Indian food

Laphing

Also called: Laphing, Лапхинг, Laping

Vegan

Cold mung-starch noodles, translucent and slippery, drowned in chilli oil and vinegar. Tibetan street food that Dehradun's students eat standing up, and hotter than it looks.

How it's eaten

Say how much chilli you want before they assemble it, not after.

Where to try it

Dehradun

The Tibetan settlements around Dehradun made this a student staple long before it reached Delhi.

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