A local’s guide to street food in Haridwar

Spicy puri aloo, hot frothy kulhar milk, crispy kachoris, sweet samosas – Haridwar's lanes are dotted with some of the oldest food joints that you would have ever walked into. Places to eat in Haridwar are so many that you would be spoilt for choice. Start your morning with a steaming milk kulhar from Pandit Sevaram Sharma Doodh Wale, a plate of kachoris at Kashyap Kachori Bhandar and dumpling-like sweet samosas from the tiny-looking Mathura Walo Ki Pracheen Dukan. Add to it a plate of crisp chole bhature from Bhagwati Chole Bhandar and you will be set on a gastronomic journey. Haridwar is a little town in the state of Uttarakhand that is much revered as a religious destination for Hindus. Home of the holy river Ganges, Haridwar is known as one of the seven holiest places for Hindus. Being in Haridwar is being closer to God; there is a sense of spirituality here in the town. Then again, it is one place where street foods are very popular. Famous sweets in Haridwar and places to eat in Haridwar should be tried by every tourist visiting Haridwar, these are the real flavours of this beautiful hill town.