There's many kinds of pav. Essentially, it's the name of the parker house type roll, and the filling will be different. Today I had 3 kinds; chicken pav (an oulier, since it's not on the same bun), which looks like a flaky buttermilk biscuit but it's got the texture of puff pastry stuffed with ground spicy chicken. Delightful. Next, I had some homemade pav bhaji-mixed veggies like peas, cauliflower, potatoes all cooked down in tomato puree, chopped raw onions, a little butter. Fantastic. And finally, the ubiquitous vada pav! It's also known as shiva ji burger apparently. It's one of the most famous and widely available pav in bombay. It's a batata vada (deep fried potato chick Pea battered fritter) on the roll with some green sauce made from chilies, cilantro, lime juice and some fried super spicy green chilies on the side. Oh, and then there was the samosa guy! Forget me not. These were warm and fantastic, the sauce was served on the side in a little sandwich baggie that was tied off. Thanks Kuljas, Rinku, Swati! You are all my food heros! More on the samosas next time.
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