Xacuti Pao
Xacuti (complex Goan curry with roasted spices, coconut, poppy seeds) served with pao.
Xacuti (complex Goan curry with roasted spices, coconut, poppy seeds) served with pao.
Breaded vegetable patty Bengali-style.
Aloo tikki in sandwich bread with chutneys.
Puff pastry filled with spiced vegetables (potato, peas, carrot). Ubiquitous bakery snack.
Chapati with spiced mixed vegetable filling, egg coating optional.
Mixed vegetable cutlet in bread.
Vegetarian burger with aloo tikki or paneer patty, Indian sauces.
Bread roll with mixed vegetable filling.
On a Mumbai platform at rush hour, eaten one-handed because the other holds a train pole. A fried spiced-potato dumpling in soft pav with a sharp dry garlic chutney that makes the whole thing.
Vada pav served with deep-fried whole green chili (mirchi) on the side—adds extra heat.
Medu vada in pav bread—fusion of Mumbai and South Indian.
Double vada pav; two potato fritters in one pav for larger appetite.
Standard vada pav; single vada in pav with garlic chutney and green chutney.
Thick, pancake-like fermented rice-lentil bread with toppings (onion, tomato, chili, carrot) pressed in while cooking. Like a savory panc...
Sprouted legume curry (usal—various beans/lentils) with pav.
Three-layer sandwich with multiple fillings.
Tangy tomato-based chutney; South Indian accompaniment.
Any tikka (chicken, paneer) wrapped in chapati with accompaniments.
Gujarati flatbread with fenugreek leaves, spices; travel food.
Multi-grain flatbread from mixed flours with onion, spices. Eaten with butter and yogurt.
Whole wheat roti baked in tandoor; slightly charred.
Tandoori-spiced paneer in sandwich.
Tandoori chicken in sandwich bread.