Delhi Chaat gives customers that true street food chaat experience with its tiny food cart parked off El Camino Real. The cart has a variety of chaats on the menu but the stars are the dahi papdi chaat, which is served in puri rather than the traditional flat papdi, and the big plate of spicy aloo tikki chaat. If you’re feeling extra hungry, try their chhole bhatura, which is served piping hot — perfect on a chilly evening sitting in their outside seating area. The cart is open 4–9 p.m except on Mondays.

Another stop along El Camino Real, Chaat House focuses on North Indian/Punjabi cuisine and chaats. Get the most bang for your buck by ordering their bhel thali for less than $10. The set comes with bhel puri chaat, one sabji (main dish), two roti, kadhi, dal, rice, and your choice of beverage. The restaurant is currently open for takeout and delivery via Doordash.

Chaat Bhavan is a vegetarian restaurant with locations in Fremont and Dublin as well. People flock here for the vada pav and dabeli, two beloved spicy street sandwiches from the west coast of India. The first is filled with a deep-fried chickpea flour–battered potato fritter. The latter features a spicy mashed potato mixture that’s topped with masala peanuts and pomegranate arils — a spicy, sweet combo.

This food truck off Lawrence Avenue is well known for its traditional tawa-cooked pav bhaji. The proprietors imported their tawa, a large flat griddle used to cook pav bhaji, from India to keep things as traditional as possible. The namesake dish consists of pav (a soft roll) and bhaji, a spicy tomato-based vegetable mixture cooked with a delicious amount of Indian-made Amul butter. The truck is open for takeout and delivery via Doordash. A restaurant location also opened recently in Fremont.

Situated in the same food truck gathering spot as Pav Bhaji Hut, Johal Chaat and Curry is famous for its Amritsari chole kulche — chickpeas cooked in a spicy tomato masala gravy and served with Amritsari kulche, an unleavened flatbread generously stuffed with a spicy potato filling. The truck is open 11:30 a.m–9:30 p.m; be sure to call ahead of time to place your order for takeout.