Str’eat Smart - 5 Best Street Dishes For Non-Vegetarians In Mumbai

|By- Het Panchal|

A huge aspect of culturally diverse Mumbai is the culinary experience the city of dreams offers. Mumbai boasts of a spread of street foods that it puts on display and everybody from billionaires to beggars relish it.

“Mumbai Meri Jaan” and “Aamchi Mumbai” are emotions that only Mumbaikar(s) or the folks who have stayed in Mumbai would understand. This city has always been hustling with people, vehicles, and food stalls in every nook and corner. The time you spend during this city will always come short of ticking off all the things on your bucket list. With the pandemic around, we all know that we've missed the hustle around the city and hence here I’m to take you all for a nostalgic ride of wonderful street food of Mumbai!

Lanes with a large cluster of street food stalls are called Khau Galli which locally mean ‘Food Alleys’ in Marathi. Street food of Mumbai has made its way into the kitchens of 5 and 7-star restaurants, in fact, restaurants from various parts of the globe have also incorporated Mumbai’s street food in their menu cards.

Nalli Nihari

The phrase "breakfast like a king" gets taken to a different level after you poke into a plate of Muslim Nalli Nihari. you may probably do anything after this power meal made from soft and tender mutton shanks in an exceedingly rich, greasy gravy crammed with marrow and steeped in spices, the flavors exploding with delight. A crisp tandoori roti is accompanied by this delicious Nihari.

Akuri on Toast

Rated collectively of the good Parsi dishes, every family has its own special way of constructing this breakfast meal. Though variations of the ingredients are vociferously debated, Akuri is typically made by scrambling eggs with onions, tomatoes (or even raw mangoes when in season), red seasoning, green chilies, and topped with fresh coriander. Others add milk, jeera (cumin) powder, curry leaves, and even ginger and garlic paste.

Keema Pav

Minced mutton cooked with onions, garlic, tomatoes, chilies, and spices takes on many avatars here. Topped with a crisply fried egg, Is called kheema single fry, and the one scrambled with eggs is called Ghotala and these both forms of Keemas are best eaten with Mumbai's signature pav bread bun. Traditionally a breakfast dish is now eaten in the least times of the day or night.

Baida Roti

Baida Roti is a remarkable envelope of spiced minced chicken or mutton, whipped eggs with spiced fried onions enveloped within the square-shaped dough and deep-fried. Though served with sliced onion rings and green chutney, they're delicious on their own.

Patrani Macchi

Another top-of-the-line Parsi dish. this can be freshly caught pomfret, marinated in a chutney that has grated coconut, green chilies, fresh coriander, and mint leaves, cumin, sugar, lime, and salt. it's then wrapped in a banana leaf and steamed for about ten minutes. Patrani Macchi is usually prepared on occasions like weddings, Navroz (Parsi New Year), and Navjote (thread ceremony) as well.