Mumbai is a fast-paced city and has many signature dishes that are a must-try. Whether you go to 5-star hotels in Mumbai for wedding celebrations, entertainment, or vacation, the city’s soul pours out through its cuisine. This city’s cuisine has both flavor and fun. Here are our top picks for Mumbai’s cuisine:
Kheema Ghotala
Kheema Ghotala is minced meat and scrambled egg dish. It is a delight for meat lovers and a popular breakfast dish. A blend of spices, onions, and garlic makes the base for the rich minced goat or lamb meat. The kheema is delicious with a little lime juice and herbs. And then comes the ghotala- the egg. Eggs are added and scrambled with kheema, making it Kheema Ghotala. It is a tasty and filling dish and served with a bun, pav, or any kind of roti.
Chicken Manchurian (Chinese)
Although it draws from Chinese flavors, chicken manchurian, did not originate from China. The owner of the restaurant chain “China Garden” Nelson Wang created this dish in the 1970s in Mumbai. Its vegetarian version is the Veg Manchurian. Chicken Manchurian is made with diced chicken. The Manchurian sauce has garlic, ginger, green chilies, vinegar, soy sauce, corn starch, and some ketchup, making it rich and flavorsome. The gravy complements the chicken superbly, and that is why this dish is so popular. You will easily find it in the top 10 Chinese restaurants in Mumbai.
Bombay Sandwich
Made from humble ingredients, this lip-smacking dish is found abundantly as street food in Mumbai. The sandwich has a filling of potatoes tossed in spices, sliced onions, beetroot, and cucumber with a generous spread of butter, cheese, and green chutney. The filling goes in white toasted bread and is topped with cheese or sev. While it is a quick made-to-go meal, it has the city’s heart in it.
Vada Pav
Vada Pav instantly comes to mind when thinking of dishes to eat in Mumbai. This is another delicious street food that is worth a mention. The pav is a pillowy soft bun slit in the middle almost completely. Inside this is a crispy deep-fried patty made of potatoes along with garlic chutney and green chili. There are slight variations where some street vendors use a lot of butter in the vada pav, and others don’t. This dish also has a spread of besan chura which varies in quantity across the vendors.
Chinese Bhel
Chinese Bhel is a version of bhel puri with ingredients of Chinese flavors like deep-fried noodles, schezwan sauce, and soy sauce. In addition, vegetables like capsicum, cabbage, green onions, and carrot are added with chili sauce. Mixing these ingredients makes a spicy, tangy, and crispy snack. It is mainly a street food dish and is immensely famous.
The cuisine from every corner of the city oozes flavor. To experience delectable food, you can also go to 5-star restaurants in Mumbai that put immense details in flavor and technique, like The LaLiT Mumbai with its restaurants Baluchi for PAN Indian cuisine and Oko for PAN Asian cuisine.
