Andrew Lekashman
Cheese Chutney Sandwich
Simple sandwich of cheese and green chutney—quick snack.
Cheese Chilli Toast
Toast with cheese and green chilies.
Cheese Bread Roll
Bread roll with cheese filling.
Chapati/Roti
Whole wheat unleavened flatbread; daily bread of most of India.
Cafreal Sandwich
A Goan sandwich that answers to its paste: a fierce green coriander-chilli-garlic masala, carried from Mozambique to Goa by the Portuguese, fried onto chicken and packed into a hollow poee roll.
Bun Maska
The cheapest line on an Irani-café menu and one of Mumbai's most loved: a soft bun split and spread with a real, visible layer of butter. Nothing to hide behind, so each part has to be right.
Bun Maska with Chai
Bun maska served as accompaniment to Irani chai—traditional pairing.
Bread Roll
The Indian bread roll wraps a flattened slice tight around spiced potato and fries it into a sealed log, no batter, the bread itself becoming the crust: a teatime snack eaten with chutney.
Bread Pakora
Bread pakora is a spiced-potato sandwich dipped whole in besan batter and deep-fried: a shatter-crisp gram-flour jacket over soft bread and a hot, chili-loud potato core, eaten with chai.
Bread Pakora with Chutney
Bread pakora served with green and tamarind chutneys.
Boti Kebab Roll
Paratha with boti kebab (marinated meat chunks) filling.
Bombay Vegetable Sandwich
Standard Bombay sandwich with full vegetable layers and green chutney.
Bombay Toast Sandwich
Mumbai's layered vegetable toast: thin boiled potato, beetroot and cucumber under green chutney and a bottled sandwich masala, pressed on a Wibs slice and cut corner to corner on the footpath.
Bombay Sandwich
Mumbai's famous grilled sandwich; white bread layered with boiled potato slices, cucumber, tomato, onion, beetroot, green chutney (cilant...
Bombay Sandwich with Cheese
Bombay sandwich with processed cheese slice added.
Bombay Sandwich Grilled
Buttery grilled version with crispy exterior.
Bhurji Pav
Bhurji pav is the egg sandwich of the Mumbai pavement: scrambled eggs cooked deliberately dry so the soft pav stays intact, with the griddle scrambling the egg and toasting the roll at once.
Bhatura
Large, puffy deep-fried bread from fermented dough; served with chole.
Bhakri
Thick, unleavened flatbread made from jowar (sorghum) or bajra (millet). Served with vegetable.
Bhajji Pav
Bhajji pav is Mumbai's monsoon sandwich: a crisp besan-battered onion fritter stuffed hot into a soft pav, with red garlic chutney and a fried green chili, eaten beside scalding chai in the rain.