12 Best Street Food Dishes Of Shillong Which Are Delicious (2024)

8. Pukhlein

Right up till now, all the dishes which we have included in this list are mostly spicy, but it is time for something sweet. Pukhlein is such a dessert in Shillong which is typically consumed as street food. As the dish can be found in almost every road-side stall over there, you will be able to buy it without any problem. The recipe is primarily prepared from powdered rice, and it is fried. But to make the dish amazingly tasty, the fried rice paste is dipped in a syrup made with jaggery. The recipe is quite similar to certain Bengali sweets, but it has its own uniqueness.