Dish · indian
Vada Pav
A deep-fried potato fritter tucked into a soft bread roll with garlic and green chutney. Sold from street carts across Mumbai, eaten as a quick handheld meal.
Where it comes from
The snack grew out of Mumbai's working-class food stalls, built to feed mill and factory workers something filling and cheap between shifts. It spread from street carts into something sold at nearly every train station across the city.
What cooks argue about
Cooks argue over the chutney layering, since a dry garlic-chili chutney adds sharp heat while a wet green mint-coriander chutney adds freshness, and vendors use both but in different amounts.
Versions
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What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
chickpea flour
bread
garlic