Sunday, December 29, 2013

Speciality Food at Indian Railway Stations

                                            Speciality Food at Indian Railway Stations



Some stations on Indian Railways are famous for the regional specialty food items available there. Below follows a list of some of them.

Bangalore - Vada sambar, fresh fruit juices
Pune - Tea, Misal, and Patties in the canteen
Karjat - Batata vada / vada pav (Potato snack)
Lonavala - Chocolate Fudge / Cashew nut Chikki (cashew nut brittle candy)

Haveri - Savanur Khara
Neral - Seasonal Jambhool fruit
Khandala - Seasonal Jamoon fruit (plums)
Solapur - Kunda (sweet barfi)
Kolhapur - Sugarcane juice
Miraj - Saar and Rice
Hubli - Curd Rice (yogurt Rice) with onions, chilly peppers & pickles)
Mysore - Dosa & Mysore pak sweet
Tiruchirapalli - Bondas in several variations
Hyderabad - Chicken biryani
Calicut (Kozhikode) - Dal vada
Quilon - Rasam
Mangalore - Egg Biryani
Ernakulam - Fried yellow bananas
Nagpur - Bhujia, and oranges
Guntakal - Mango jelly
Chennai Central - Samosas, idli, dosa
Rameshwaram - Idiuppam (Rice Noodles)
Agra - Petha (candied pumpkin)
New Delhi - Aloo chat (tangy potato snack)
Indore - Farsan

Karajgi- karnataka - Hot Idli and Vadas
Ahmedabad - Vadilal ice-cream
Surat - Undhyo (mixed vegetables) ,Vada pavs
Ranchi - Puri bhaji
Howrah - Sandesh
Amritsar - Lassi, Aloo paratha
Jaipur - Dal bati
Gandhidham - dabeli
Varanasi - Seasonal amrud fruit (guava)
Gorakhpur - Rabdi (a sweet made of milk and sugar)
Guwahati - Tea (Assam blend)
Madurai - Uthappam (spicy lentil/Rice pancake)
Ajmer - Mewa (Mix fruit)
Vasco-da-gama - Fish curry/Veg cutlets
Ratnagiri - Mangoes, dried jackfruit
Vijayawada - Fruit juices
Rajahmundry - Bananas
Daund - Peanuts
Tirupati - Ladoos, sevai
Londa - Jackfruit
Allahabad - Motichur ladoos
Ambala - Aloo paratha
Puri - Halwah
Bhubaneshwar - Dal and Rice
Coimbatore - Sambar-Rice, Tamarind-Rice, Lemon-Rice
Dehradun - Salted cucumber
Gwalior, Bhopal - Boiled chickpeas with chile peppers
Surendranagar - Tea with camel's milk
Anand - Gota (fenugreek fritters), and milk from the dairy farm there
Khambalia Junction - Potato/onion/chili fritters
Dwaraka - Milk pedhas
Viramgam - Fafda (ganthiya), Poori + Alu-bhaji
Pendra Road - Samosas
Manikpur - Cream
Thanjavur - Salted cashewnuts
Bharuch - Peanuts
Maddur - Maddur-vade
Chinna Ganjam - Cashewnuts
Gudur - Lemons
Panruti - Jackfruit
Virudunagar - Poli (a thick sweet flat bread)
Sankarankoil - Long Bananas , Chicken biryani
Srivilliputtur - Paal kova (a soft milk-based sweet)
Manapparai – Murukku
Kalluru ( guntakal ) -- Hot Idlis & chutneys
Nalwar -- Bhel missal
Panjim - Cashwe Nuts-Roasted
 
 
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