Food

Pankaj Nerurkar from Mumbai was forced to shut his restaurant due to the lockdown. He then started Nano Food, a street side stall in a car where he sells authentic Malvani cuisine

Polson began as a coffee manufacturing company in 1888, by 13-year-old Pestunji Edulji Dalal in Bombay. The first largescale dairy was set up in Khair, Gujarat, and the brand was India’s first commercially manufactured butter.

Amritsar's Kesar Da Dhaba is famous for its mouth-watering Punjabi food like Mah ki Dal and Lachcha Paranthas. But did you know it's fascinating history?

Retd Army Captain V K Mehra and his wife, Cuckoo, started the Teasta Tea Shop, one of the capital’s oldest and most popular tea cafes, from their garage in Noida in 1995.

Appearing regularly on television cooking shows in Tamil Nadu, Yogambal Sundar has also taught over 400 recipes, which include traditional recipes, along with pre and post-natal dishes for pregnant and new mothers.

Delhi's Sanjay Dubey, lost his leg to an accident but this hasn't deterred him from earning a living from his pizza and pasta food stall.

Ranji Smile, also called ‘America's First Celebrity Chef' and the ‘King of Curry Cooks', was an Indian immigrant from Karachi, who arrived in the US in 1899. He was known for his charm and incredible looks, but most of all, for changing the culinary landscape of America, and introducing the country to authentic Indian curries.

Palak Dhand from Delhi launched Snack & Co. in November 2020. The 22-year-old managed to recover her initial investment in just three days of operations and now earns Rs 80,000 in monthly revenues.

Since this isn't an exhaustive list, we'd love to hear from you. What's that one street food snack that makes you want to go out and eat? Come join the #FoodIsLove party.

A winter delicacy, Daulat Ki Chaat is sold by only a handful of Delhi street vendors and is made with a hint of superstition and dollops of deliciousness.