Chaats, the real Indian street food heroes

Bhel Puri chaat

THERE’S a scene from the Bollywood blockbuster Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi where Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma are licking and gulping down golgappa in an eating competition. It’s an eating orgy really, sweat and sauce mingling in a sensuous fight – which is quite a fitting way to get inducted into the racy nuances of chaats.

Chaat lives on the streets of Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi as all-day snacks, and are true flavours of India: lively and bursting with colours, flavours and textures.