Street food from Karachi in Kolkata alley

Adding variety to the appetizing street food like Phuchka and Hot Kathi Roll, so typical of Kolkata, the lip-spacking cuisine Awadhi Keema Kaleji Pav and Rawa fried Fish travelled all the way from Peshwar and North India in a unique footpath carnival.
"From Galir Phuchka (special Crispy puff stuffed with mashed potato and hot and sour water with typical Bengal aroma) to Lucknovi Basket Chaat (chickpeas and potato chat served in a crispy potato basket), and Gujarati Kuchy Dabeli (traditional Gujarati street spiced flavour mashed potato mixture stuffed grilled bun)," there is everything peddled by vendors, an organiser of Street Food Festival off Park Street said.

"With the settings typically resembling hawkers selling their stuff in a busy thoroughfare during office hours, you will never miss the taste, the smell, the tanginess and the flavor of the Awadhi Keema Kaleji Pav (mutton mince and liver cook together with Indian spices serve with pav), and Boti Mughlai Paratha (Egg-Bread envelope parcel stuffed with boneless mutton chunk)," one of the organizers and chef Rupam Banik said.
"These are hits among the sworn foodies and even those office-goers grabbing a quick lunch in the alleys of Lucknow or Karachi. With the cosmopolitan look and setting Kolkata very much resembles those cities and the never before festival will be an annual feature" he said.

"We have tried to create a festival where the authenticity in the preparations of street-food is maintained but at the same time we have given a contemporary touch to the variety. Every food defines the culture of that place, so with every bite we ensure that the taste is perfect", Banik said.
"This festival aims to blend some unconventional spices to the traditional recipes, available in our streets, and add zing to the platter," he said.
"Besides street cuisine from UP and our north-western neighbours, there are street foods from Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan to tickle the gourmet's taste-bud," Banik of Tulip Inn said.