Pav Bhaji-Mumbai Street Style Chat

I somehow got hooked onto the tastes of Mumbai street food. I love Pav Bhaji. Yes! I can shamelessly dump in 2 plates in one go. When it comes to Pav bhaji, I have no portion control neither the butter nor the potatoes bother me. I can simply have them for all the meals of the day.

Vada Pav-Mumbai Street Food/Chaat

Vada pav is a famous street food of Mumbai. It is the Indianized version of sandwich with batata vada as the filling and green chutney to pep it up. The best part of the vada pav is the spicy dry garlic chutney that totally makes a difference in taste. I can simply nibble some potato chips with this chutney.

Green Chutney-For Chaat Items

The green chutney used in chaat items is not only flavorful but also healthy as it has no fatty or oily items in it. But sure those are made up for, with the chaat items that come loaded with calories !

Sweet Chutney for Chaat Food/Tamarind-Dates Chutney/Khata-Meeta Chutney

Most Chaat items need a drizzle of this sweet chutney to gives a tangy tickle in your palette. This sweet chutney can also be served as an accompaniment for fried snacks like samosas and pakoras. M is a great fan of this chutney and the ones we get along with samosas are not good enough and also they are watery.

Jhalmuri

Jhalmuri is a snack/chat item made using puffed rice. Jhalmuri is a street snack of Bengal like Beach pori in Tamil Nadu. One day i was watching ‘eat street’ in Fox life. They featured about a Briton Jhalmuri seller who was addicted to this Jhalmuri when he visited Kolkata and later took it as a business. The way he made the Jhalmuri was mesmerizing and it made me drool over and urged me to try it. So here it is.

Channa Dal Namkeen/Fried Channa Dal

Channa dal namkeen is a crispy, crunchy fried snack perfect for this late monsoon season. M and I love to munch these with a cup of cardamom chai. When i was working in Chennai i used buy packets of these channa dal and moong dal to munch after work.

Ragda Patties/Ragda Pattice-Mumbai Street Food

As I told in my Ragda post I m here with the Ragda patties recipe. Its a popular Mumbai street food snack. I tried this at home for the first time and it tasted good. The chat can be customized as per your taste and how you build the layers of texture and flavor by adding the ingredients. All the chat lovers out there do try it.