Jodhpur that is the capital of the Kingdom of Marwar that is now essentially part of Rajasthan is prominent tourist destination, featuring many palaces, forts and temples. Set landscape of the Thar Desert, it is also known as Blue city and Sun city among not only people of Rajasthan but also all over India. Apart from some of the most common shopping places like Sojati Gate, Tripolia Bazaar, Mochi Bazaar, Clock Tower to purchase items like Tie and Dye Sarees, Leather, Embroidered shoes and Utensils, Jodhpur is also very popular for some of the most common food dishes like Curry made with chili, Badam Halwa, Chandaliya Sabji, Kaacharaa Mircha Sabzi that is usually found in Jodhpur and Jaisalmer only from many of the other popular food items that one can get here.
Tourists, as well as people from India and other states and countries, prefer to visit Jodhpur during October to March since October marks the onset of peak season in Jodhpur with weather turning pleasant. Some of the other dishes that people cannot simply resist at Jodhpur include Pyaz kachori in served with Chatney, Mawa Kachori, Mirci Bada, Kalakand that is also famous in Pakistan and one cannot simply resist it since it is made from sweetened milk and Paneer. One of the best parts is that the dishes in Jodhpur are made using lots of ghee like ‘Ghee ka Churma’, ‘Halwa’ to name a few dishes.
Apart from Ghee ka churma, there are many other types of Churma like a mixture of Roti and Ghee with sugar, if it is made with Roti that is made of Bajra (Millet) then is it said Bajre ka Churma and if it is made using wheat it is called Gehu (Wheat) ka Churma. One can also enjoy Bajra ki roti with Kadi, just like how one may find Kair- Samgari ki sabji very flavourful that is a type of dry vegetable, grown only in rural areas. To wash all the heavy dishes down, one can enjoy original sweets that include and is not limited to mawa kachori, rabri ghewar, rabri maalpooa, besan chakki and much more.
Other than this, one can totally indulge on Marwari Kulfi that is available at Mohanji Mithaiwala. One can alos try Chaudhary Namkeen for mirchi bada, Shahi samosa at Arora Namkeen and Mishrilal's lassi both at clock tower. Apart from this, one can indulge in delicacies like Moti Chur Laddu, Besan Barfi, Kulfi of varying flavour, Ghevar, Mava, Malpua from sweet delicacies.
According to food blogs and review website like Mouthshut, food blogging guide first, we feast to name a few, below is the list of famous restaurants in Jodhpur:
