Welcome to the world of parantha

THE moment you enter the galee, the smell of rich Indian spices and that of desi ghee will take you into a different world altogether. Lip smacking paranthas made in different methods will make your mouth water.
If you have a taste bud for spicy Indian delicacies head towards Chandni Chowk and the most...
happening place here is the Paranthe Wali Gali ("lane of parantha-makers").
Chandni Chowk was established in 1650 and was built along with the Red Fort under the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan.

Earlier this lane was known only for its silverware shops, before the Parantha shops moved in, first in the 1870s, like Pandit Gaya Prasad Prasad Paranthewala shop, was established in 1872, though many sari and jewellery shops are still in this lane.
The famous Mela restaurant in the UK has imitated this famous gali and in Bombay the "Only Parathas" restaurant group is trying to copy the ambience of the Delhi lane.[8]
Of the 20 parantha shops in the late 1960s (all belonging to branches of the same family), three remain: Pt Kanhaiyalal Durgaprasad Dixit (estd 1875), Pt Dayanand Shivcharan (estd 1882). Pt Baburam Devidayal Paranthewale (estd 1886). By 1911, this area, known as Chota Dariba or Dariba Kalan, got the name Paranthewali Gali.
In the years just after the independence, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit came to take their parantha meals in this gali.

Deep fried parantha is the specialty is his shop. SK Sharma, the owner of Babu Ram Paranthawale, is a happy man as he satiates the hungry pangs of the thousands who visit his shop. “There are four shops belonging to the same family. These shops were around 120 years old. There is no competition from KFC or McDy as we never move out of the galee.  To begin with, there were around 15-16 shops were there. Now only four shops are operating.” He takes a jibe at police and administration. “Administration is troubling us. Police also sometimes asks for favours.”
In the late 1980s many of them closed shop and moved out, though today this place is experiencing a revival and some shops are being run by the sixth generation of the same family.
The area has its own Bollywood connection as actor Akshay Kumar used to live here.
The food is vegetarian, and cooked dishes do not include onion or garlic, since the owners are Brahmins, and traditionally their clientele has included Jains in the neighborhood. Varieties include exotic fillings like kaju, badam, matar, Mix Paranthas, rabri, khoya parantha, gobhi parantha, Parat parantha, etc.
The parantha is usually served with sweet tamarind chutney, mint chutney, mixed vegetable pickle, paneer and potato curry, potato and fenugreek curry, and a sauteed mash of sweet pumpkin.
Franklin, who hails from England said, “I heard about the area in London. Son in my first visit to India I made a point to have a taste of the paranthas here.”
Chandrasekhar came to Delhi from Chennai. He said, “The paranthas here are awesome and we tasted a four different variety of paranthas here.”