By Ranita Ray
Visitors have long flocked to Vizag. Soon, Visakhapatnam or Vizag is going to be Andhra Pradesh's state capital. When visiting this city, don't miss the local street food. This story will look at Vizag's 7 most famous street foods.
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Punugulu—tiny circular deep-fried dumplings—are enticing. Vizag's punugulus are served with hot ginger and coconut chutneys. Sample them at RTC Complex, MVP Double Roads, Beach Road, and Daba Gardens.
Masala Muri is one of Vizag's best street foods. It uses puffed rice along with lemon water, diced mango ginger, and tomatoes, peanuts, mixture, and seasoning. Sample it at street vendors on RK Beach Road, Tenneti Park, and Rushikonda Beach.
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Mirchi Bajji—chilli fritters—is another popular street food in Vizag, using longer, milder chillies. Nearly every push cart vendor selling fritters in Tenneti Park, RK Beach, and RTC complex sells these.
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Try this amazing street food from Vizag. These spherical fritters are made with raw bananas or aratikaya. Most jhal muri sellers slice the bhajji and load it with fried groundnuts and chopped tomatoes and onions.
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Vizag offers raw mango slices as unique street food year-round. Jhal muri sellers sell these in their carts, mostly at RK Beach. Vertically sliced Totapuri mangoes are seasoned with chilli powder and salt and served on a paper.
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MVP's food streets, The Park Circle, sell cheekulu, or chicken skewers. Succulent chunks of chicken are marinated and skewered onto bamboo skewers before being grilled over a bed of coals.
Coconut embryo or kobbari puvva is an exotic snack of Andhra. Kobbari Puvva Salad in Visakhapatnam is a hit street food. One can find it near the old Jail Road food street.
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