
From the tooting horns of rickshaw drivers swerving ambling cows in the road, to the colourfully dressed women in saris that looked fit for a celebration, arriving in the heart of India is a true sensory explosion.
Yet there is something more encapsulating of the Subcontinent than all else: the food. There doesn’t seem to be a street corner in the land that isn’t festooned with carts hawking some form of utterly delicious-smelling food - the sweet fried desserts (jalebi), the overwhelmingly spicy nibbles (samosa chaat was a favourite), the refreshing yoghurt drinks (nothing nicer than a lassi to cool you in the sweltering Indian heat).