10 Most Famous Street Foods in Agra

You may visit the city of Taj Mahal for the historical structures and monuments. However, there are many things that Agra is famous for. One of the best things to do in Agra is to taste the top local cuisine of Agra. The street food in Agra is influenced by the Mughal culture centuries ago. The taste is unique and you have to try all the dishes listed here. In addition to the famous Agra sweet called Agra Petha, there are also lesser known snacks and Mughali cuisine to taste here.

Top 10 Local Cuisine of Agra which you must try

1. Stuff Paratha

This is one of the top foods of Agra especially for vegetarians. There are so many variants with different vegetables such as boiled mashed potato, grated cheese or carrot, small bits of cauliflower, and different flavors. This is one of the best Indian foods that you can taste in Agra. The tasty flat bread is one of the dishes straight from Mughal kitchens. This is one of the authentic North Indian cuisines that you would like to tasty.

2. Bhalla

Chats are tangy snacks prepared with different items and variants that you find all over India. However, this chat is specially made as street food in Agra called Bhalla. Some people would make it similar to Aloo ki Tikki which is made from potatoes. This is a healthy and fulfilling dish to satisfy you if you need an evening snack. This dish made of boiled mashed potatoes with chopped and lightly friend onion and green peas is available in several bylanes of Agra. It is also found in popular market places bazaars in Agra.

3. Mughalai Dishes

This is one of the top non-vegetarian favorites of the locals in Agra and all who taste it. This is one of the dishes that have passed down from many generations of the Mughal culinary culture. This can be any mean such as lamb meat or chicken that is prepared in authentic Mughali style. The spicy meat curries are garnished with dried nuts and fruits. The use of spices gives the taste and smell of the dish which is now found in many parts of North India and the Deccan region.

4. Dalmoth

This is another tasty evening snack served at several places in Agra. This makes a great side snack along with sipping tea or coffee on a cold or wet winter evening. Moreover, this is one of the dry and crispier type of snack so you have to chew a lot. It is made of sev, a thin long ingredient and garnished with groundnuts and also roasted grams and lentils. It is served and packed in packets and boxes and the spicy dry snack with make you remember you trip to Agra.

5. Bedai (Served with Jalebi)

This is one of the tasty breakfast and most famous street foods in Agra. It is also served with Jelabi which is a famous local cuisine in India. However, here it is served with the breakfast called Bedai which is a typical spicy local food in Agra. So, the locals eat it sweet and spicy so Bedai is served with Jelabi which is fried and soaked in sugar syrup. Bedai is a deep freid food known also as Kachori and served with curry generally spiced potato curry.

6. Shawarma

This is a famous Indian food made from vegetarian and non vegetarian in a roll. This roll chases you in all the happening eateries in major destinations in India. But the Shawarma you bite in Agra gives you a taste of authentic Agra cuisine. These spicy chicken fried pieces are rolled up in flat bread and served with chutneys. The most common is green sauce made from mint leaves or chilly sauce. It also has grated or small vegetable pieces with some mayonnaise.

7. Paneer Tikka

This is a famous Indian food made from vegetarian and non vegetarian in a roll. This roll chases you in all the happening eateries in major destinations in India. But the Shawarma you bite in Agra gives you a taste of authentic Agra cuisine. These spicy chicken fried pieces are rolled up in flat bread and served with chutneys. The most common is green sauce made from mint leaves or chilly sauce. It also has grated or small vegetable pieces with some mayonnaise.

7. Paneer Tikka

Paneer tikka is another dish that runs in most famous eateries in India all over the country. This is one few the healthy and tasty vegetarian dish for the vegetarians in the country. This is a milk product and is served directly or even in a gravy dish like potato curry with green peas. This is also a great starter snack grilled and served with chutney. In Agra, it is prepared on coal but there are no harmful things in it.

8. Jalebi Sweet

This is a lip smacking sweet dish and you can find this in every street and by lane in India. It is deep friend in oil and soaked in sugar syrup. You can find these on the road and also at top restaurants in Agra. It makes a great evening snack too. It is difficult to keep away from this sweet dish called Jalebi especially when you are in Agra.

9. Agra Petha

This sweet is made from ash gourd in a very complicated way. This is a soft square cube that melt in your mouth. It originates from the town of Agra and so it is called Agra Petha as the name goes. Now a days it is also made in various variants. Sellers from the smallest market places to the largest luxury hotels offers visitors to Agra as a specialty sweet of that place. The larger premium hotels serve the sweet garnished with silver foil and tiny grated variety of nuts.

10. Tandoori Chicken

As the name suggests, the chicken in made on heat from the tandoor which was a typical Mughal style of cooking in ancient times. Now there are electronic tandoors available and most people use that. This kind of chicken gives a ‘roasted on fire’ kind of taste. It is pure dry meat and not like the normal gravy or oily chicken curries that you find in Asia.

Now that you know about the 10 top street foods of Agra now taste the top local cuisine of Agra. While you visit the marble white monument of love - TajMahal and other Agra monuments such as Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah, Akbar's Tomb and many others. Make sure to taste all the above dishes listed here.