Top 10 Street Foods to Enjoy in Mumbai

The true Bollywood and hustler’s main city of India, Mumbai has the whole of India in its street food stalls. From the Dabeli to the Keema Pav, from Misal Pav to Ragda Patties, there are so many things to delight your taste buds and revel in the joy of eating various yummy street foods at the cost of almost nothing to your pocket.

While most of them are usually vegetarian, Tripbeam.ca assures you that you would want to have them immediately after we introduce them to you. So book your flight tickets from the best airfare website now. Get ready for some of the most unique and delicious moments of your life and bite into one of them.

1. Vada Pav

This is one of the classics with a deep-fried, golden-colored potato fritter shaped the size of a tennis ball. It is placed in between 2 white fluffy buns called Pav, along with red chili powder and tamarind chutney. This is the equivalent to Mumbai of what Fish & Chips are to England. Almost every Mumbaikar craves to have one at the end of the day. The potato fritter itself is cooked with green chilies and coriander to flavor it lightly. Go ahead, have a bite into it.

2. Batata Vada

This is a potato fritter made with a ball-sized potato mash, flavored with salt, turmeric, chilies, and red chili powder. It is then dipped in a spiced, thick gram flour batter and deep-fried. This particular delicacy is also known as Aloo Bonda or Aloo Chop in other regions of India. To add a zing, it is served with green chutney and fried green chilies. Mumbai is known for its Batata Vada just as Tripbeam.ca is known for its best flight ticket offers. So you can avail them now.

3. Ragda Patties

Ragda is a spicy overcooked chickpea gravy and patties are made with mashed potato and deep-fried. The Patties and Ragda are mixed together roughly with tamarind sauce,  finely chopped onions, and green chutney to be transformed into a healthy, hearty snack in the evenings for the Mumbaikars and the tourists as well.

4. Keema Pav

One of the best non-vegetarian options for street food snacks in Mumbai in any Canada India travel journey, your experience will truly not be complete in Mumbai without having one of these dishes on your trip. Keema is a minced mutton gravy flavored with onions, tomatoes, and garlic along with a squidge of lemon juice. The mutton gravy is served with Ladi buns to sop up the delicious gravy in. Don’t miss out on this signature Parsi dish in Mumbai.

5. Misal Pav

Misal is a Maharashtrian breakfast favorite with sprouts cooked in heavily spiced gravy and topped with thick and crispy potato chivda farsan and topped with raw small cut onions, tomatoes, and a dash of lemon juice. The Misal is generally served with traditional white fluffy Ladi Pav or buns to pair it up. It is a classic Marathi delicacy that is hearty and mouth-watering.

6. Dabeli

While this particular street food originated in Kutch, Gujarat, it is pretty popular in Mumbai’s street food stalls. It is sometimes known as Kutchi Dabeli. Dabeli is named for its Dabeli masala- which usually contains numerous ingredients such as dried coconut, red chilies, bay leaves, cloves, and many other whole spices in combination. It is often served with pomegranate seeds to add a crunchiness and sweet taste to the otherwise spicy Dabeli and spread over bread.

7. Pav Bhaaji

Pav is what you call the white buns baked to perfection or just shallow fried in dollops of butter for the salty crunchy deliciousness to melt in your mouth. Bhaaji is a yummy thick gravy of mixed veggies such as mashed potato, carrots, cauliflower, beetroot, tomato, onion, garlic among various other ingredients.

The gravy is cooked by cutting the vegetables in tiny pieces for long times to attain the coarse texture of the Bhaaji. To serve it up, the Bhaaji is dashed with some lemon juice and flavored a little with coriander leaves cut up in small bits. How is that for some mind-blowing delicacy?

8. Akuri On Toast

Akuri is a spicy scrambled egg dish that is of Parsi origin. It is usually flavored with fried onions, chopped chilies and coriander, crushed black pepper, and small slices of thinly cut ginger. It is served spread on buttered toast and local Mumbai people generally prefer to have it with a hot cup of tea or coffee for their evening snack. If that sounds good to you, it is because it actually is.

9. Bombay Sandwich

This is 3 white slices of bread with their crusts trimmed off. They are heavily buttered, with thinly cut slices of veggies like beetroots, cucumbers, onion rings, tomatoes, boiled potatoes, and some mint chutney along with condiments. Vendors usually sell it in 2 variants- with or without toasting the bread. Whatever way you choose to have it, it is sure to be filling and hearty, even when your hunger pangs hit in the middle of the night. Go get yourself some Bombay Sandwich when you’re in Mumbai.

10. Zunka Bhakar

This is actually a traditional vegetarian street food of Mumbai, prepped by using onions chopped up and cooked with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and chickpea flour. It is eaten with Bhakri, also known as Jowar Roti. Zunka is a typical chickpea flour porridge that is eaten for breakfast.

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