Best Street Food Joints of Agra
Agra, is a city which serves absolute delicacies in top notch hotels, inspected by connoisseur as well the rustic street style dishes, inspected by locals. Keeping in mind the need to support small businesses in this article we seek to discover some places serving tasty street food, made with local ingredients, utmost hygiene and lots of love.
Well, Agra is not at all only about its splendid architecture, but also about its culture, tradition, clothes, and the most important, food of Agra. Apart from discussing the mainstream eateries, let’s hit the lanes where we find the famous street food joints in Agra.
The local delicacies prepared and served on the stalls in those clogged lanes taste the best. Therefore, everyone who has a taste for such road-side delicacies must check out the variety of street foods in Agra.
Best Street Food Joints in Agra
Agra is known for its lip smacking Mughlai dishes, to basic kachoris, tangy charts, tikkis, momos, Italian platters, scrumptious pethas and what not. Therefore, as a part of these series of articles that Treasure Trip India seeks to bring to your notice, we have this list of top ten street food joints in Agra:-
This is a very old shop located in Sadar Bazaar’s, Saudaagar Lane. Which offers amazing golgappe ( crunchy fried balls filled with tangy water and stuffed with potatoes, chickpeas and sauces ), papdi chaat (crispy chips served with youghart, sweet chilli sauce and pomegranate ), tikkis ( potato patty served with lot of sauces and curd ), cheelas ( savory pancakes stuffed with cottage cheese, coriander and ginger juliennes served with local sauces or chutneys ), Kulfi’s and bhel.
Location – Sadar Bazaar, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 282001
Average Price – Rs. 250 (for two)
Mama Chicken a.k.a Mama Frankie
This is that one place where locals head after dark, this place is always shimmering with lights, beaming with joy, and bubbling with foodies.
This is one destination for all your cravings be it Shawarma Wraps, Mutton Kababs, Classic Chicken Frankie’s and of course the Butter Chicken.
Location- Sadar Bazaar, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 282001
Average Price – Rs. 400 (for two)
Petha is the symbolic sweet of Agra, it is the personal favorite of every local since childhood. Petha is a juicy and crunchy sweet made out of ash gourd.
Although it is available in multiple flavors such as – Angoori, Chocolate, Coconut, Paan etc. the most authentic is the super humble plain petha served with dalmoth. Other popular shops selling delicious pethas in Agra are Bhimsain Baidyanath and Pracheen Petha.
If you are looking for more options other than pethas then head to Bikanervala, Bhagat Halwai, Deviram, and Gopaldas. Brijwasi is another popular sweet selling shop in Agra.
Location – Sadar Bazaar, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 282001/ Hari Parvat, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 282001.
Average Price – Rs. 200 ( for one order )
