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Chutney sandwich · Toasted over flame

Bombay Sandwich

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It is barely known outside Mumbai, and street vendors traditionally toast it by holding it over a flame with a chimta (tongs).

White bread with butter, green chutney, boiled potato, beetroot, cucumber, tomato, onion and chaat masala, cut into pieces and served on a paper plate with ketchup.

Why it's made this way: It is a Mumbai street invention, probably from around the 1960s, that mixes a British-style sandwich with Indian fillings.
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