A short guide to Banarasi food

Start the day like a Banarasi: hot kachori with spicy potato sabzi, and a jalebi. By late morning it is time for a thick lassi in a clay cup.

In the evening, try tamatar chaat. In winter, look for malaiyyo, a saffron milk foam made only on cold mornings.

And finish, of course, with a Banarasi paan. For a calm sit-down meal, our Royal Thali brings many of these flavours to one plate.