If you're in India, you've got to try these 5 street snacks

You've to give these remarkable Indian snacks a try if you haven't tried them yet.

India has varieties of cultures, traditions and various types of snacks. From fiery mouth-watering Chaat to sweet and creamy Kulfi. Different states of India have an incredible list of snacks and beverages.

  1. Gol Gappa or Paani Puri
This dish is widely available and loved by all ages, in the northern states of India and is also known for its different names. Usually sold in the roadside Pani Puri stalls. It's a thin crunchy deep-fried ball of flour with salty and spicy mashed potato inside, before serving they fill it with a tasty mix of different spices and water. Golgappas are known to be extremely addictive among young girls. This snack is also known as Puchka in Bengal and Bangladesh.
  1. Samosa
This dish can be almost everywhere in Bengal and some other states of North India. Usually, it is a triangle snack wrapped with a slightly thick layer of flour and filled with small sizes of potato and different spices, today's date chicken-filled Samosa can also be found. This dish comes up with chutney (a kind of sauce).
  1. Chikki
Originating in the 19th century in India Chikki is a traditional sweet and crunchy snack. Made with peanuts (other kinds of nuts can be used) , jaggery or sugar and ghee, this sweet peanut bar is popular among children and teenagers. Not only in India but Chikki has now become available in neighboring countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh.
  1. Aloo Tikki
This Indian snack is also very simple yet very tasty and available in the North Indian subcontinent. Aloo Tikki is simply boiled potato mixed with spices, herbs and peas and with a little less oil, required mostly as an evening snack. Aloo tikki does not just satisfy the craving but besides it can satisfy the hunger. If not available then it's really easy to make at home. Try this snack with curd or with some other kinds of chutney.
  1. Dahi Vada
This delicious Chaat originated in Karnataka and is now loved all over India. The Vada is a ball made with crushed lentils. The lentil balls are prepared to get soaked in a dense gravy of Dahi and spices garnished with herbs and Bhujia. This one dish is not an extremely common evening snack but is prepared for special occasions such as Holi. Dahi Vada will definitely win your heart even if no other food does.