I visited the INA Market area of Delhi to try a very popular street food there called 'Dahi ke Sholay.' It's fried bread rolls, stuffed with curd / yoghurt and cheese.
I had been recommended this place by many Delhi locals and after trying this desi snack, I'm happy to say that it lives up to the hype. A must try if you're visiting Delhi, and at only 40 rupees (£0.38 GBP / $0.48 USD) why not?
Those of you who have been watching my videos for a few years may recognise the area where I was eating the Dahi ke Sholay. Right behind me was the juice shop where a rickshaw wala was pestering me in a previous vlog ( • $2 South Indian Uttapa... ).
I remembered that in that vlog I'd eaten a delicious bowl of sambar vada up the street, so I went searching for that shop. Fortunately the sambar vada wala was still there, albeit with higher prices. Inflation is real.
Sambar is a spicy Indian vegetable broth and vada is a savoury kind of donut made with lentils, originating from South India. That combination are perfect together, as the sambar soaks into the vada perfectly and it feels like nice warm, spicy comfort food. Yum yum!
Next door to the Sambar Vada Wala was a legal documents office, and the owner, Mr Shlok, gave me a suggestion for some more street food. I told him that I would visit Lajpat Nagar Market and he said there's a famous shop there called Dolma Auntie Momos. Then he offered to drive me there in his car.
There was a bit of confusion when we got to the Najpat Nagar bazar, as there were multiple shops called 'Dolma Auntie Momos'. We tried to find the original and authentic one, which we eventually discovered was down a lane, not on the main road. But the staff there told us that the other Dolma Auntie shops were also owned by the same people, and were branches and not fake versions of the shop.
The momos were cheap and tasty. Would definitely recommend them.
While in the market, we went hunting to find me a Delhi Capitals cricket jersey, but to no avail. Who would have thought it would be so difficult to find a cricket jersey in India?
Instead, I bought a nice hoodie after some hard bargaining with the vendor.
And I celebrated that bargaining victory with a fresh vegetable juice. Fresh juice is always readily available and cheap in Indian cities.
I finished off the afternoon foodie adventure with an Indian mouth cleanser known as paan. We visited a famous paan vendor called Prince Paan in the Greater Kailash area of Delhi, who had some interesting variations of paan.
As the afternoon came to an end, the rush hour traffic began, and it was going to be difficult for me to get back to my hotel by car. So I opted to call a motorbike via Uber, to get through the traffic a bit easier.
After relaxing in my hotel, I went back out to meat Shlok and his girlfriend for dinner. We visited Yashwant Place which is a casual semi-outdoor eating area with lots of small restaurants. Most seem to be focused on Chinese food and North Indian food.
We visited Shlok's favourite restaurant there and enjoyed a good feast, followed by chocolate cake to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday.
0:00 Dahi ke Sholay
5:26 Sambar Vada
12:55 Dolma Auntie Momos
19:57 Cricket Jersey Hunt
25:32 Bargaining for Hoodie
32:43 Mixed Vegetable Juice
37:10 Famous Paan Shop
43:28 Uber Motorbike Rush Hour Ride
49:25 Holiday Inn Delhi Aerocity
51:54 Foodie Hangout Area (Yashwant Place)
58:08 Golden Fried Prawns
1:00:31 Afghani Chicken
1:03:21 Chicken Tikka
1:05:07 Galouti Kebab
1:07:53 Matka Phirni
1:09:50 Chicken Momo
1:10: 39 Birthday Cake
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