Busy stalls selling bun kabab are a typical sight on the streets of Karachi which come alive at night after locals finish work and need a quick and spicy snack. There are many regional variations to this street food favourite, one of which is the addition of a fried egg or an omelette.
Category: Street Food
Bubur Ayam – Indonesian Chicken Congee
Bubur ayam is an Indonesian rice congee with shredded chicken served with condiments such as sliced spring onion and fried shallots.
Khachapuri
Khachapuri is a traditional Georgian dish of cheese-filled bread. The bread is leavened and allowed to rise, and is shaped in various ways, usually with cheese in the middle and a crust which is ripped off and used to dip in the cheese.
Midye Dolma – Stuffed Mussels
These mussels, midye dolma are stuffed with seasoned rice and served in their shells with a lemon wedge. They’re a true street food in Istanbul, peddled from little stands—usually lined up like shiny black-and-yellow beacons on well-traveled sokaks — by industrious young men.
Dak-kkochi – Korean Chicken Skewers
Dak-kkochi (닭꼬치, chicken skewer) is a type of Korean chicken kebab, usually served on a stick. The meat is first cooked and cut into narrow slices. Then, it is basted with a spicy BBQ-flavoured sauce.
Camote Cue – Caramelised Sweet Potatoes
Slices of sweet potato are coated with brown sugar and then fried to cook the potatoes and to caramelise the sugar. It is one of the most common street foods in the Philippines, along with banana cue and turon.
Street Foods – List of
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a hawker or vendor, often from a portable stall.
Street food vending is found around the world, but has variations within both regions and cultures. For example, Dorling Kindersley describes the street food …
Ginanggang – Filipino Barbecued Bananas
Ginanggang is a snack food of grilled skewered bananas brushed with margarine and sprinkled with sugar.
Elotes – Grilled Mexican Street Corn
Elote, or corn on the cob is a popular street food in Mexico, although it is frequently served at home prepared in the same way.
Currywurst
Currywurst is a street food or fast food dish of German origin consisting of steamed, then fried pork sausage (German: Bratwurst) typically cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup, a sauce based on spiced ketchup or tomato paste, itself topped with curry powder, or a ready-made ketchup seasoned with curry and other spices. The …
Mozzarella in Carrozza – Fried Mozzarella Sandwich
The carrozza, also referred to as mozzarella in carrozza, is a type of fried cheese sandwich in Italian cuisine and Southern Italian cuisine. It is prepared by frying mozzarella cheese that is within slices of bread.
Chebureki – Russian Beef Pasties
Chebureki, sometimes spelled chiburekki, is a deep-fried turnover with a filling of minced meat and onions. It is made with a single round piece of dough folded over the filling in a half-moon shape.
Tokneneng – Battered Hard-boiled Eggs
Tokneneng is a tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled eggs.
Coxinha – Brazilian Chicken Croquettes
Coxinha (little chicken thigh), is a popular food in Brazil consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, moulded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.
Pasembur – Rojak Mamak – Indian Rojak
In Malaysia, mamak rojak (or Pasembur) contains fried dough fritters, bean curds, boiled potatoes, prawn fritters, hard boiled eggs, bean sprouts, cuttlefish and cucumber mixed with a sweet thick, spicy peanut sauce.