between Pandal hooping and the best part, you can be mobile while enjoying jhalmuri.
Chops/Telebhaja
Several varieties of this food is available in West Bengal. They are also called ‘Telebhaja’ as they are prepared with deep fried in oil. The most popular among them are chops made from potatoes, eggs, fishes, capsicums and even from green chilli. With a pinch of salt and onion rings, they just become tastier.
Ghugni
This is yellow coloured pea’s curry which you can find sometime at the same stall of puchka. With the addition of tamarind chutney, this simple preparation becomes just extremely tasty.
Eggroll
Egg rolls are one of the most favourite snack options in Kolkata, especially during festival days when you want to minimize your Tiffin time to give more focus on Pandal hooping.
Fast foods are not at all healthy. But who cares ? Ignore the words like ‘healthy’, ‘hygienic’ etc in those five days of festival and enjoy the true colour of street foods in Kolkata.
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