Food at Indian
Railway Stations
Specialty 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 which are divided in
5 Blocks.
Moong Dhal Pakoda
Chole Bature
NORTH INDIA --
Railway Junctions / Stations
1)Agra - Petha
(candied pumpkin)
2)New Delhi -
Aloo chat (tangy potato snack)
3)Amritsar -
Lassi, Aloo paratha
4)Varanasi -
Seasonal amrud fruit (Guava)
5)Gorakhpur -
Rabdi (a sweet made of milk and sugar)
6)Guwahati - Lal
Chai (Assam blend Tea)
7)Lucknow - Shahi
Biryani & Sadella Laddu
8)MughalSarai --
Rumali Roti & Aloo bajji & Puri Sabji
9)Bareilly --
Moong dhall Pakodi
10)Patna -- Litti
11)Jallandhar --
Choley Bature
12)Kharagpur Jn
-- Dum Aloo & Aloo Tikki
13)Amritsar --
Lassi
14)Bilaspur --
Samosa
15)Old Delhi --
Bread pakoda
16)Allahabad -
Motichur ladoos & Guava fruits
17)Ambala - Aloo
paratha & Channa Kulcha & Masala Milk
18)Dehradun -
Salted cucumber
19)Mathura Jn --
Peda (Kesar)
20)Tundla Jn --
Aloo Tikki
21)Varanasi --
Rabri (sweet dish) & Lassi
22)Ludhiana --
Badam Milk
23)Bhatinda --
Alo Parathas with Sweet curd & Pudina chutneys
24)Panipat --
Bread Pakoras
25)Naseerabad
Cantt -- Kachories
26)Dudhnoi
station -- Saulor pitha - a Rice Dish
Aloo Dum
Ven Pongal
Pazham puri
SOUTH INDIA --
Railway Junctions / Stations
1)Bangalore -
Vada Sambar, fresh fruit juices
2)Haveri -
Savanur Khara
3)Hubli - Curd
Rice (yogurt Rice) with onions, chilly peppers & pickles)
4)Mysore - Dosa &
Mysore pak sweet
5)Tiruchirapalli
- Bondas in several variations
6)Hyderabad -
Chicken biryani
7)Calicut
(Kozhikode) - Dal vada & Halwa and Banana chips
8)Quilon - Rasam
9)Mangalore - Egg
Biryani
10)Ernakulam -
Fried yellow Bananas
11)Guntakal -
Mango jelly
12)Chennai
Central - Idli, Dosa's , Murukku
13)Rameshwaram -
IdiAppam (Rice Noodles)
14)Karajgi - Hot
Idli and Vadas
15)Trivandram --
Appam with Coconut Milk
16)Guntakkal --
Utappam & Pongal & Mango Jelly
17)Dharmavaram
-- Dal vada & Masala Vada & Idli
18)Madurai -
Uthappam (spicy lentil/Rice pancake),Veg Meals
19)Vasco-da-gama
- Fish curry/Veg cutlets
20)Tirupati -
Ladoos, Rice sevai
21)Londa -
Jackfruit
22)Coimbatore -
Sambar-Rice, Tamarind-Rice, Lemon-Rice
23)Thanjavur -
Salted cashewnuts
24)Maddur -
Maddur-vade
25)Dharwad --
Peda
26)Gudur - Lemons
& Lemon Rice
27)Panruti -
Jackfruit & Halwa
28)Virudunagar -
Poli (a thick sweet flat bread)
29)Sankarankoil -
Long Bananas , Chicken biryani
30)Srivilliputtur
- Paal kova (a soft milk-based sweet)
31)Manapparai –
Murukku
32)Kalluru (
Guntakal ) -- Hot Idlis & chutneys
33)Nalwar -- Bhel
Missal & Cucumber Mix
34)Katpadi --
Curd Rice
35)Warrangal --
Medu Vada
36)Belagavi --
Kunda sweet
37)Gokak --
Karadantu sweet
38)Davanagere --
Benne Masala dosa
39)Chinna Ganjam
- Cashewnuts
40)Sankari durg
-- Hot Jelebis
41)Cochin station
-- Pazham puri
42)Erode junction
-- Curd Rice
43)Tiruppur
station -- Sambar Rice
44)Karur Junction
-- Tamrind Rice
Lassi
Puri Bhaji
CENTRAL INDIA --
Railway Junctions / Stations
1)Nagpur -
Bhujia, and oranges
2)Indore - Farsan
& Gutte ki kis
3)Ranchi - Puri
bhaji
4)Gwalior -
Boiled chickpeas with chile peppers
5)Ratlam -- Poha
6)Jhansi -- Aloo
puri & Channa Batura
7)Itarsi --
Channa Batura
8)Nagpur -- Misal
& Bhujia & Oranges
9)Bhopal -- Kulfi
& chole Bature
10)Balharshah --
Egg Omlette
11)Orai station
-- Salted Kachori with Gulab jamoon
Vada Pav
Moongodi Sawai
WESTERN INDIA --
Railway Junctions / Stations
1)Pune - Misal &
Patties & Vadapav
2)Karjat - Batata
vada / vada pav (Potato snack)
3)Lonavala -
Chocolate Fudge / Cashew nut Chikki (Cashew nut brittle candy)
4)Neral -
Seasonal Jambhool fruit
5)Khandala -
Seasonal Jamoon fruit (plums)
6)Solapur - Kunda
(sweet barfi) & Pav Bhaji
7)Kolhapur -
Sugarcane juice
8)Miraj - Rasam
and Rice
9)Jaipur - Dal
bati
10)Gandhidham -
Dabeli
11)Anand --
Flavored Milk
12)Ajmer -- Kadai
Kachori & Mewa (Mix Fruits)
13)Ahmedabad -
Vadilal ice-cream
14)Surat - Undhyo
(mixed vegetables) & Vada pav & Moongfali
15)Chittorgarh --
Onion & Potato Pakoda
16)Surendranagar
-- Camel's Milk Tea
17)Ratnagiri -
Mangoes, dried jackfruit
18)Daund -
Peanuts & Veg Biryani
19)Anand - Gota
(fenugreek fritters), and milk from the dairy farm there
20)Khambalia
Junction - Potato/onion/chili fritters
21)Dwaraka - Milk
pedhas
22)Viramgam -
Fafda (ganthiya), Poori + Alu-bhaji
23)Pendra Road -
Samosas
24)Abu Road --
Rabri (sweet dish)
25)Jodhpur --
Mirch Bajji
26)Manikpur -
Cream
27)Bharuch -
Roasted Peanuts
28)Mumbai -- Vada
Pav & Biryani
29)Madgoan --
Roasted Cashew Nuts & Garlic Bread
30)Panjim --
Cashew Nuts-Roasted & Grilled Sandwich
31)Baroda --
Chuda & Mixures
32)Nasirbad
Station -- Kachura - 10 times bigger than Kachori
33)Sawai Madhopur
Station -- Moongodi dish
34)Sadile Station
-- Laddu's
35)Igatpuri --
Hot Samosa with Tomato chutney
Sandesh sweet
Mango Jelly
EASTERN INDIA --
Railway Junctions / Stations
1)Howrah -
Sandesh sweet & Jhaal Muri & Rasgolla & Monginis Rolls
2)Puri - Halwah
3)Bhubaneshwar -
Dal and Rice
4)Vijayawada -
Mango Jelly & Fruit juices & Dal Vada & Idli
5)Rajahmundry -
Bananas
6)Calcutta
--Sweet curd, Luchis, Rasgollas & Lime Tea
7)GunturJunction
-- Bread Omlette
8)Asansol -- Veg
Patties
9)Kumarghat
station -- Bolied Maize with Masala Coated
Veg patties
Jhaal Muri
Don't miss the Specialty Foods at different Railway Stations when you are traveling
on Indian Railways across India and it's often astonishingly very
Good.
You need to get it Packed or Eat there itself depending upon the
train halting time.
Forget about
total Hygenic conditions insist for fresh and Hot served well and
good.
Enjoy it
---- Hari Om ----
