04:30Before the city wakes
Ahmedabad · Since 1995
Lijjat KhamanHouse
Real Taste… Real Quality…
The city sleeps.
Our steamer doesn't.
Khaman steamed before the city even yawns.
At half past four, while Ahmedabad is still dark, the besan is already being whisked by hand and the iron pot is breathing steam. Since 1995 at Kankaria. Since October 2025 at Vijay Cross Road. Scroll, and live one full day with us.
Our first home
The Kankaria store
Serving since 1995
Drawn with 🧡 · Ahmedabad
08:30Shutters up
Morning belongs
to the first batch.
Jalebi this hot should be illegal before 9 AM.
The shutters rise at 8:30 sharp. The first hour has its own rituals — khaman still warm from the steamer, jalebi coiled golden out of the kadhai, and sev khamani for the ones who know.
ITEM 01
Khaman
The house legend since 1995 — steamed besan sponge, tempered with mustard, curry leaves and a whisper of sweetness. Softer than the morning.
Fresh from 8:30
ITEM 02
Jalebi
Golden coils fried to order and dunked in warm saffron syrup. Crisp outside, molten inside — the sweetest way to start a day.
Morning favourite
ITEM 03
Sev Khamani
Crumbled khaman tossed with garlic, green chilli and pomegranate, crowned with crisp sev. For the ones who know.
Insider's pick
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From 09:00The full board
Every item.
Every day. All day.
Ten Gujarati classics. Not one shortcut.
No "sold out by noon" here. From 9 in the morning right through to close, the entire board is available — every item, made fresh, all day long. Office tiffins, college gangs, grandmothers who taste-test us against their own recipes. This is everything we make.
— The Menu —
The Full Board
Ten Gujarati classics · Since 1995 · 100% pure veg
01
Khaman
Cloud-soft, sunshine-yellow, and gone in three bites. The besan sponge we built our name on.
02
Sev Khamani
Yesterday’s khaman, reborn — garlicky, chilli-kissed, jewelled with pomegranate and a blizzard of sev.
03
Idada
Snow-white steamed rice-and-urad squares, feather-light, with a gentle crack of black pepper.
04
Patra
Spiral-cut leaf rolls, sweet-and-savoury, sizzled till the edges turn golden and crisp.
05
Khandvi
Silky hand-rolled ribbons that melt on contact, scattered with coconut and popping mustard.
06
Fulvadi
Crunchy golden batons that flirt sweet, then bite back with fenugreek and spice.
07
Cheese Corn
A crisp golden shell hiding molten cheese and sweet corn. The one the kids point at first.
08
Chinese Samosa
The rebel of the board — crackly pastry, spicy noodles inside, a Schezwan kick on the way out.
09
Navtad Samosa
Wafer-thin, bite-size, dangerously poppable. You never stop at one Navtad.
10
Jalebi
Spirals fried to order and drowned in warm saffron syrup. The sweet last word on everything above.
★ Real Taste… Real Quality… · sab kuch taaza, every day ★
16:00The story so far
One recipe.
Now two doorsteps.
One khaman recipe, three decades undefeated.
What began at Kankaria in 1995 with one steel steamer and a handwritten recipe is now a small Ahmedabad institution. The recipe hasn't changed. The welcome hasn't either. Only the map got bigger.
1995 · KANKARIA
The shutters rise for the first time
One counter, one steamer, and a khaman so soft strangers became regulars in a single bite. The iconic store still stands — frills, fascia and all.
THOUSANDS OF ORDERS
Ahmedabad orders in
Thousands of orders fulfilled through Zomato, Swiggy and more — and hundreds more every single day, hand-packed across the counter. A whole lot of khaman. A whole lot of smiles.
OCTOBER 2025 · VIJAY CROSS ROAD
A second doorstep opens
Thirty years in, we crossed the city. Same steamers, same recipe, same 8:30 shutters — now at Vijay Cross Road too.
2026 · ONLINE
Our own ordering website launches
Skip the queue: pre-order online and pick up fresh at the Vijay Cross Road branch. Same prices, zero extra cost.
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17:30What Ahmedabad says
Don't take our
word for it.
Sev khamani worth 4.7 stars and counting.
Hundreds of plates a day leave a lot of happy people. Here's what Ahmedabad says about us on Google.
★ Google
★★★★★
"Best khaman in Ahmedabad, hands down. Soft, fresh, and that sev khamani is unreal. Coming here since I was a kid."
R
Rohan Mehta
★ Google
★★★★★
"The pre-order pickup at Vijay Cross Road is a lifesaver. Order on the way, walk in, pick up, done. No queue!"
P
Priya Shah
★ Google
★★★★★
"My dadi brought me here in the 90s for Sunday khaman. Now I bring my own kids. Three generations, same warm taste, same corner of Ahmedabad."
A
Amit Desai
★ Google
★★★★★
"Every time I land back in Ahmedabad, before even going home I stop here for sev khamani. It honestly tastes like belonging."
N
Nisha Patel
★ Google
★★★★★
"Best khaman in Ahmedabad, hands down. Soft, fresh, and that sev khamani is unreal. Coming here since I was a kid."
R
Rohan Mehta
★ Google
★★★★★
"The pre-order pickup at Vijay Cross Road is a lifesaver. Order on the way, walk in, pick up, done. No queue!"
P
Priya Shah
★ Google
★★★★★
"My dadi brought me here in the 90s for Sunday khaman. Now I bring my own kids. Three generations, same warm taste, same corner of Ahmedabad."
A
Amit Desai
★ Google
★★★★★
"Every time I land back in Ahmedabad, before even going home I stop here for sev khamani. It honestly tastes like belonging."
N
Nisha Patel
★ Google
★★★★★
"A 30-year-old institution for a reason. The patra and khandvi are exactly how they should taste. Pure nostalgia."
K
Kunal Joshi
★ Google
★★★★★
"Fulvadi and idada are my weekend ritual now. Always fresh, always warm, and the staff remember your usual order."
M
Meera Trivedi
★ Google
★★★★★
"Took the kids for cheese corn and jalebi — they haven't stopped asking to go back. Clean, quick and friendly."
D
Devang Patel
★ Google
★★★★★
"The new Vijay Cross Road branch is so convenient. Same taste as the original Kankaria shop I grew up with."
S
Sneha Bhatt
★ Google
★★★★★
"A 30-year-old institution for a reason. The patra and khandvi are exactly how they should taste. Pure nostalgia."
K
Kunal Joshi
★ Google
★★★★★
"Fulvadi and idada are my weekend ritual now. Always fresh, always warm, and the staff remember your usual order."
M
Meera Trivedi
★ Google
★★★★★
"Took the kids for cheese corn and jalebi — they haven't stopped asking to go back. Clean, quick and friendly."
D
Devang Patel
★ Google
★★★★★
"The new Vijay Cross Road branch is so convenient. Same taste as the original Kankaria shop I grew up with."
S
Sneha Bhatt
4.7on Google
★★★★★
Hundreds of reviews · Kankaria & Vijay Cross Road
18:00Skip the queue
The queue is long.
You don't have to be in it.
Pre-order the patience out of your evening.
Evening rush at the counter is a beautiful thing — unless you're at the back of it. So we built our own pre-order system for the Vijay Cross Road branch. Here's how it works:
01
Order online, 15 minutes before you arrive
Place your order on our website on the way over. By the time you reach, your khaman is packed, fresh and waiting — walk past the queue and pick it up.
02
Same price. No extra cost.
Everything costs exactly what it costs at the counter. No platform fees, no markups, no surge — just the queue, skipped.
03
Want it delivered? Book your own porter
Order from the same link and arrange your own pickup via any porter service — it can work out significantly cheaper than aggregator delivery for bulk and party orders.
04
Advance & bulk orders welcome
Functions, office orders, festival trays — message or call us anytime and we'll have it steaming when you need it.
Self-order pickup · Vijay Cross Road branch only
We accept corporate food-pack orders → Order here ↗
20:30Last plate
The moon is up.
Come find us tomorrow.
From Kankaria to Vijay Cross Road — same soft khaman.
The shutters come down at 8:30. We wipe the counters, the steamers cool, and Ahmedabad goes quiet — at both our doorsteps.
Branch 01 · The original
Kankaria
The iconic store, serving since 1995. Frills, fascia, and the first steamer.
📞+91 98246 35200 · Maninagar
Est. 1995
↗ Directions
Branch 02 · The new doorstep
Vijay Cross Road
Opened October 2025. Same recipe, same welcome — plus online pre-order pickup.
📞+91 97274 35200 · Navrangpura
Pre-order pickup ✓
↗ Directions
Hours · both branches8:30 AM — 8:30 PM, every day
Kankaria · Maninagar+91 98246 35200
Vijay Cross Road · Navrangpura+91 97274 35200
Bulk & advance ordersMessage us anytime
The steamers fire again before sunrise. Shutters up at 8:30. 🌅