Tangy Pan-Fried Chicken

Picture this: a bustling street market, strewn with stalls and small eateries, filled with the chatter of food vendors calling out to passersby and of the clinking of utensils, while the air is thick with the enticing aroma of chicken sizzling on big flat pans called tawa.

That’s how I remember most street markets in India, especially Delhi, and enjoying street food in the heart of the city.

Tawa is a Hindi word used to describe a round, flat or slightly concave cast-iron (o