Top Nepali Street Foods You Have to Try

Street food in Nepal: is those kinds of food that are prepared on the street or cooked on roadsides putting a spicy masala taste. They are especially put on a wheeled cart or a stall and can be easily moved from one place to anywhere at any time you want. We often see people surrounding those carts or stalls, especially at the time of evening. Street food has been so much popular in recent years. Mostly young people girls and boys and school college students are too attracted to street food. Street food especially gives an authentic and amazing experience of different tastes of food items as well as places and tourism.

The main thing is we don't even realize that street food is contributing to a huge amount of economy in a nation. These have been so much popular across the world. the people are passionately working on making street food as a micro-enterprise. It is directly creating economic opportunities for many individuals, and households, to run their daily lives. Nepalese street food offers various delicacies to customers at a reasonable price. These kinds of food help external tourists to experience the place, tourism aspects culture, and food habits of the communities.

SOME OF THE STREET FOOD POPULAR IN NEPAL

1. Chana Chat-pat

Every Nepali who went to college/school in Nepal knows what this recipe is! Chatpate is quick and extremely easy to prepare. It is mainly popular among students for overnight studies. I and my friends used to do this often during our board examinations. Sour, spicy, and the fact that it requires no cooking must be the reason for it being so famous. Here you go guys, follow the step-by-step process to prepare this easy Nepali snack.
"Chana Chat Pat" is a popular street food snack in Nepal. It's made primarily from chickpeas (chana), along with various spices and ingredients. This snack is bursting with flavors and textures, making it a favorite among Nepali street food lovers. Feel free to adjust the ingredients and spices according to your taste preferences.

2. SAMOSA

Samosa is the symbol of Indian gastronomy in terms of the snacks it so much popular and spread all over the country in Nepal and India which is originated from the Middle East. Samosa is easily found in cities like Kathmandu in different restaurants along with Basantapur Durbar Square. There is a samosa house beside the Kumari house as well as one of the most popular samosa places in Kathmandu at Bishal Bazzarchowk called 'TIP TOP'.The samosa recently cost from 15 to 35 rupees in the streets of Nepal.

3. MOMOS

Momo is the number one popular street food in the street of Nepal and can be easy food in a cart or on a different street. The dumpling is made up of wheat flour, filled with meat or vegetables inside which is the most popular snack and is most common as a meal. The types or varieties of momo are they are Fried momo Jhol momo, sea momo, stem momo, etc are very popular in the streets of Nepal. The momo is made of veg, chicken somewhere mutton also but the most popular momo in Kathmandu is buff and veg. The price ranges from 50 to 200 per plate of food in the streets of Kathmandu and other places.

4. SEKUWA

It is very popular to find vegetarian food in Nepal as meat is quite more popular and even more popular is Sekuwa which can be eaten as a snack or as a meal. In many places on the street, the Sekuwa is being prepared outside the shop and looks very delicious and amazing anyone can easily feel the smell of it. It can be easily made from different kinds of meat, putting some red sauce on it. It is cut into small pieces to make it stick in bamboo and grilled on a wood fire. People prefer to eat Sekuwa with little local alcoholic drinks which is wonderful.

5. LASSI

It is originated in India but it is so popular in Kathmandu made of yogurt and adds flavor, sweetened, and chilled with ice, also you can add some Kaju ( cashew nut ) on top over. It is so popular in the summertime you can see the people surrounded by the shops and gathering, you can even get a place to sit there but people prefer it so much.

6. PANI PURI AND CHAT PATTE

If you even think for a while about the chapatti or panipuri you will get your mouth filled with water. It looks delicious and amazing, let's talk about how Chatpate is made of Bhugiya some pieces of boiled potato, peas, groundnuts, vinegar, noodles, some coloring, etc, and is mixed with all those above-mentioned, after all, it is ready to eat. Pani puri is made of pure and different things mixed with water which makes puri so delicious. In a nutshell, Nepali street food has been so much popular for many years. Most of them are spices made, I suggest you try once Nepali street food which is cheaper. The above-mentioned and not mentioned popular foods are momo, Chowmein, samosa, lassi, panipuri chapatti, Sekuwa, etc.