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I found this list on the internet.
---------------------------------------------------- Some stations on Indian Railways are famous for the regional specialty food items available there. Below follows a list of some of them. Compiled by Sukrut Thipse. Pune - Tea, Misal, and Patties in the canteen Karjat - Batata vada / vada pav (Potato snack) Lonavala - Chocolate Fudge / Cashewnut Chikki (cashewnut brittle candy) Neral - Seasonal Jambhool fruit Khandala - Seasonal Jamoon fruit (plums) Solapur - Kunda (sweet barfi) Kolhapur - Sugarcane juice Miraj - Saar and Rice Hubli - Hubli rice (Curd rice (yogurt rice) with onions, chile peppers, and pickles) Mysore - Dosa 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 Ahmedabad - Vadilal ice-cream Surat - Undhyo (mixed vegetables) Ranchi - Puri bhaji Howrah - Sandesh Amritsar - Lassi, Aloo paratha Bangalore - Vada sambar, fresh fruit juices 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/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 - Boli (a thick sweet flat bread) Sankarankoil - Chicken biryani Srivilliputtur - Paal kova (a soft milk-based sweet) Manapparai - Murukku ---------------------------------------------------- Last edited by steven_ber : May 3rd, 2003 at 02:32. |
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Abu Road - Rabri
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There's also an excellent milk bar at the train station in Agra.
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interesting thread ... wonder why this has been dormant..
some additions from my side ( purely from personal experience & taste ) - chennai : you get a good variety of south indian food in the food joints in chennai central . sambar rice and curd rice worth a mention. - surat : i loved the vada pavs there. its quite popular too. - shoranur : Biryanis - one of the best biryanis i tasted were in shoranur station ( well i dont know whether they retain the same standard, i tasted the last one 10 years back ). you get good biryanis in mangalore and cannanore too. - secunderabad - i find this station quite disappointing from the food perspective. heard that they are planning to improve the food scene with new food joints etc. - somewhere on the wadi -bangalore stretch you get idlis with terrific chutneys. dont remember exactly where. |
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Benjoe's restaurant in Margao Station does the most amazing everything!!
Excellent samosas, biryani to die for and mean channa masala. One of the best I've come across. I love the oldie style train station restaurants!! You know the ones, ran with military precision, where every last grain of rice has to be accounted for. Some amazing food to be had in these places!! |
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bang on! how did i miss that? yes it is definitely in my list too.
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Any train crossing Nagpur turn Orange
I do not know how and from where they appear.....Orange vendors all of a sudden 'attack' the train with bags of garden fresh oranges the moment the train touches the orchard area. The same thing in south parts of Andhra. But this time the attack is with mangos ![]() |
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Let me add. On the train ride from Bangalore to Mysore you will stop at Madhur. You have to have the famous Madhur Vadai. When we drove even we would go to the train station just to have their Vadai. Madhur Vadai is differenet from Medu Vadai, which is also excellent.
Some precautions! Do NOT eat the chutney though the chutney is heavenly! You will get sick! Trust me. I try and eat their chutney only when I am in the tail end of my trip so that I can get sick after I return. Wow! am I hungry now...
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what is halwah?
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sandesh at howrah..mmmmm :-))
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also A sweetmeat made from lentils, dryfruits, flour or vegetables. ![]() |
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Quote:
http://www.punjabilok.com/rasoi/recipes_10.htm
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Special food items - Dharwad
Hubli-Dharwad are twin cities in North Karnataka.
Dharwad is famous for Pedha (a sweet item). Delicious n yummy ! |
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Rabri at Etawah.
Samosas at Mecheda on the Howrah Puri route. Rice & chicken curry at Barog. Sitabhog & Mihidana at Burdwan. Langchas at Shaktigarh. Omellets at Mirage. Chicken cutlets at the cafeteria in Howrah station. Gulabi Rewris at Lucknow. Pethas at Agra. |
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Fried Yellow Bananas at cochin / ernakulam are called Pazham Puri's.
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