I lived in India for close to a year (2023-2024). I lived in Hyderabad but visited Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore and a bunch of countries on that side of the world.
Only thing i ate of the road side was fruits with peels (bananas, oranges, etc) and chai.
Surprised he ate that pani puri but the vendor had a glove so that's something they vetted fa sho. That's not the norm
I know majority of the Coli is uncultured and boxed in mindset-wise, but India was a dope place to live. Ate a lot of dope food, had some great experiences and made some great connections