hey everyone, it's mark wiens with migrationology.com,and i came to mumbai, india to eat. in this video i'm going to share with youten of the best indian street foods that you don't want to miss eating when you're in mumbai. so keep watching this video for some incrediblydelicious mumbai street food. starting off at number one is vada pav, whichyou’ll also commonly hear as vada pao. it's one of the ultimate indian street foodsin mumbai that you will find across the entire city. it begins with a spiced mashed potato mixture, which is lightly battered and deep fried to a crisp.
the potato patty gets packed into a fluffywhite bun, and then gets doused in a variety of extremely flavorful chutneys. i'm not sure if this is a, if you push thisone down and then just kind of pick up the whole thing, i think you do. oh wow. that is unbelievable. the real wow factor of this vada pao are thedifferent chutneys that are involved. that's like a salty, minty, spicy, just, powerfullyflavorful, delicious vegetarian sandwich. aw, it's really good.
bhelpuri is the perfect mumbai beach snack,it’s crunchy, sour, sweet, salty, and spicy, and it just makes you want to keep eatingsnacking and hanging out. there are many versions of bhelpuri, but itoften contains puffed rice, sev which are fried little crispies made from chickepeaflour, stirred up with onions, tomatoes, dhania, and a balance of salty, sweet, and spicy chutneys. once you start eating bhelpuri, you can’tstop. for this one i'm going to take the lime andsqueeze it all over. it's kind of sweet and savory and crispy. yah, it's tastes like rice crispies just mixedwith all sorts of sweet and tangy and spicy
and onions. oh and there's some potatoes in there on thebottom there too i think. mmmmm. with that squeeze of lime, that's nice becauseit contrasts that sweet tangy sauce. these little spoons are kind of flimsy. this is a good beach snack. sev puri is a type of mumbai chaat that happensto be one of my personal favorites. a flat crunchy puri is topped with creamypotatoes and onions, then it’s covered in tamarind, chili and garlic chutney, sprinkledwith diced bits of sour mango, and finally
it's topped in a heaping handful of sev, which are thin crispy noodles made from chickpea flour. if i take out the first one, hopefully wecan all see what is inside. oh yah, the cross section. there are onions in there, and potatoes. mmmmmm. oh this is one of my favorite chaats. mmm. that potato is so creamy, that it almost remindsme of guacamole.
it's like avocado almost. it burns your throat a little bit going downand then you can taste the sweetness from the chutney. it's so well balanced and that is an awesomesnack. it's like crunchy and juicy. these are right at that size where they arealmost too big to take a full bite, but then at the same time you're just not sure if youwant to bite it in half and risk collapsing the entire, the entire snack bite. i'll go with the one bite.
those chutneys, and then everything just collapsesin your mouth. pav bhaji is one of mumbai’s most dominanticonic street foods. it was originally invented in the 1850’sby street food vendors who took an assortment of leftover vegetables, mashed them all upwith some butter and spices like cumin and turmeric, and served it with bread. nowadays in mumbai, pav bhaji is often preparedon a giant hot griddle, the potatoes, tomatoes, and spices are mashed up into a puree, swooshedaround with butter and water until they reach a saucy consistency and it’s served witha buttered toasted roll to mop it all up. so it's the combination of pao which is abun like this, and the bhaji which is this
tomato potato puree with spices. you can feel the starchiness of the potato,but then it has a really nice like tartness from the tomato. and then, it's a little bit spicy, you cantaste that like blend of cumin and turmeric in there as well. and then yah, you can taste the butter inthere quite well as well. that's a very buttery fluffy roll. a really quick intermission, i want to invite you to subscribe to my youtube channel for lots more food and travel videos.
click subscribe now! ok back to the video. grilled meat is an essential street food,and in mumbai you’ll find some insanely tempting delicacies roasted over charcoal. along with chicken tikka, seekh kebabs, andboti kebabs, rolls, which usually consist of meat wrapped in bread are one of the greateston the go, or late night street food snacks. in mumbai you have to try the chicken bhunarolls. the rumali roti, a thin circular roti that’scooked on what looks like an upside down wok, is cooked fresh and then stuffed with bonelesschicken in a wonderfully flavorful tomato based gravy.
actually i think i should not actually unravelit, i think you're supposed to tear it, tear so you don't lose any juices on the bottom. that bread. that bread is amazing. it's really very similar to a tortilla. then that's like shredded chicken with kindof a tomatoey spicy kind of yah, sauce. that is a comfort roll. what i am going to attempt to do though, isadd some more sauce and some onions. and scoop that on there.
oh yah. chai, a tea beverage that’s consumed throughoutindia, is one of the greatest street side drinks. the black tea is usually brewed strong, mixedwith a generous ratio of creamy full fat milk, sweetened with plenty of sugar, and it’soften flavored with cardamom, ginger, or masala to give it an extra boost. and it's always piping hot. actually like burning hot, my fingers areon fire right now. oh, oh i have missed you.
you can taste just a hint of spice in there,and maybe a little bit of cardamom in there. and then it's creamy, it's just fantastic. drinking cups of hot tea on the side of theroad is just one of the great joys of being in india. pani puri is an absolute genius of an indianstreet food snack. not only is it delicious, but it’s refreshing,and fun to eat. a small hole is poked into the top of a puri,which is a hollow circular chip. it’s then typically half filled with a combinationof potatoes, chickpeas, onions, and spices. the puri then get’s dunked into flavoredwater to fill the other half of the puri.
you eat them by the single, and you've gotto eat them fast before they go soggy on you. oh it's amazing. it just explodes with like juices. it's salty, it's a little bit spicy. you can taste like a little bit of like aminty freshness, and then you have like these starchy chickpeas in there as well, all wrappedup by like a hollow chip. oh it's good. and once you finish one bite you get anotherone. thank you.
although not always a street food, bombayduck is one of the most iconic mumbai foods, and it’s something that you don’t wantto miss eating when you visit. despite being called duck, it’s not actuallyduck at all, but it’s a locally caught lizardfish, which can be prepared in a number of differentways, but it's commonly rubbed in semolina flour, and deep fried. i got the whole thali, so it comes with anumber of different side dishes, including rice and chapati, i think these are chapatis. and then some chutneys and curries. i'm going to try the bombil fry first.
and you can see these are like little curlysides of a fish. i think it's just a fillet side of the fish,and then it is coated in some kind of coating and then deep fried. that is extremely tender. that just like flakes apart. wow that's good. that is salty and really really crispy. ok i'll take that piece of bombil fish, andmix it in to that rice. that's amazing.
a sandwich is probably not the first thingthat comes to mind when you think about indian food, but when it comes to mumbai street food,sandwiches of many different combinations and styles are very popular. the basic recipe calls for some layers ofvegetables like masala mashed potatoes, cucumber, beetroot, red onions, tomatoes, some cheese,and a few spreads of chutney for that incredible flavor. i think the best way to eat a mumbai streetsandwich is to order it toasted so it gets crispy on the edges and warm all the way through. this sandwich was topped with some sev, andthen served with chutney and chili sauce on
the side. so this is a classic indian mumbai streetsandwich. oh that is beautiful. look at all those layers of vegetables. and this a vegetarian sandwich as well. but there is some cheese. i'm going to take this first wedge of sandwichand i think i'll go in for some of that chutney. oh and i'm losing some ingredients, oh well. i can taste a little bit of cumin in there.
and what i really like is that beet root. that's really good. the beet root is just soft and just sort ofdissolves and then you have the crunchy cucumber, the crisp onion, and then the cheese, justis melted and just wraps it all together. and then that like minty kind of chutney inthere as well. although dosa is originally from south india,it’s a street food you’ll find all over mumbai as well. a dosa begins with a fermented batter madefrom rice and urad beans that’s swirled into a circular motion on a hot griddle, andfried until golden crispy.
a traditional masala dosa is filled with spicedpotatoes and served with sambar and chutney on the side, but in mumbai you’ll find someserious creative and fusion dosas that can include all sorts of different flavors andseasonings. oh, and it's crispy and soft at the same time. and go in for all of that beautiful, it'salmost, yah it's kind of like a curry. but i love how there are so many, so manygreens in there. i think there's green onions in there as well. oh look at that, oh that looks incredible. that is incredible.
wow. it's just packed full of flavor. you've got the crispy sort of like spongybut very thin like almost like crepe like dosa, and then that curry, i cannot believehow quickly and how masterfully he whipped up that paneer tikka. i was expecting it to be good, but that isincredible. and then i will add some extra chutney toit. i think this is a coconut, coconut based chutney. oh that chutney!
that brings us to the end of this video about10 of the best indian street foods in mumbai that you have to try. thank you very much for watching, i hope youenjoyed it and that you’re now ready to start eating. thank you again for watching, please rememberto give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it, and leave a comment below, and also makesure you subscribe for the next videos, and i will see you on the next travel and foodvideos.
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