Sarafa Bazaar & Chappan Dukan: Indore's Street Food Guide

By day, Sarafa is a jewellery market in the old city, near Rajwada. After dark, the jewellery shops close and food stalls take over the same street, running late into the night. It's a genuinely local scene — as much a place Indoris go themselves as a tourist stop.

Because it only runs at night, it needs to be planned into the evening portion of a trip, not the afternoon.

Chappan Dukan translates to "56 shops," a food street in a different part of the city that's active through the day rather than just at night, making it easier to fit around other sightseeing.

Indori street food leans toward a few well-known local specialties: poha topped with jalebi as a breakfast combination, bhutte ka kees (a grated corn dish specific to the region), garadu (spiced fried yam, mostly a winter item), and sabudana khichdi. Availability varies by season and by stall.