VV Puram Food Street

{{Short description|Food street in Bangalore, India}}

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VV Puram Food Street or Visveswara Puram Food Street is a food street in Visveswarapura, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. Located near Sajjan Rao Circle, the street has over 20 food stalls in less than 150 meters serving varieties of pure vegetarian street food, sweets, South Indian, North Indian and Chinese dishes.{{cite news|last1=Kulkarni|first1=Tanu|title=Street treat for a veritable steal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/street-treat-for-a-veritable-steal/article3771693.ece|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=The Hindu|date=15 August 2012}} Called Thindi Beedi in Kannada, the food street is said to have a cult status among Bangaloreans.{{cite news|title=Quick fix food street in VV Puram: How to make food street a better hangout|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/quick-fix-food-street-in-vv-puram-how-to-make-food-street-a-better-hangout/articleshow/51889862.cms|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=The Economic Times|date=19 April 2016}} The street typically becomes busy after six in the evening.{{cite news|last1=Varma|first1=Nikhil|title=Mecca of street food|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Food/mecca-of-street-food/article5597334.ece|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=The Hindu|date=20 January 2014}}

The food street hosts the "Avarekai Mela" annually in the winter months of December/January, when varieties of dishes are prepared using avarekai (hyacinth beans)–both hithkabele (peeled beans) and avarebele (unpeeled beans). The festival which started as an effort to sell the produce of avarekai farmers became popular over the years with more than 1000 kg of avarekai being purchased directly from the farmers on each day of the festival.{{cite news|title=Time to spill the beans|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/591143/time-spill-beans.html|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=Deccan Herald|date=13 January 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Ranganna|first1=Akhila|title=In Bengaluru, an ode to broad beans at the Avarekai Mela|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/in-bengaluru-an-ode-to-broad-beans-at-the-avarekai-mela/|accessdate=21 May 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=18 January 2016}}