Mumbai, in India, is famous for its street food. The idea of street food might seem unhygienic and dirty, but if you visit Mumbai, your views would change. The clean intoxicating environment full of vibrant lights with stalls serving you street food would just light up your day. The most famous street foods of Mumbai have been mentioned here:
1. Pav Bhaji
On a 5 minutes’ walk from the central station of Mumbai, you would find a small stall by the name Sardar’s Refreshments. The stall offers the best pav bhaji that you would have ever had in your life! Within minutes of the order, you will be served with 2 metal plates. One of the plates will have vegetable masala with a butter slab, while the other will have rolls so fluffy and yellow that you would not be able to control your hands which reach out for the plates!
2. Vada Pav
Known as the highlight of the Mumbai people, the Vada Pav is an everyday on-the-go snack for the local people. The potato patties that have been mashed with garlic, coriander, and chilies are to be dipped in chickpea flour. Then they are fried until the perfect golden color results before serving. From students to working men and women take this delicious dish as an everyday meal with a glass of lassi as a compliment to the dish!
3. BhelPuri
Funny name but BhelPuri is an all-day snack that you can have at any time of the day without thinking twice. It is a mix of crunchy, sweet and sour, cold puffed rice, onions, potatoes, and tamarind sauce! The idea of it would water up your mouth within seconds. Mixed and eaten on spot, you can’t have any takeaway or delivery for BhelPuri. Every vendor has its own specialty but, the end taste will leave you in a state of awe either way!
4. Chole Bhature
As ordinary as a dish as it gets, Mumbai cooks bring a certain delight to this dish. With a puri in your plate alongside a mix of chickpeas made so fine with diced potatoes and onions, you would not be able to control your hunger. A must try for a visit to Mumbai; you might not stop wanting it after your first try!
Mumbai Food
As mouthwatering as it gets, Mumbai food will excite you the moment your platter arrives in front of you. Not only is it the food, the experience that comes along with it is also worth enjoying. The Mumbai chefs make the best dishes out of the most ordinary ingredients! With the most flavorful combinations of many ingredients, your taste buds will crave more with each bite! So delicious, you would not want to stop eating. From dosa’s to panipuri, and pav bhaji’s, the list of dishes so unique and delicious would never seem to end for you. Even the everyday chai you drink would have a distinct taste when you try it in Mumbai. Only God knows what magic the makers in Mumbai have in their hands!