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Bun Maska: an illustration of butter on burger bun.

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.

Bhurji Pav: an illustration of butter, egg, onion, tomato and more on bread.

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.

Bhajji Pav: an illustration of onion, potato, pepper and chutney on bread.

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.

Beef Keema Pav: an illustration of beef on bread.

Beef Keema Pav

Beef keema pav is the Muslim Mumbai version of keema and pav: dark dry spiced mince scooped with soft buttered pav, made with water-buffalo carabeef in the lanes of Bhendi Bazaar and Bohri Mohalla.