Part 2...Old Dehli

This area also has the largest Spice market in Asia, so lots of sellars...

Now for more samples...

Making the paan which is a sweet and spicy mixture wrapped up in a leave and chewed on, most have tobacco but not ours...

Don’s reaction...

The next guy was the sidewalk doctor selling the cure for “piles”

Some more street scenes as we walked...

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The ever present cow...

Lots of alleyways...

More food, don’t ask what it is, but it had yellow split peas so we told them it was the Indian version of pease pudding! 

Indians love all types of bread...fried, stuffed, baked, flat, puffed....

Then sweet, fried bread called Jalobi, delicious!

We also dropped into the largest mosque in India which is right in the Center of Old Dehli. It is called Jama Masjid and was constructed in the 1600s. We weren’t allowed to take pictures inside so here we are on the steps....

This is the interior courtyard, picture courtesy of Wikipedia...

Lots of chai tea sellers...

Barbers...

Republic Days flags...

Brightly coloured bags, just so much to see all around us...

Our last stop for the day was a visit to a Sikh temple where Simar helped us understand a little about the history and practice of his religion.

We had to wear headscarves, remove our shoes, wash our feet and hands and then were escorted to the main room with a golden altar and men singing the holy words...

 

One of the tenets of this religion is Service to others so the temples often have community kitchens attached where they feed everyone who needs it.So we were invited in...

Here we are making chapatis which are basically flat bread baked over fire. They are a traditional staple of Indian food and are served at most meals.

This is quite a big production as they feed hundreds of people a day...

The serving Hall...

All in all quite an eye opening experience and so glad to have this opportunity.

Walking back to the Metro this was the traffic scene...