Street food you must try in Amritsar
If there is one truth I have realised post my first time visit to Amritsar, it is that nowhere is street food better than here – spicy sweet tangy sour and creamy and greasy, it’s all out there on the street and yes it’s finger licking good! Whether it is the famous Amritsari kulcha or fish or just chai – it’s simply the best in Amritsar.
TEA
Starting with the humble tea. Gurmit Singh’s Giani Tea Stall on Queen’s Road has been around for half a decade and his tea in a glass could bring the dead back to life.
LUXE LASSI & KOOL KULFI
As for the sweet treats, the lassi and the kulfi-faloodas will transport you straight to heaven! The lassiwallah S. Surjan Singh Milk Bhandar at Chowk Regent Cinema in Amritsar has also been around for 50 years or more and as he swears, a finer frothier lassi is yet to be found! Then there are creamy kulfis, replete with slivers of rich crunchy dry fruit that are found at a multitude of outlets.
CHOLE PURI & KULCHA
Coming to the main course, try the chole in gleaming shining copper vessels hoisted on bicycles in Ram Maidan and Puri-Aloo Sabzi at Kanhas on Lawrence Road. Also the Amritsari kulchas at a dhaba called Kulchaland on Ranjit Avenue. Deliciously crisp, it is stuffed with potato and onion and baked in a tandoor and then a generous dollop of butter is patted on and it is served with a tangy chutney and chole.
CHICKAN SHIKAN
As for the carnivores among us, the dhabhas serving non-vegetarian food are Friends Dhaba on Queen’s Road, Amber on Lawrence Road and Sheetal Glass House also on Queens Road. Here the Tandoori Chicken is marinated to perfection and touched up with desi ghee. Also try also the divine Tava Chicken, Sangahda and Soul Fish and the Mutton Tikka Bada, with hot rotis or parathas at Makhans, Manjhita Road.
LADDOO SHADOO
Amar Chand & Sons in Guru Bazar on the way to the Golden Temple is the place for Besan Ladoos as also for all other kinds of ladoos. For jalebis go to Gurudas Ram Jelebiwala in the Katra Ahluwalia where jalebis are made from 5 am to 10 pm.
SPECIAL AAM PAPAD
You also simply cannot afford to miss the Aam Papadwalla Ram Lubhaya outside the govt. girls school on Lawrence road. He sells sevens types of aam papad, churan, anaar dana and other tangy treats off his roadside cart.
PAAN –THE FINALE
Make time for a stopover at Pinku Churasia Pan Shop on Ranjit Road for an amazing variety of paans ranging from Guava to chocolate. The variety is incredible and a fitting finale to any gourmet tour.
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