The food vendors in the lanes around the Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah represent some of Delhi's finest Mughlai food, a tradition that has evolved over centuries to feed pilgrims and devotees visiting the shrine. The narrow streets are lined with vendors selling nihari (slow-cooked meat broth), seekh kababs, naan khatai biscuits, haleem, and the legendary sheermal (saffron flatbread) at very low prices.
The food is at its best on Thursday evenings when the area fills with devotees coming for the qawwali session, and the vendors are in full swing. The halwa sold at stalls near the dargah entrance is particularly sought after. It is the kind of eating-in-the-streets experience that defines Old Delhi and Nizamuddin's food culture — chaotic, fragrant, and deeply satisfying.