Xacuti Pao
Xacuti (complex Goan curry with roasted spices, coconut, poppy seeds) served with pao.
Pav & Pao
Usal Pav
Sprouted legume curry (usal—various beans/lentils) with pav.
Samosa Pav
The whole dish is one gesture: a hot samosa set into a split pav and pressed until the shell cracks. A deliberate clash of two breads, flaky fried shell inside a pillowy yeast roll.
Ragda Pattice Pav
Ragda (dried peas curry) over pattice (potato cutlets), sometimes served with pav.
Pork Vindaloo Pao
Vindaloo (vinegar-chili pork curry, Portuguese-Indian fusion) with pao.
Poee
Traditional Goan bread baked in clay ovens; soft, slightly crusty.
Pav
Soft, slightly sweet bread roll; Portuguese origin via Goa, now ubiquitous. Base for vada pav, pav bhaji, etc.
Paneer Bhurji Pav
Crumbled paneer scrambled with onion, tomato, spices—vegetarian alternative to egg bhurji.
Mutton Bhurji Pav
Minced mutton scrambled with spices, served with pav.
Misal Pav
A bowl of misal with red oil at the rim, a dry drift of farsan on top, the pav set beside it. Heat with depth, late crunch, sharp acid, each kept apart until the hand brings them together.
Misal Pav Puneri
Pune-style misal, slightly milder, topped with poha (flattened rice) and farsan.
Misal Pav Kolhapuri
Extra-spicy Kolhapuri style with fiery red gravy (tarri).
Ladi Pav
Cluster of pav baked together in 'ladis' (rows), torn apart to serve.
Keema Pav
Watch how it's eaten and you understand it: a torn corner of buttered pav dragged through dark spiced lamb mince. Mumbai's plainest Irani-café plate, and the joining is yours to do.
Keema Ghotala Pav
Keema scrambled with eggs (ghotala style), served with pav.
Kanda Bhaji Pav
Onion bhaji (sliced onions in gram flour batter, fried crispy) in pav.
Goan Pao
Goan Portuguese-influenced crusty bread roll (poee/pao); used for various sandwiches.
Chorizo Pao
Goan chorizo (pork sausage spiced with Kashmiri chili, vinegar, garlic) in pao bread.
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.
Bhurji Pav
Spiced scrambled eggs (egg bhurji—with onion, tomato, green chili, turmeric) served with buttered pav.