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Indore's 10 Best Street Food Stops, and Exactly Where to Find Each One
From Sarafa Bazaar's night stalls to the poha-jalebi vendors outside Rajwada Palace, ten of Indore's best street food stops, each with a direct Google Maps link.
Jul 6, 2026 · BigTravel.in
Indore does not get the same food-tourism attention as Delhi or Mumbai, which is precisely why its street food scene has stayed this specific and this good. The city's identity runs through its markets more than its monuments, Sarafa Bazaar by night, Chappan Dukan by day, and a spread of neighbourhood specialities that rarely make it onto a menu outside Madhya Pradesh. Here are ten places to actually eat through it, each with a direct map link to find it.
1. Sarafa Bazaar
Indore's jewellery market by day turns into the city's most famous open-air food street by night, dozens of stalls setting up around 8pm and running past midnight, right in the middle of the old city. This is less a single stop than the district everything else on this list sits inside or near, and it is worth a slow two-hour walk on its own before picking a specific stall to sit down at.
2. Joshi Dahi Vada Bhandar
The single most cited stall in Sarafa Bazaar, and the dahi vada here, soft lentil dumplings soaked in chilled, lightly sweetened yogurt and topped with tangy-sweet chutneys, is the reason. It is a small, no-frills counter that has built its entire reputation on one dish done consistently well rather than a sprawling menu.
3. Johny Hot Dog
Despite the name, this is a fully vegetarian Indori invention, a deep-fried, cheese-stuffed patty on a stick that has nothing to do with an actual hot dog and everything to do with Sarafa Bazaar's habit of turning a simple idea into a genuine local institution. It is one of the few stalls in the market with a queue most nights of the week.
4. Chappan Dukan (56 Dukan)
Where Sarafa Bazaar is a night market, Chappan Dukan is Indore's daytime answer, a purpose-built food street with fifty-six shops covering everything from South Indian breakfast plates to Indori namkeen, sweets, and full thalis. It is the easier, more organised first stop for anyone new to the city's food scene before tackling the more chaotic night markets.
5. Rajwada poha-jalebi stalls
The vendors clustered around the plaza in front of Rajwada Palace serve what might be the most quintessential Indori breakfast: a plate of spiced, sev-topped poha alongside a coil of hot jalebi, a savoury-sweet combination that is treated as a genuine daily ritual rather than a novelty here. Going early, before 9am, catches the stalls at their freshest.
6. MG Road food street
Indore's MG Road turns into a dense strip of chaat carts and snack stalls through the evening, less historic than Sarafa Bazaar but considerably easier to reach and park near, which makes it the practical choice on a tight schedule. Bhel, pani puri, and grilled sandwich vendors dominate the stretch.
7. New Palasia kachori corner
New Palasia's morning kachori and samosa stalls serve Indore's other defining breakfast tradition, a flaky, spiced lentil-stuffed pastry usually paired with a sweet-and-sour tamarind chutney. The neighbourhood's stalls tend to sell out of the freshest batches by mid-morning, so this is very much an early-visit stop.
8. Sindhi Colony namkeen shops
Indori sev, the crunchy gram-flour namkeen that gets its name attached to dishes across the country, is taken seriously enough here that entire shops in Sindhi Colony specialise in nothing else, selling dozens of variations by spice level and cut. It is the stop for anyone wanting to bring something home rather than eat on the spot.
9. Bhutte ka Kees vendors, Race Course Road
Bhutte ka kees, grated corn slow-cooked with milk, spices, and a garnish of fresh coconut, is a dish that barely exists outside Madhya Pradesh, and the vendors along Race Course Road are among the most consistent places to find it done properly. It runs seasonally, best from late monsoon through winter when fresh corn is at its sweetest.
10. Garadu stalls near Rajwada
Garadu, small purple yam pieces deep-fried until crisp and tossed with chaat masala and lemon, is Indore's cold-weather street food, sold from handcarts around Rajwada and Sarafa through the winter months only. It is worth timing a visit around if the trip dates allow it, since it genuinely disappears from the street once the season ends.
None of these ten need a reservation or a special occasion to justify the stop, which is the entire point of eating this way in Indore. The market is the destination, and the specific stall is just where a two-hour wander happens to end up sitting down.
Where this is
Sarafa Bazaar, Indore