Saturday, December 9, 2017

Food at Indian Railway Stations

Food at Indian Railway Stations

                                                           Bangalore city Junction


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 ----

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