Chai Pani DC

Name: Chai Pani DC
Address: 1325 5th Street Northeast, Suite A, Washington, DC, 20002, US
Telephone: (202) 516-5080

Indian street food

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Daily, lunch 11am–2:30pm and dinner 5:30pm–10pm

1325 5th Street Northeast, Suite A, Washington, DC 20002
(202) 516-5080
Last verified: October 2026
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Chaat and Small Plates

Okra Fries
Listed as "Matchstick Okra Fries" on the current menu
$13.00
Sev Potato Dahi Puri (SPDP)
$13.00
Bhel Puri
Current menu lists "Disco Bhel" ($14) rather than a plain "Bhel Puri"; left unpriced rather than assumed to be the same item
Kale Pakora Chaat
No price found on the current menu for this specific dish
Vada Pav
No price found on the official menu; only a third-party delivery listing (unconfirmed, ~$15.59 for an order of 2) was found

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

Dishes to know on this menu

Chaat: The tangy, crunchy, sweet-sour-spicy family of Indian street snacks: crisp bases (papdi wafers, puffed rice for bhel, potato patties for aloo tikki chaat) piled with chickpeas, yogurt, tamarind and mint chutneys, chaat masala, onion and sev (crunchy chickpea-flour threads). Meant to be eaten immediately, before it goes soft. On this menu as: Chaat and Small Plates · Sev Potato Dahi Puri (SPDP) · Bhel Puri.
Roti, chapati & paratha: The unleavened whole-wheat family. Roti and chapati are thin and dry-griddled (tandoori roti is baked in the clay oven); paratha is layered with ghee and pan-fried, plain (lachha, spiralled) or stuffed with potato, cauliflower or paneer; rumali is the tissue-thin "handkerchief" bread. Puri and bhatura are fried and puff up hollow; bhatura is the large, leavened one served with chole. On this menu as: Sev Potato Dahi Puri (SPDP) · Bhel Puri.
Idli, vada & upma: South Indian breakfast. Idli are soft steamed cakes of the same fermented batter as dosa; medu vada are savory lentil doughnuts, crisp outside and fluffy within (dahi vada are soaked in spiced yogurt); upma is a savory semolina porridge; pongal is rice and lentils cooked soft with pepper, cumin and ghee. All are eaten with sambar and chutney. On this menu as: Vada Pav.
Pakora & bhaji: Fritters of vegetables, paneer or chicken dipped in a chickpea-flour (besan) batter and deep-fried. Onion bhaji is the British-menu name for onion pakora. Mixed vegetable pakora is the rainy-day snack of the subcontinent, eaten with chai. On this menu as: Kale Pakora Chaat.
Vada pav & pav bhaji: Mumbai's bread-roll (pav) street food. Vada pav is a spiced potato fritter in a soft roll with dry garlic chutney: the city's burger. Pav bhaji is a buttery mash of vegetables and spices served with griddled, butter-soaked rolls. Misal pav is a fiery sprouted-bean curry topped with farsan (crunchy mix). On this menu as: Vada Pav.
Raita: Yogurt (dahi) whisked with cucumber, onion, tomato, mint or boondi (tiny fried chickpea-flour pearls) and seasoned with roasted cumin. The cooling counterpoint to biryani and hot curries. On this menu as: Sev Potato Dahi Puri (SPDP).

How these dishes compare

Roti, chapati & parathatypically $4 across 343 menus
Pakora & bhajitypically $8 across 291 menus
Chaattypically $9 across 281 menus
Idli, vada & upmatypically $8.99 across 122 menus
Vada pav & pav bhajitypically $9.99 across 85 menus

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