we're an Indore, India and this street behind me has 56 street food stalls in
it, so we're going on a massive street food hunt today we're starting first
thing in the morning and this is going to go right through to the night time
Indore is one of India's street food capitals, this video is part of our huge
India series and we're exploring Chappan Dukan a street food paradise made up of
56 food stalls to hunt down Indore's most delicious street food, there is so much
incredible food coming up so make sure you watch right to the end of this video
I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate, we hope you're hungry
let's eat!
this street, Chappan Dukan is really quiet in the morning but as the day goes on, it
progressively gets busier and busier until it is crazy at night we've come
super early to try the famous Indore breakfast of poha let's go grab a
plate
this is the famous breakfast dish of Indore this is poha
so poha is flattened spiced rice so you can see those yellow bits there that's
the rice and then we've got a whole mixture of things added to it so we've
got some raw red onion, some coriander, sev which are these crispy chickpea
noodles and there's some rice crispies also and then the guy just chucked a bunch of
masala over the top so some spice, so let's give it a mix up and then give it a taste
Wow it is actually really sweet, so the rice is very pillowy and it's very light
and airy, there's a hint of mustard seeds in there but overall the flavor is
really sweet and you've got the hint of zing from the red onion, the coriander is
quite bright and flavorsome, it's really yellow in color so maybe turmeric has
been cooked in with it and there's a bunch of spices in there so there's mustard
seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds they all add so much flavor
mmmmm, it's so delicious
it's really light and airy and it's got great texture, so the sev is really
crunchy as are those rice bubbles or rice crispies and you've got the crunch from
the onions which add a really sharp flavor and then that coriander is very vibrant
as well, this is so good
we've popped to another stall for our next breakfast snack and this is khaman
which is basically a cake but it's chickpea flour so it's a chickpea flour
sort of soaked in water and then baked so you can see it has a really, almost
sponge like cake texture and then on top of it he dumped a bunch of green chutney
it looked like maybe some, some tamarind chutney as well so this red one there's
a lot of coriander, there's a ton of mustard seeds in the, in the cake there
look at that wow and then it's got sev which are these crispy little chickpea
noodles on top and these look so good which are deep fried chillies, so not battered
or anything just thrown in the hot oil so gonna be hopefully a little bit
crispy let's rip into this, oh look how moist it is, oh that's amazing all right
Wow that's incredible, so it's quite sweet and it's so moist, there's so much liquid
in that cake, it's just, there's so much liquid look at that you can see it when
I push it with my spoon the liquids just pulsing out of it and that's like sweet
and kind of sour so I think that's that tamarind dark brown water I saw him put
on, now look at this one I've got a couple of those deep-fried chillies and
there's some seeds in there so it should be nice and spicy
ohhhh, ohhhh that is good
whoa here it comes, okay there's some real chilli heat there, it took a while to kick in
oh that's so good you got all that sweet liquid inside, the fresh coriander
consider gives it a really nice sort of bitterness whoa yeah those are spicy, whoa they've
got me in the back of the throat now, ohhhhh ooooo
okay those are really really good they weren't crispy on the outside but
they're just beautifully softened they have not been put in the oil for long those
chillies, so they've still got a bit of crunch and boy, boy oh boy
whoa do they start to sing, they're right in the back of my throat now oh my god
I want to to rip into this end bit because it's got all these mustard seeds a bunch of
coriander, the crunchy sev on top, looks like the perfect mouthful
Wow, oh the cake itself isn't overly
flavorsome it's just a really good vessel for the, the chutneys that were on
top, the coriander, the fresh coriander and boy oh boy
those chillies kicked a lot, I'm still burning in my mouth from that mouthful
before, this is another incredibly good breakfast snack
that's the breakfast
snacking done, we always put the details down below in the YouTube description
box of where we're eating so you can check them out now we are going to go
off have a bit of a rest and we're coming back this afternoon for the
afternoon and evening snacks on this incredible food street
you can always trust a crowd when you're looking for street food so I'm gonna pop over to
this really busy stand over here and get an egg roll which they call an egg benjo
this is a really famous street stand here in Indore it's called Johny Hot Dog
so this is the egg benjo so it's a really nicely toasted soft white bun
which feels really oily and then and on the inside so this egg omelette is
really fluffy looking and it's a masala omelette so you can see the little
flecks of red which are the spices in there and maybe some chilli and then all
of that green is coriander so there is a lot of coriander in there and then we have
it looks like some tomato sauce, a green chutney and a whole lot of freshly,
thinly sliced, red onion so I'm gonna peel that apart, dump a whole lot of the
red onion on it and then give it a dunk into this green chutney oh it's
really really hot that egg
whoa, wow for something really simple that packs
a tonne of flavor, so that omelette is packed with flavor, all those spices in there and the
coriander and I love the crunch of that onion, let's dip it in the tomato sauce cause
how classic a combo is that, white bread, egg and tomato sauce, ohhhh
ohhh man, it's really good, I've got to go for one just like super bite so I've got this one side
left let's get some big crunchy bits of red onion I want to go through the
chutney and the tomato sauce oh yeah
oh yea, that is amazing I think there's some coriander in the chutney as well so when
you add that coriander chutney with the fresh coriander that's in the omelette, really
bursts with flavor, that is so good, I love standing on the street with your
little stainless steel plate, crowd of people and they are just churning out these
burgers and they only do about four or five different versions and this is the only egg one so
there's not much coming out of this little stand but this is a
really, really good street snack
there are 56 shops lining this street so this is
the place to come if you want a street food snack in Indore there is so much
choice, let's go and grab our next snack
the stall behind me is churning out piles and piles of golden, delicious patties so this is
the khopra patties which is a coconut patty and it's a deep-fried ball of
goodness so let's crack this baby open and see what is inside
ohhh okay so we've got potato and it's covering this delicious looking
desiccated coconut, spiced mixture and it's all wallowing in heaps of green
chutney and brown chutney the brown chutney is most probably tamarind and the
green is probably a mixture of coriander and mint, let's
just try this thing
ohhhh yea, that is so good, you crunch through through the really crispy
deep-fried shell of the potato, the potato inside is really creamy and smooth and
then you've got that hit of coconut, it's really spicy so in chilli heat and
then you've got a really strong taste of cumin seeds, that's so good
that coconut mixture is so tasty and I've also spotted a golden sultana
in there as well, let's grab another bite
Wow, it's a burst of flavour, the chutneys are really sweet have
a hint of spice and then that coconut mixture has got such a great texture, so you've
got the crunch of the outer shell of that potato, the smooth creamy potato
and then like that texture of the coconut which is just really vibrant and
full of flavor, that is so good
time for our next snack and I've seen this place here with these
giant tawas or hot plates that are cooking up bits of roti which are then
being filled with fillings to make rolls so I really want a chicken roll
I've ordered a chicken kathi roll and this looks so crispy so he made like a
roti, took like a very simple piece of dough put it on the huge tawa or the
hot plate and then loaded it up with ghee and it just started bubbling away and it
is super crispy, let's just see if we can hear this crackle oh I don't know
if you can hear that but it is super crispy and then inside it's got a rich
red looking chicken mixture, a bunch of red onions and actually some mayonnaise
and some I think tomato sauce
whoa oh that roti is nuts
it's actually really dry even though it was cooked in so much ghee it's dry and
crispy and flaky, it's a little bit aerated so it's just got levels of
crispness and then the inside you can see the chicken, now it's got some
mayonnaise in there that was actually a little bit too sweet for my liking but
the chicken with its spice mixture sauce and the red onions that you can see
there were really good, super tangy, just take another big bite
mmm, ohhhhhh
oh it's really good, it's really simple quick snack, it's quite small
you just wolf it down really easily like I said mayonnaise isn't totally to my
liking in this it's a bit sweet versus the other flavors but it is still a
really good snack and has a really good little chilli spice
it's time for some more chaat, the khopra patties or the coconut patties that we
had before was so good, that we're gonna go and try their pea patties, let's go and grab one
this is the pea patties and it is the same sort of look as the khopra patties or the
coconut patties just a slightly different shape and this has come
straight from that hot oil, it was so neat watching the chefs at work
they're just whipping all of those patties and kachoris in and out of that hot oil
it's bubbling away, there's so much heat coming from those big woks and this looks
absolutely mouthwatering so as you can see it's swimming in a puddle of that
chutney again so both the green chutney and also that brown chutney that you can
see there let's open it up and see if it looks any different to the one that we had
before, all right whoa okay so it's the same sort of potato mixture there's obviously
peas in there, a ton of fennel seeds and some other spices let's grab a big mouthful
I can also see a raisin in there like that last one
Wow this one has got a tonne more flavour than the last one, the other one was a beautiful flavour but it
was more subtle this one just packs a punch
it's got a really spicy chilli hit, those fennel seeds just pop
in your mouth, it's very very spicy and savoury and then that green chutney there must be
mint and coriander in there cause those are really flavoursome and strong as well there is so
much going on in this patties so I'm gonna poke around a bit because I can
see all sorts of things so there's some coriander
there's even a pomegranate seed in there then also the sultana and all those
fennel seeds, let's go for another bite
it just pops in your mouth there is so much texture, so the pomegranate seeds pop
the pop from the fennel seeds, got the crunch from the outer crispy potato
shell and then the inside of that patties is really smooth and creamy and
then you've got all those hits of flavor, this is so tasty
we've been filming this video over the whole day so this street has everything
from breakfast all the way through to late night snacks now that night has fallen
it's time for some sweet treats and India is super famous for its dessert so
let's go get something sweet
we've got our little box of Indian sweets here and I cannot tell you how hard it
was to make a decision they were countless varieties and they all looked so
beautiful, so we've got milk cake here let's get these out of the way and I'll show
you what's underneath, these gorgeous looking ones here with the edible silver
leaf on top this one is the kaju kalash and then these long little logs here are
kaju punch, they look so beautiful I'm gonna go for this kaju kalash this
round one here so kaju is cashew and so I assume it's like a type of cashew
paste and then it's been just covered with edible silver leaf and then there's
a little bit of food coloring around the silver leaf and then a little pistachio
that's sticking out the top
mmmm wow, that's beautiful, it's like a sweet cashew paste, there's pistachio on the inside as well
it almost has the texture of marzipan, it's just a
really nice sweet, creamy treat with a great nutty flavor
these sweets are so beautiful I
want to try the kaju punch so cashew nut once again it's got a little piece
of pista or pistachio there in the top got the food coloring again and also
covered in that beautiful silver sheet you can actually see the silver where it's
been laid over and wrapped right around that log
whoa
wow really strong taste of cashew again it actually had a big chunk of cashew
right in the center that is beautiful it's not actually too sweet I thought it
was gonna be mentally sweet cause often sweets here in India are very, very
sweet but that's not, it's quite placid, it's a beautiful, beautiful way to end, it
rounds everything out really nicely
finishing up with these little bits of
milk cake, now that was an awesome food hunting day just full-on food hunting
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