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FoodSome stations on IR are famous for the regional specialty food items available there. Below follows a list of some of them. Compiled by Sukrut Thipse.
•Pune - Tea, Misal, and Patties in the canteen
•Karjat - Batata vada / vada pav (Potato snack)
•Lonavala - Chocolate Fudge / Cashewnut Chikki (cashewnut brittle candy)
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- Seasonal Jambhool fruit
•Khandala - Seasonal Jamoon fruit (plums)
•Solapur - Kunda (sweet barfi)
•Kolhapur - Sugarcane juice
•Miraj - Saar and Rice
•Hubli - Hubli rice (Curd rice (yogurt rice) with onions, chile peppers, and pickles)
•Mysore - Dosa
•Tiruchirapalli - Bondas in several variations
•Hyderabad - Chicken biryani
•Calicut (Kozhikode) - Dal vada
•Quilon - Rasam
•Mangalore - Egg Biryani
•Ernakulam - Fried yellow bananas
•Nagpur - Bhujia, and oranges
•Guntakal - Mango jelly
•Chennai Central - Samosas, idli, dosa
•Rameshwaram - Idiuppam (Rice Noodles)
•Agra - Petha (candied pumpkin)
•New Delhi - Aloo chat (tangy potato snack)
•Indore - Farsan
•Ahmedabad - Vadilal ice-cream
•Surat - Undhyo (mixed vegetables)
•Ranchi - Puri bhaji
•Howrah - Sandesh
•Amritsar - Lassi, Aloo paratha
•Bangalore - Vada sambar, fresh fruit juices
•Jaipur - Dal bati
•Gandhidham - dabeli
•Varanasi - Seasonal amrud fruit (guava)
•Gorakhpur - Rabdi (a sweet made of milk and sugar)
•Guwahati - Tea (Assam blend)
•Madurai - Uthappam (spicy lentil/rice pancake)
•Ajmer - Mewa (Mix fruit)
•Vasco-da-gama - Fish curry/cutlets
•Ratnagiri - Mangoes, dried jackfruit
•Vijayawada - Fruit juices
•Rajahmundry - Bananas
•Daund - Peanuts
•Tirupati - Ladoos, sevai
•Londa - Jackfruit
•Allahabad - Motichur ladoos
•Ambala - Aloo paratha
•Puri - Halwah
•Bhubaneshwar - Dal and rice
•Coimbatore - Sambar-rice, tamarind-rice, lemon-rice
•Dehradun - Salted cucumber
•Gwalior, Bhopal - Boiled chickpeas with chile peppers
•Surendranagar - Tea with camel's milk
•Anand - Gota (fenugreek fritters), and milk from the dairy farm there
•Khambalia Junction - Potato/onion/chili fritters
•Dwaraka - Milk pedhas
•Viramgam - Fafda (ganthiya), Poori + Alu-bhaji
•Pendra Road - Samosas
•Manikpur - Cream
•Thanjavur - Salted cashewnuts
•Bharuch - Peanuts
•Maddur - Maddur-vade
•Chinna Ganjam - Cashewnuts
•Gudur - Lemons
•Panruti - Jackfruit
•Virudunagar - Boli (a thick sweet flat bread)
•Sankarankoil - Chicken biryani
•Srivilliputtur - Paal kova (a soft milk-based sweet)
•Manapparai - Murukku
•Fatehabad-Chandrawatiganj - Gulab Jamun
•Mehmedabad - Samosa
•Shamli - Aloo tikki
•Gajraula - Tea
•Vadodara - Flavoured milk