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Mumbai's street food has made its way into kitchens of restaurants in the city, including five star hotels. [3] [27] [28] In fact, restaurants in various parts of the world have incorporated Mumbai's street food into their menu cards. [24] [29] Homegrown fast food companies that serve street food in Mumbai have been launched in recent years. [30]
In the coastal Konkan region, rice is the traditional staple food. Wet coconut and coconut milk are used in many dishes. Marathi communities indigenous to Mumbai and North Konkan have their own distinct cuisine. [note 1] In South Konkan, near Malvan, another independent cuisine developed called Malvani cuisine, which is predominantly non ...
It is very common for one to know Mumbai as a street food hotspot as it provides variety of flavours. Apart from the sheer variety of food from different cultural influences, Mumbai has Khau Galli and Chowpatty dedicated to fast food and meals alike. [1] Mumbai, being the financial capital, has a large migrant population.
Pav bhaji, Paw bhaji or Pao bhaji (Marathi : पाव भाजी pāʋ bhājī) is a main course staple food of Mumbai, India consisting of a thick spicy vegetable curry (bhaji) served with a soft buttered bread roll (pav). It originated in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. [1] [2]
There are over 20,000 stalls selling vada pav in Mumbai. [15] Mumbai alone has many variations of the food based on the locality. [11] Large fast food restaurant chains such as Kunjvihar Jumbo King in Mulund and Goli Vada Pav also primarily serve vada pav. [11] [16] Outside of Mumbai, a variant of vada pav is pav vada which is famous in Nashik.
A dabbawala (also spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, called tiffin wallah in older sources) is a worker who delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai. The dabbawalas constitute a lunchbox delivery and return system for workers in Mumbai.
On the Tuesday of the month of Shravan after her marriage, the new bride performs Shivling puja for the well being of her husband and new family. It is also a get-together of all women folks. It includes chatting, playing games, Ukhane (married women take their husband's name woven in 2/4 rhyming liners) and great food.
The dosa arrived in Mumbai with the opening of Udupi restaurants in the 1930s. [6] After India's independence in 1947, South Indian cuisine became gradually popular in North India. In New Delhi, the Madras Hotel in Connaught Place became one of the first restaurants to serve South Indian cuisine. [7] [8]