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The best Phuchka in Kolkata

Also spelt puchka, fuchka, phuchka tok jhal and golgappa. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Maharaja Chat Centre (Dilip da's)

    Vivekananda Park, Southern Avenue Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    Every day, 4pm to 10pm
    Where
    Cart on Kavi Bharati Sarani at Hemanta Mukherjee Sarani, beside Vivekananda Park, Lake Terrace, Ballygunge, Kolkata 700029

    Ask for the jol phuchka with extra green chilli and gondhoraj, then finish with churmur. He also does a Thums Up version. Nothing to sit on, and evenings past seven mean queueing.

    What to orderJol phuchka, extra green chilli

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  2. Number 2.Durga Pandit Ka Puchka

    Lake Kalibari, Southern Avenue Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    Opens about 4.30pm daily, busiest after 7pm
    Where
    Cart outside Sree Sree Karunamoyee Kalimata Mandir (Lake Kalibari), 1 Southern Avenue, at the Vivekananda Park end, Ballygunge, Kolkata 700029

    The aloo dum phuchka is what regulars come for, though the plain jol version is sharper. Service is slow when the crowd builds, and a plate of aloo dum runs near a hundred rupees.

    What to orderAloo dum phuchka

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  3. Number 3.Krishna Kant Sharma Fuchka Wala

    Vardaan Market, Camac Street Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    Noon to 9:30pm daily
    Where
    Pavement outside Vardaan Market, 25A Camac Street, Kolkata 700016

    Sharma's house masala is the reason to stand here: methi, ajwain, saunf, jeera, then a mint and tamarind water. Take the classic plate. Office crowds land around six, and there is no seating.

    What to orderClassic plate with his house masala

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  4. Rajendra's phuchka cart, outside Dakshinapan

    Dakshinapan, Dhakuria Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    3pm to 9:30pm daily
    Where
    Pavement outside Dakshinapan Shopping Complex, 2 Gariahat Road South, Dhakuria, Kolkata 700068

    Aloo dum phuchka here, with churmur after if you still have room. The cart works the pavement outside the complex, so come in the evening and expect to eat standing in traffic noise.

    What to orderAloo dum phuchka, followed by churmur

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  5. Pravesh Pani Puri, Woodland Road

    Alipore Bhowanipore, Kalighat and Alipore

    Open
    From 4pm, evenings only
    Where
    Stall on Woodland Road at Alipore Road, near Woodlands Hospital, Alipore, Kolkata 700027

    Pravesh Yadav sells seventeen kinds; the ghugni phuchka and the tomato one with no potato are what he is known for. Fifty rupees a plate, opens at four, and leave the schezwan and chocolate ones alone.

    What to orderGhugni phuchka, then the chaat-style tomato phuchka

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  6. Bada Phuchka Wala

    New Alipore Bhowanipore, Kalighat and Alipore

    Open
    From about 4.30pm, busiest near 7pm
    Where
    Block O, near the LIC office, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053

    The shells here are outsized, which is the point; take the aloo dum with roasted spice and tamarind pulp on top. Nothing before half four, and Block O has no room to stand comfortably.

    What to orderAloo dum phuchka

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  7. Soni Gupta's stall, outside New Empire Cinema

    New Market, Dharmatala Esplanade and Dharmatala

    Where
    Pavement outside New Empire Cinema, 1 Humayun Place, off Lindsay Street, New Market, Kolkata 700087

    Four phuchkas for twenty rupees, plain and tangy, from a cart Soni Gupta's family has worked for thirty years. It is the New Market pavement, so go before the shopping crowd thickens after six.

    What to orderPlain jol phuchka

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  8. Kolkata Chat Centre

    Ganesh Talkies, Jorasanko North Kolkata and Shyambazar

    Open
    3.30pm to 10pm, daily
    Where
    265C Rabindra Sarani, beside Ganesh Talkies, Jorasanko, Kolkata 700007

    Their special phuchka swaps the potato for churmur; get that and the aloo dum. It opens at half three and runs to ten, but the shop is tiny with nowhere to sit in Barabazar's crush.

    What to orderThe special churmur phuchka

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  9. Ram Gupta's stall, Haldiram corner

    Kankurgachi Sealdah, Maniktala and Beleghata

    Where
    Pavement beside Haldiram's, P20 CIT Road, Scheme VII M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata 700054

    Ram Gupta has held this pavement since 1992. The khatta-meetha is five rupees a piece and the pakori phuchka ten. Timings are not posted, so treat it as an evening stop and skip lunchtime.

    What to orderKhatta-meetha phuchka, plus one pakori phuchka

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  10. Ram Gupta's cart, outside Victoria Memorial

    Victoria Memorial, Maidan Esplanade and Dharmatala

    Open
    Afternoon into the evening, daily
    Where
    Pavement outside the Victoria Memorial south gate, Queens Way, Maidan, Kolkata 700071

    Take the khatta-meetha, where tamarind goes into the potato as paste and powder rather than only the water. The carts here trade with the sightseeing crowd, so ask the rate before he starts filling.

    What to orderKhatta-meetha phuchka with the tamarind-worked potato

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  11. Dinesh Fuchka

    Tala Park, Paikpara North Kolkata and Shyambazar

    Open
    From about 6pm, evenings only
    Where
    15G Raja Manindra Road, Gangulipara, Tala, Paikpara, Kolkata 700037

    Children call these the Bahubali phuchkas because the shells are twice the usual size; five jol ones cost thirty rupees. Third generation now runs it. Nothing happens before six, so do not go early.

    What to orderJumbo jol phuchka

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  12. Ranjit Kumar's stall, outside Lake Mall

    Lake Market, Rashbehari Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    Every day from 3pm
    Where
    Pavement outside Lake Mall, 179 Rash Behari Avenue, Lake Market, Kolkata 700029

    Ranjit opens at three, which makes this the early option; five jol phuchkas cost twenty rupees. The dahi phuchka at eighty a plate is the draw, but it is heavy, so order it last.

    What to orderDahi phuchka

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