Take a deep dive into India’s chaat and street food culture with the book India Local

Take a deep dive into India’s chaat and street food culture with the book India Local

The introductory paragraph to Sonal Ved’s latest cookbook, India Local, describes it as a ‘cross-country culinary adventure’. And rightly so, as the author-journalist brings us recipes of over 90+ classic chaats, and 45+ street food delicacies from across the country. “I started work on this book two-and-a-half years ago,” says Sonal, who was working on […]

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Google Doodle celebrates popular street food pani puri with interactive game

Google Doodle celebrates popular street food pani puri with interactive game

On July 12, 2015, a restaurant called Indori Zayka and Dainik Bhaskar achieved the World Record for serving the most flavours of pani puri by offering 51 options. Google on July 12 celebrated one of India’s most loved street food pani puri with a fun interactive game. On this day in 2015, in Indore, Madhya […]

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This pani puri ATM dishes out hygenic chaat at the press of a button

This pani puri ATM dishes out hygenic chaat at the press of a button

Pani Puri machines by Penguin Engineering | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In almost every street corner and across several eateries, there is a person cracking a hole on the surface of a small puri to stuff it with mashed potatoes and chickpeas, boondhi or peas and dunking it in a pot of chilled, spiced and […]

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