Samosa Pav
Samosa Pav is a popular Mumbai street food made by stuffing a crispy, savory samosa inside a soft pav or Indian dinner roll, that is spread with green chutney, sweet tamarind chutney, or both, making it a filling and flavorful snack. Common across Maharashtra, samosa pav is closely related to vada pav and other pav-based street foods. It is easy to assemble at home when you have pav, samosas, and chutneys ready.
About Samosa Pav
Like I mentioned in the beginning, Samosa Pav is also one of the most popular Street Food Snacks from Mumbai. I would actually call it as the non-identical twin of the Vada Pav.
Because apart from the stuffing, which is a samosa and an aloo vada respectively, everything else is the same. There’s the pav, the chutneys, the fried green chilies along with them, the deliciousness, the satiating feeling – all at once, in one snack!
Basically, in a Samosa Pav, samosas are stuffed in pav (bread rolls) along with green chutney, sweet tamarind chutney and a dry garlic red chili chutney that is very typical of the Maharashtrian cuisine. So, all you need is just all this to make a Samosa Pav.
In Mumbai, pav is more than just bread. It is part of everyday food culture, from the iconic vada pav to samosa pav and even a simple samosa sandwich.
Most street stalls selling vada pav or bhajiya pav will always have samosa pav too. Beyond street food, pav is also eaten at home with curries and sabzis, much like chapati or roti in other parts of India.
Samosa Pav is delicious as well as a filling snack. If you do not have pav, then you can also use burger buns or bread. So, the point is to try and enjoy the flavors of the samosa by turning it into an Indian style slider or sandwich.
Next time, you make samosas at home or get them from your favorite shop, try having it this way.
In this post, I have not shared the entire procedure of making a samosa as then the post would’ve been too lengthy.
You can use this recipe of Punjabi Samosa (fried version), Singara (Bengali Samosa), Onion Samosa or this healthier Baked Samosa as well as the Pav to make the Samosa Pav.
For sweet chutney and spicy chutneys, I am sharing the recipes below:
As I said, you can also use store-bought samosas and pavs to make this Samosa Pav. The green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney can be made a day before.
The sweet chutney can also be purchased from the store. Dry garlic chutney can also be made at home, bought from outside or skipped completely.
How to make Samosa Pav
1. Firstly, assemble all the ingredients mentioned below:
- 4 pav
- 4 medium to large samosa
- 1 small bowl green chutney
- 1 small bowl sweet tamarind chutney
- 1 tablespoon dry garlic chutney
2. Slice the pav in half, without breaking it.
3. Spread some green chutney on both sides as required.
4. Now, spread some sweet tamarind chutney on both sides as required.
5. If you have garlic chutney, sprinkle it on one side or both sides of the pav.
6. Slightly flatten the samosa and place it on the pav.
7. Close the pav and serve Samosa Pav as soon as you make it.
If kept for a long time, then the pav becomes soggy due to the chutneys. While serving, you can serve with a few fried green chilies, green chutney or sweet tamarind chutney.
Expert Tips
- You can make this dish with burger buns or bread, instead of pavs or dinner rolls.
- If you don’t want to use the dry garlic chutney, you can skip that too.
- Fried and salted green chilies go really well with this dish. You can serve it alongside.
- It is best to make your own pav, samosa and chutneys at home and use it for this recipe. In case you don’t have the time, then you can use store-bought pav, samosa and chutneys.
- Samosa Pav makes for a filling meal. You can have it as a snack, in breakfast or as brunch.
- For a healthier twist to this recipe, you can use whole wheat pav and baked or air fried whole wheat samosa.
A few leftover ideas with samosa that you can try:
Step by Step Photo Guide Above
Ingredients
- 4 pav or bread rolls
- 4 samosa medium to large-sized
- 1 small bowl Green Chutney
- 1 small bowl tamarind chutney
- 1 tablespoon dry red chilli garlic chutney
Instructions
- Firstly assemble all the ingredients – 4 pav, 4 medium to large samosa, 1 small bowl green chutney, 1 small bowl sweet tamarind chutney and 1 tablespoon dry garlic chutney.
- Slice the pav in half without breaking it.
- Spread some green chutney on both the sides as required.
- Now spread some sweet tamarind chutney on both sides as required.
- Sprinkle some garlic chutney on one side or both sides.
- Slightly flatten the samosa and place it in the pav.
- Close the pav. Serve samosa pav as soon as you assemble them. If kept for a long time, then the pav becomes soggy due to the chutneys. While serving you can serve with a few fried green chilies, green chutney or sweet tamarind chutney.
Dassana’s Notes
- You can opt to make the samosa and the pav at home or purchase them from outside.
Nutrition
This Samosa Pav Post from the blog archives, first published in Jan 2018 has been republished and updated on December 2022.
