Well, if you are in Delhi, the capital city of India, you are a foodie, amazed by Indian recipes full of spices, you must visit Khari Baoli. It’s not a popular tourist destination, even many Delhites might have also not visited this place but ask any oldie in old Delhi and you want to go here.
It is a wholesale market of spices and dry fruits. You can get all the variety and quality of spices, some of them you may not get in the dictionary of botany, achars, dry fruits, typical Indian confectioneries, oils; both for cooking and fragrance and what not. Bargain…, so there are reputed traders who never bargain but there are few you may bargain to a good price. Basically a wholesale market now does sell in retails as well. This will not be cheap though, but you can get a variety and quality.
How to reach, well you can get down from metro or city bus or taxi at Lal Qila or Old Delhi Railway Station or Chawadi Bazar or Jama Masjid and take a e-Rikshaw or Cycle Rikshaw from there to Fatehpuri Masjid. Khari Baoili is surrounded by some of the most crowded and popular markets of Old Delhi, The Chandni Chowk, Kinarewali Gali, The Sadar Bazar, the Chawdi Bazar, Balimaran and so on. Go hungry as you will get to test some of the most authentic and popular Delhi chat and food; the Dahi vada, Aloo Tikki, Chole Bhature, Paranthe, Kulfi, Shahi Chatt, All kind of Lassi, the famous Kachori, Jalebi, Gulabjamun and what not.