Bombay Toast Sandwich Recipe

by dassana

in Indian Street Food

Bombay Masala Toast Sandwich Recipe, Mumbai Masala Toast Sandwich Recipe

Since I have lived Mumbai all my life, I am used to eating all the Mumbai road-side food like vada-pav, sandwiches, masala dosa, bhel puri, pani-puri and the list is endless. I took all these mumbai fast food delicacies for granted till I visited and stayed in other parts of India. How much I missed the mumbai food…… difficult to get the same kind of stuff in other parts of India.

So, the only way is to make it at home and not to miss the mumbai street food. Luckily, since I am very observant, I always used to watch the food vendors carefully while they used to dish out the delectable snacks one after the other.

Sandwiches are very popular in Mumbai. You will find a sandwich stall near every almost college, near railway stations, in markets etc. I am used to eating sandwiches outside since my school days and then later during my college days. My mom also used to make sandwiches at home. But I always preferred the spicy sandwiches made by the bombay roadside vendors.

My favorite place to eat the Bombay Masala Cheese Toast Sandwich and Bombay Veg Sandwich was the Swastik Sandwich Stall in Santacruz (East) – Mumbai and the sandwich stall near my college. I also remember buying their Swastik Sandwich Masalas when back in Mumbai.

I don’t know what they add in the green chutney. If  you ask them, they won’t tell you the ingredients and you just have to guess. Yet if one has is very sensitive to taste and smell, then he/she can tell the ingredients added in the dish. This is how I come to know what is used or added in a particular dish or recipe. In restaurants or cafe’s , I usually end up finding the ingredients added in a dish.

This recipe is for the Bombay Masala Toast Sandwich. Here the Masala is made from boiled and mashed potatoes , which are tempered with spices. Easy to make, especially if you have leftover boiled or mashed potatoes.

Bombay Toast Sandwich recipe details below:

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Bombay Toast Sandwich – A Masala Toast Sandwich Recipe From Bombay
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Recipe type: snacks
Cuisine: indian
Serves: 4 toast sandwiches

Ingredients
For the green chutney:
  • 1 cup coriander leaves
  • 1/ 4 cup mint leaves
  • ½ inch ginger
  • 1 green chili
  • black salt
For the potato filling:
  • 2 cup mashed potatoes
  • ½ onion – chopped finely
  • ½ tomato – chopped finely
  • 1 small green chilly – chopped finely
  • ½ sprig of curry leaves – optional
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds
  • a few chopped coriander leaves
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • a pinch of asafoetida
  • ¼ tsp red chili powder (optional)
Other ingredients:
  • 8 slices of bread – brown or white
  • a few thin round slices of onions, tomatoes, capsicum
  • Amul Butter or any other brand of Butter
  • Sandwich Masala or Chaat Masala

Instructions
Method to make the green chutney
  1. Grind the ingredients for the green chutney with little water to a smooth paste.
  2. If this chutney remains, then you can use it as a dip for pakoras, samosas, or even serve it as a side dish with pulaos or biryanis.
In a pan, heat some oil.
  1. Add mustard seeds. Let them splutter.
  2. Add cumin seeds. Then add onions. Fry the onions till transparent.
  3. Now add the tomatoes.
  4. Fry the tomatoes till they become soft and are cooked.
  5. Add the chopped green chilli.
  6. Add the all the spice powders mentioned above.
  7. Mix them well.
  8. Now add the mashed potatoes.
  9. Add salt. Mix the stuffing really well.
  10. Keep on stirring on a low flame so that the mixture does not stick to the pan.
  11. Cook for 5 minutes.
  12. Let the mixture cool before you start using it for the sandwich.
For making the sandwiches
  1. Trim the edges of the bread
  2. Apply amul butter evenly on the bread.
  3. Now apply the green chutney on the bread.
  4. Take the potato mixture and apply it on this bread. Keep one or two onion, tomato and capsicum rings on this mixture. Sprinkle some sandwich masala or chat masala.
  5. Now cover this potato laden bread with another slice of bread, to which both butter and chutney has been applied.
  6. In a sandwich toaster or grill, toast or grill the sandwich till browned from both sides.
  7. Remove and apply some butter on top of the sandwich. The butter melts. Ah….. melted butter on hot sandwich.
  8. Its crisp from outside and spicy and soft from inside. Serve the bombay toast sandwich hot with the green chutney and tomato ketchup.

Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4

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{ 36 comments… read them below or add one }

Gayatri September 28, 2012 1

Hi Dassana,
oa
your recipes are too good…specially modak one..I loved it.

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dassana September 28, 2012 2

thanks gayatri. glad you liked the recipes.

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neha singh September 27, 2012 3

i really loved the recipe and i would ask 4 some more

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dassana September 27, 2012 4

thanks neha….

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vruti September 7, 2012 5

Dats true Mumbai is full of lovely snacks n Sandwich being one of them… I tried to add different flavours to it..
jus chck it out- Foodies Fun

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DEEPALI May 10, 2012 6

thanx for the recipe…I am from Bombay living in USA ….
I have missed the sandwiches from Bombay …..
i made this sanwich today and it came out yummy..:)

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dassana May 10, 2012 7

thanks deepali. good to know this.

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Sandhya subhash February 1, 2012 8

Superbbbbbbbb…………. I am loveng it

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Mary December 3, 2011 9

Could you tell me that kind of sandwich maker/ toaster u use?

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dassana December 3, 2011 10

i have a non stick hand sandwich toaster which is used on fire. its not an electrical one.

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Aarti November 13, 2011 11

yummy…..

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shruti Deshmukh November 2, 2011 12

Hi

Very nice recipe , I am from Mumbai Living in USA , now very happy :) to see this recipe :D
Thank you :)

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Apurva August 24, 2011 13

Love this one…will make them this saturday…

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dassana August 24, 2011 14

sure apurva

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Javed Zaveri August 11, 2011 15

Thanks to Veg recipes of India, it is fantastic, I have missed my Toast sandwiches from Bombay (Kemp’s Corner) but not now cause I can make it by my own and enjoy whenever I wanted.

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dassana August 11, 2011 16

i am sure you won’t miss eating bombay toast sandwiches wherever you are…..

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kathreen August 1, 2011 17

i loved it
thnx :D

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dassana August 1, 2011 18

thanks kathreen

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Ganesh P Bhambure July 28, 2011 19

gr8..YUM….thanx a lot sharing pal…sum more pls…

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Rohini Kasirajan June 30, 2011 20

Fantastic taste…..thanks for this recipe………………

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Maria June 11, 2011 21

Yummy Dassana I had my dinner yet I am drooling over your pics… I am surely gonna make thsi Mumbai Toast..Thanks for posting this recipe

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dassana June 11, 2011 22

thanks maria….. do try and let me know….

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Ram June 10, 2011 23

fast ,easy and mouth watering recipe. You can also add little cheese to the mixture. Any kind of cheese mozzarella or simple cottage cheese(paneer). This recipe is really good. Thanks for such easy to make snacks.

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dassana June 10, 2011 24

yes one can add cheese or grated paneer…. thank ram…..

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Kavitha June 10, 2011 25

Thanks to this recipe i am finally gonna fulfill my hubby’s desire to hv the famous mumbai sandwich .Gr8 job Dassana .NewZealand mey bhi hum ab yeh mazeydar sandwich kha payengey thnx to you and yr wonderful recipe.

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dassana June 10, 2011 26

good to know that kavitha…. do try and have fun….

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nisha May 19, 2011 27

hi i lived near mumbai (dombivli) for some time. there they used to sell one kind of pav, the pav bread with some roasted ground nuts + mashed potato masala stuff.. have u heard or tasted it… would u please know what it is called? it sells for 5 rs a pc.. plsssssssssss do email it or something

and do post more mumbai chaat recipes… mouth watering the pics especially :)

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dassana May 19, 2011 28

i have tasted this pav stuffed with ground nuts, pomegranate seeds, onions and potato mixture and its known as dabeli roti or dabeli pav. i know the recipe for this one. may be i make and post it.

sure… i have a few chaat and dosa recipes that needs posting. will post soon.

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Nisha July 10, 2011 29

hi i guess ur talking about daabeli :)

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dassana July 10, 2011 30

this recipe is for the bombay toast sandwich and not dabeli…..

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resham January 22, 2011 31

I just want the recipe of Swastik Sandwich Masala…I am almost done wth the jar and there is no signs of me going to India anytym soon…:(
LOVE that santacruz ka sandwich…Dieting gayi tel lene…lol!

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Nikhil jain January 13, 2011 32

Ah..this recipe is awesome..it makes us feel dat v are in a bombay chat place….

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soigne November 15, 2010 33

this site and recipes are just beyond imagination

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SONU October 29, 2010 34

its mouth watering

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priya jain October 18, 2010 35

this is awesome receipe !!!
even i m too from mumbai……..and now trying all mumbai roadside dishes at home in delhi.

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Neelima April 6, 2011 36

Superb Thanks fr this awesome receipe.

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