PATNA: Street food
delight in Delhi with a group of twenty street food vendors from
different regions of Bihar started dishing out their cuisines in Delhi
at Dilli Haat.
This street food blast would continue till March 22 under the banner of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) in joint collaboration with NGO 'Nidan'
NASVI would also send a strong contingent of 150 street food vendors from 14 states to Patna to join the 'Spring Street Food Festival' at Gandhi maidan from March 22-24 during three-day Bihar Diwas celebration.
The street food blasts are happening on the occasion of Bihar Diwas celebration under which the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) is organizing a range of events both in Delhi and Patna.
Impressed by the huge success of the Street Food Festival organized by NASVI in the national capital in last December, the BSTDC has invited NASVI to join the Bihar Diwas celebrations through enabling street food vendors putting up their stalls at famous Dilli Haat in Delhi and historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna, said Nasvi programme manager Ranjit Abhigyan.
At Dilli Haat in Delhi, the foodies would relish diverse taste and aroma of a range of street foods from 'Silao ka Khajaa', 'Litti Chokha', Garlic Soaked Mutton Rice and 'Jalebi', 'Rabri' to hitherto unknown the lips smacking Murkhi (made of pure buffalo milk) , Chicken Taash Kabab, Chicken Kabab, and Chicken Stu & Rice, Abhigyan told TOI.
The charm of the palate would be irresistible and the sumptuous delight would transport Delhi based food lovers to a different land tantalizing and satisfying their taste buds.
Advocating for a strong street food promotion campaign, NASVI national coordinator Arbind Singh said, "street food is a treasure house of local culinary traditions and is increasingly playing an important role as an enhancer and force multiplier of tourism sector.
Asian street food is considered as the best in the world". "But, we, in India, still lag behind many other Asian countries, The need is to protect and promote the street food vending and integrate it with economy and tourism", Singh told TOI.
The group of an odd 20 street food vendors representing four different regions of Bihar on Thursday reached Delhi with loads of stuff including ingredients and utensils.
Vikas Kumar Gupta is one of them. He has put up stall for 'Shilao Ka Khaja'. Vikas is a street food vendor from Shilao, a tiny place from 100 Kms from Patna in Nalanda district of Bihar.
Another Patna-based street food vendor is Ashok Gupta. His forte is in preparing special 'litti chokha', garlic soaked mutton rice and 'rabri' 'jalebi'. The rabri jalebi is made of maida, ghee, milk and sugar. He also makes lips smacking sumptuous garlic soaked mutton rice.
Another attraction is Murkhi. Krishna Prasad, of Motihari district, would serve it. In fact, the dish Murkhi is named after a place Murkhi in Bihar. Another Bettiah based food vendor Ranjit Kumar is serving lots of non-vegetarian items including Mutton Handi Rice, Mutton Kabab, Mutton Stu & Rice, Chicken Taash Kabab, Chicken Kabab, and Chicken Stu & Rice.
This street food blast would continue till March 22 under the banner of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) in joint collaboration with NGO 'Nidan'
NASVI would also send a strong contingent of 150 street food vendors from 14 states to Patna to join the 'Spring Street Food Festival' at Gandhi maidan from March 22-24 during three-day Bihar Diwas celebration.
The street food blasts are happening on the occasion of Bihar Diwas celebration under which the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) is organizing a range of events both in Delhi and Patna.
Impressed by the huge success of the Street Food Festival organized by NASVI in the national capital in last December, the BSTDC has invited NASVI to join the Bihar Diwas celebrations through enabling street food vendors putting up their stalls at famous Dilli Haat in Delhi and historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna, said Nasvi programme manager Ranjit Abhigyan.
At Dilli Haat in Delhi, the foodies would relish diverse taste and aroma of a range of street foods from 'Silao ka Khajaa', 'Litti Chokha', Garlic Soaked Mutton Rice and 'Jalebi', 'Rabri' to hitherto unknown the lips smacking Murkhi (made of pure buffalo milk) , Chicken Taash Kabab, Chicken Kabab, and Chicken Stu & Rice, Abhigyan told TOI.
The charm of the palate would be irresistible and the sumptuous delight would transport Delhi based food lovers to a different land tantalizing and satisfying their taste buds.
Advocating for a strong street food promotion campaign, NASVI national coordinator Arbind Singh said, "street food is a treasure house of local culinary traditions and is increasingly playing an important role as an enhancer and force multiplier of tourism sector.
Asian street food is considered as the best in the world". "But, we, in India, still lag behind many other Asian countries, The need is to protect and promote the street food vending and integrate it with economy and tourism", Singh told TOI.
The group of an odd 20 street food vendors representing four different regions of Bihar on Thursday reached Delhi with loads of stuff including ingredients and utensils.
Vikas Kumar Gupta is one of them. He has put up stall for 'Shilao Ka Khaja'. Vikas is a street food vendor from Shilao, a tiny place from 100 Kms from Patna in Nalanda district of Bihar.
Another Patna-based street food vendor is Ashok Gupta. His forte is in preparing special 'litti chokha', garlic soaked mutton rice and 'rabri' 'jalebi'. The rabri jalebi is made of maida, ghee, milk and sugar. He also makes lips smacking sumptuous garlic soaked mutton rice.
Another attraction is Murkhi. Krishna Prasad, of Motihari district, would serve it. In fact, the dish Murkhi is named after a place Murkhi in Bihar. Another Bettiah based food vendor Ranjit Kumar is serving lots of non-vegetarian items including Mutton Handi Rice, Mutton Kabab, Mutton Stu & Rice, Chicken Taash Kabab, Chicken Kabab, and Chicken Stu & Rice.
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