City Food – Mathura ka Peda, Kucha Pati Ram Food by The Delhi Walla - January 25, 2019January 25, 20190 The charm of an out-of-town delicacy. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some of the most universally loved Indian delicacies are identified with towns and cities where they were probably invented or given a special treatment — Agra ka Petha, Hyderabadi Biryani, Orai ka Rasgulla, Bombay ki Bhelpuri, Mysore Masala Dosa, Amritsari Machhi, Sandeela ka Laddu, and Khurja ki Khurchan. Delhi is a centre of great gastronomic pretensions but shamefully it has no dish named after it. Here’s a consolation. The Manohar Lal Doodh Waale sweet shop in Kucha Pati Ram, near Ajmeri Gate, offers the city’s best Mathura ka Peda. More than 100 km from Delhi, Mathura is the land of Krishna, the playful god fond of milk, makhan and mithais. The town is