We spoke to a group of happy Hyderabadis who stopped the conversation midway and gorged on their favourite food! Here are the seven most loved dishes from the streets of Hyderabad!
Osmania Biscuit With Irani Chai
This one will make you keep all the modern-day biscuits aside. If you love your evening tea with some cookies or biscuits, stack up Osmania Biscuits in your kitchen. Named after the last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, the biscuits taste the best when dipped into Irani Chai. One fine evening the Nizam told his bakers that he wanted a biscuit which was sweet and salty. These gentlemen came up with this wonder and named it after him. The best place to buy these biscuits are Bahar Cafe, Sarvi Cafe and any other local tea joint. We recommend Bahar Cafe for the best Irani Chai in the city. Irani Chai is an age old tea recipe brought in by the Persian settlers. It’s made out of some spices to enhance the taste.
Kheema Roti
Hyderabadis love meat, especially mutton dishes! Right from Biryani to stuffed rotis, they love it! One of the most popular dishes is Kheema Paratha/ Roti which is made out of left over mutton fry or chopped mutton pieces. It’s seasoned with spices and stuffed inside parathas and rotis. The yummy rotis are savored for breakfast with chai and some mint chutney. It’s an absolute bliss. The best place to try the popular breakfast is Paradise restaurant and any street joint serving breakfast in Afzalgunj area.
Butter Dosa at Ram Ki Bandi
When an 8-year-old Ram decided to tag along with his father to their humble dosa ‘bandi’ (cart) little did he know that he’ll own a restaurant in Jubillee Hills years later. Ram, an MBA decided to do what he knows the best; making yummy dosas. However, he asked himself what’s special about his dosas and hence decided to start a stall in Nampally and make unique dosas, like paneer dosa, cheese dosa, butter dosa and more. As of today Ram ki Bandi boasts of hundreds of visitors each morning from 3am to 8am. Ram ki Bandi should be on top of your list if you want to have scrumptious dosas post a crazy Saturday night party!
Pan at Dimmy Pan Palace
Trust Hyderabadis to define what’s it like to have a complete meal. They relish on tasty and strong Pans at one of the most popular pan shops in the city. Right at the centre of the popular Sindhi Colony stands Dimmy Pan Palace which is flocked by hundreds of betel leaf lovers each day. Pan is Hyderabad’s ‘shaan’ they say! Right so, as Dimmy Pan Palace has now opened several branches across the city. A Dimmy special pan can cost you a whopping Rs. 1001.
Chat at Gokul, Koti
In 2007 Koti’s Gokuls Chat made headlines when terror hit the popular street food joint. This did not deter the love Hyderabadis have for this place. The famous street food joint jumped back and serves yummy ‘chatpata chaat’ and pani puri. If you’re looking for some tangy street food, Gokul Chaat is the place to be!