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Top food to try in Delhi

6 dishes to eat in Delhi, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-08

1. Chole bhature

Chole bhature
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Spiced chickpeas with a large deep-fried leavened bread. A heavy, definitive Delhi breakfast.

2. Butter chicken

Butter chicken
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Tandoori chicken in a tomato, butter and cream gravy, invented in Delhi in the 1950s from leftover tandoori meat.

3. Parathas

Parathas
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Stuffed griddle breads with potato, radish or paneer, fried in ghee and served with pickle and curd.

4. Chaat

Chaat
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Golgappa, aloo tikki, papdi chaat — sharp, sweet, sour street snacks assembled to order.

5. Kebabs of Old Delhi

Kebabs of Old Delhi
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Seekh and galouti kebabs from the Mughal kitchens, cooked over charcoal in the lanes around Jama Masjid.

6. Jalebi and rabri

Jalebi and rabri
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Fermented batter fried into spirals, soaked in syrup, eaten hot with thickened milk.

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