Travelling and tasting local food have always complemented each other. So, if you don’t eat this after bathing in the Ganges in Rishikesh, then the trip is supposed to be incomplete. We have brought a story related to such street food in Rishikesh for which people stand for hours for the desi taste.
Usually, you must have seen a long queue of people at a golgappa or a fast-food shop. But there is a desi moong dal shop in Rishikesh, where local people and tourists stand in line for hours.
Rishikesh, located in Uttarakhand, is a beautiful place surrounded by natural beauty, where lakhs of people come to visit every year. Along with the beautiful tourist places, people also like the taste of various street foods in Rishikesh here. Along with momos, chowmein, chole bhature and golgappas, moong dal made in Moradabadi style is also quite famous in Rishikesh. You will find this special moong dal at a stall named Moradabadi Special Moong Dal on the famous Triveni Ghat Road in Rishikesh.
Highlights from the Conversation with the Owner about this famous Street Food in Rishikesh
In an exclusive conversation with team members of Bike Rent Wala, the stall owner Prashpal Saini said that it has been about more than 12 years since he has been making and selling moong dal in Rishikesh. Travellers and local people like his Moradabad-style moong dal a lot, apart from momos and chowmein. Many of them eat it and also pack it for their family.
Taste of Moradabad-style moong dal in Rishikesh as a Popular Street Food:
Prashpal said that moong dal is as nutritious as it is tasty. He first ate this dal in Moradabad, which he liked very much. After this, he started making and selling this dal in Rishikesh commercially. His dal is different, that is why people like it a lot. He boils this dal in a pot many times and beats the dal well by adding delicious chutney and butter to it. After this, grated onion is added and dal is served to the customers, which is excellent in taste and people like it very much. Local people often say that we tried to cook it at our homes but couldn’t able to make it as delicious as yours, there is something magical in your hands.
The Price of Moradabadi-style Moong Dal and Our Experience to Taste it:
Taste of moong dal for just 40 rupees. Deepak Goswami and Shashank Ranjan, a resident associated with a two-wheeler rental business in Rishikesh, say that they have been eating moong dal here for about more than three years, at that time the price of this dal used to be 25 rupees. Even today the taste of this special Moradabadi moong dal remains the same as it was earlier. For your information, let us tell you that this stall is set up from 5 to 9:30 in the evening. If we talk about the price, then for rupees 40 you will get a bowl of dal with butter.
Conclusion:
Team of Bike Rent Wala also insists our guests try its taste who seem to be food lovers and come to us to rent a bike for visiting Rishikesh and keep interest to explore the local places along with in search of locally popular street foods in Rishikesh.
