The street food experience at Mumbai steered me on to a very interesting snack invented in Surat several years ago---The LOCHO. The name and the plating intrigued me to tasting this popular street food which is available in several avatars.Locho...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Kutchi Dabeli Recipe | Mumbai Street Foods
Kutchi Dabeli, a desi burger reigns high as Mumbai Street food, for its lip-smacking taste, satiety and ease to eat on the go. Dabeli which literally means ‘squashed’ is a pressed bun or pav that holds a potato mash doused...
Masala Powders
Dabeli Masala Powder Recipe
Ingredients for Dabeli Masala Powder:Cumin seeds – ½ tbspFennel seeds – ½ tbspCloves – 4Black peppercorns – 1 tspCinnamon – 1 inch pieceStar anise – 1Black cardamom – 1Bay leaf – 1Dried red chillies – 5-6White sesame seeds – 1...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Date – Tamarind Chutney Recipe
Ingredients for Tamarind ChutneyDATES DESEADED – 1 CUPTAMARIND – 1 LEMON SIZED BALLJAGGERY – 1/4 CUPCHILLY POWDER – 1 TSPSALT – 1/2TSPBLACK SALT – 1/2TSPROASTED CUMIN SEED POWDER – 1 TSPPreparation Method:Grind the dates and tamarind to a smooth paste....
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Spicy Corn Bhel Recipe | Chaat Recipes
Ingredients for Spicy Corn Bhel:Puffed rice- ½ cupBoiled sweet corn -½ cupBoiled, cubed potatoes- ¼ cupRoasted peanuts- ¼ cupFine sev ¼- cupChutney mint and tamarind Chutney - as required Finely chopped onions- ½ cupGreen chilly finely chopped- 4Chaat masala -1 tspRoasted...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Sabudhana Bhel | Chaat Recipes
Sabudana or sago a popular wartime staple has now transformed into a Mumbai Street food- sabudhana bhel. It was in the 1940s that processed Sago made an advent into India. The manufacturing units, more of a cottage industry were mostly...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Chinese Bhel Recipe | Chaat Recipes
Chinese bhel is an Indo-Chinese fusion food invented on the streets on Mumbai. Sinfully soaked in Chinese sauces, the fried noodles mingle with the stir-fried vegetables resulting in a crisp, spicy, on the go snack. Brisk sales at every street...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Masala Lemon Soda Recipe | Mumbai Street Food Stories #2
The sweltering heat with the Mumbai temperatures touching 37 degrees Celsius fanned by the warm sea breeze did not deter our routine evening walk that usually ends up in a tongue-tickling chaat. My little prince who has started his tryst...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Brun Maska and Iranian Chai Recipe | Indian Street Food
An iconic union of Bun and Butter that’s so unique and addictive in taste. During my recent visit to Bombay, I discovered a new craze amongst my grandchildren……yes, it’s the lip-smacking Brun Maska on a leisurely Sunday morning drive. My...
Festival Specials
Vinayaka Chaturthi Recipes | Hindu Festive Special Foods
Vinayaka Chaturthi Special Recipes:Kozhukattai with thengai poornamAmmini kozhukattaiSundalPayasamVadaiNei AppamKozhukattai with thengai poornam Recipe:Ingredients for Kozhukattai with thengai poornamRaw rice 1 cupGrated coconut 1 cupJaggery powder 3/4 CupCardamom powder 1 tspGhee 1 tspPreparation Method:Wash soak the rice for 2 hours.Grind into...