Vishakhapatnam is famous for its beaches, history, greenery, scenic beauty and authentic food. It is the most popular city in Andhra Pradesh. When you visit this city, you will fall in love with its beauty and relishing food. Once you reached its famous food street, then you cannot stop yourself from savouring the street foods.
If you think that dosa, upma, idli, vada, and rasam are some of the famous food of Vishakhapatnam. Then you are wrong; Vishakhapatnam is famous for unique and delectable foods. The food here is different from other South Indian cities.
So, Karth Food Factory presents the five best street foods in Vishakhapatnam.
1. Punugulu
Punugulu is a snack and also a staple food of Vishakhapatnam. It is a deep-fried snack prepared with a batter made from rice, lentil and spices. The Punugulu is sold at many street shops, and it is served with peanut chutney, coconut chutney and capsicum coconut chutney.
If you are a snack lover, then you must try this dish. To taste the best punugulu, visit the Punugulu Karam shop at MVP colony. It serves the tasty and best punugulu in the city.
2. Liver Kebab
Liver kebab are the very popular kebab of Vishakapatnam. Your trip is incomplete if you have not munched these kebabs. It is served with flatbread and lime soda, and it is prepared with lamb liver and spices.
Vizag Complex at MVP Circle serves the scrumptious liver kebabs, and they also serve other varieties of kebab such as chicken kebab and mutton kebab. So, don’t forget to visit this place and relish the tasty kebabs.
3. Bongu Chicken
Bongu chicken is a marinated chicken stuffing; it is stuffed inside a bamboo stick and then cooked on coal. Thus, it is also called bamboo chicken. It is smokey in flavour.
You can find this dish on the way towards Araku Valley. There are many restaurants in the valley that serves the best Bongu chicken. So, when travelling to Araku valley, make sure you stop and taste this dish.
4. Masala Batani
Masala Batani is a chaat and another famous street food of Vishakhapatnam. It is a mixture of boiled peas, chopped onion, tomatoes and lemon juice and masala batani is widely sold on beach roads.
The food stalls at RK beach is very popularized for Masala Batani.
5. Muri Mixture
Muri mixture is nothing else but bhelpuri or jhalmuri. This appetizing snack is a mixture of puffed rice, chopped onion, tomato, green chilli, peanuts and chutney. Muri mixture is one of the popular street foods of Vishakhapatnam, and you can see many vendors selling it on the beach road.
The best place toe at Muri mixture is Rashikonda. So, don’t forget to visit there and enjoy the Muri Mixture.
These were some of the delightful foods from the city of Vishakhapatnam. The bon vivant like you will never miss the chance to visit these places and munch these dishes. Remember one more thing, before you plan your trip to Vishakhapatnam, don’t forget to do visit the beautiful beaches, shopping at CMR mall, book shopping at the old book market and food tour at MVP Colony.