we're on the hectic streets of Mumbai and this place is street food paradise
so we're going on a massive street food tour today
Mumbai is a city for food
lovers, this vibrant metropolis is street food paradise and we're exploring some
of Mumbai's local neighborhoods to hunt down some of the city's most delicious
street food, there is so much incredible food coming up so make sure you watch
right to the end of this video, I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate
we hope you're hungry, let's eat!
our first Indian street food snack is a
really famous one, pani puri
this is the pani puri and this is how it's served so you stand right by the seller the
puri here is like a deep-fried bread and they poke a hole in the top of the
puri and fill it with, this one here is a potato mixture and then the other half
is filled with flavoured water and it's like a race against time with this snack
cause you've got to get it in your gob before it goes all soggy
mmmm it's such an explosion, so much flavour
the puri is still really crisp, got that really creamy potato, dhanyabad, and
then you've got that really tangy flavored water, that one was tamarind oh
it's so good
I'm gonna grab this one
mmmm it's such a burst, super sour, super crunchy from the outer shell and got a
good spice as well, dhanyabad, and they just keep on coming
and then when you're done you've got this paddle of flavored water at the end of it, dhanyabad
and then they add a little bit more whoa so you can drink the lot of it, oh dhanyabad
so that was the tamarind one and then there was like a minty one
mmmm it's spicy, it's tangy, it's super refreshing
we're making our way on foot to our next stop but on the
way we found a bakery that's been here since 1950 so we're going to grab a
snack
we've grabbed a chicken pan roll for our little snack as we walk from the
bakery right behind me so you can see it's a crumbed basically like a pancake
wrap, crumbed with bread crumbs, deep-fried and there'll be chicken mince inside
let's just give it a big bite
whoa, whoa, oh my god, mmmm whoa I'm so glad I took
a massive bite cause that is delicious, check it out inside, it's absolutely
packed with onions, minced chicken very spicy with chilli whoa
that surprised me, it gave me the hiccups actually wow that is a good snack and
it's full of flavor, it's sweet it's spicy and then it's just a little bit
crunchy from that outside, ohhhh, I want to grab a second bite so this one will have
much more of the filling in it because before it was all folded up at the end
so I got lots of bread
Oh
that is unreal, super spicy from the chilli but the biggest, boldest flavor are the
onions, they're really soft, really sweet, the filling the filling is absolutely to
die for that is a great combination
our next stop is right behind us we're gonna grab some more chaat or
savoury snacks
we have our dahi batata puri and oh my gosh it looks so tasty so it's made up
of the puri which is what we had in our first segment so that hollow shell and
they've poked a hole in the top like they did before, added some potato mixture
and then they're just topped it with curd, a number of spices which
they've sprinkled over, some coriander and then you've got a drizzle of some
type of sauce I'm not sure if it's a sweet chilli sauce or a tamarind sauce and
it just is also covered in a tonne of sev so
crispy chickpea noodles, let's just give it a go because it is looking so
mouth-watering, I'm gonna go for one big bite
mmmm mmmm mmm
oh man that is so tasty, it just explodes in your mouth, the puri has gone
a little bit soft because it's just been covered in that curd, the curd is so
creamy, there's a little bit of spice from that masala and then that sauce they
drizzled over the top, is really sweet and sticky and a little bit spicy as
well, what I'm loving about this is just the texture, so you've got the creamy
yogurt it's quite cool as well and then you've got the crisp shell of the puri
and then also this sev
mmmm mmm
the potato is super creamy and there's also some puffed rice bits so those are a little bit crunchy
and then that curd
is the hero of the dish together with those chutneys it's just cool creamy
curd, the zing from all the spice and the the sauce and then the crunch
from the puri and the sev oh it's so delicious
we're at our next stop and we've ordered a vegetarian thali and also the famous Mumbai
dish of Bombay duck so this is the Bombay duck or bombil fry it's not
actually duck as the name suggests it's a type of fish so it's a lizard fish and
it's been coated in semolina and deep-fried and it looks really golden
and crispy and this is the thali so we ordered the vegetarian version and
a thali is a meal which is made up of lots of different dishes so we've got a
stack of chapati here, there's some tomato and red onion, there's some potato and capsicum, two types
of dal cooked in a gravy, some yogurt and also this pink liquid here is a coconut milk
and berry drink, it's supposed to cool it all down, let's crack into
this bombil fry, so I'm gonna grab a piece and just give that a big ole bite
mmmm wow that semolina batter on there is so crispy and super light and the fish
itself is very light and flaky in texture, that seasoning which is all
throughout that semolina batter is really salty, a little bit peppery
that's tasty, let's get into this thali, so I'm gonna rip a bit of the chapati off and try some of this potato
and I think it's capsicum and I can see some mustard seeds and onion as well in
that
that's super tasty, the potato is really creamy and the capsicum is so sweet, the chapati is really light
and the perfect sort of vessel to soak up all of the flavours in that
let's go for more of that chapati and
dunk it in that lentil gravy and see what it tastes like
all right
mmm there is so much flavor in those lentils, it's got a really gentle hit of chilli
and then the spice is just really rounded and really, really delicious
let's give this pink drink a go, so it's called solkadi and it's made
with coconut milk and also a berry called kokam, ohhh it's super creamy a little
bit spicy so like chilli hot, it's sour from that berry and then it just sort
of takes away the heat in your mouth that is so tasty it's the perfect thing
to wash all of this down
I'm gonna make up another epic mouthful so I'm gonna
get some chapati and then add a chunk of that Bombay Duck there
toss some onions and tomato on there, get a little bit of that yogurt as well, it's
gonna be good
mmm mmm that onion and the tomato is so crisp and fresh and then you've got that crunchy fish, soft
texture of the meat of the fish and then that yoghurt was like really creamy and
smooth oh such a good spread
this is turning into a huge day of eating
onwards to our next stop
next stop, we've come to the beach so this is Chowpatty Beach
and we're here to have bhel puri which is a famous snack here
there's all these little street food huts right on the sand so we've ordered the bhel puri and
it is a most colorful little plate of goodness so what it is, is these tomatoes
cucumber, coriander, that's all sitting on top of these
puffed rice bits, there's potato in there and these crispy bits are sev which is a
chickpea crispy let's get a spoon of just everything to start with, I'm just
going to dig right in ohh look at all those rice crispies and the color oh and there's some
red onion in there too
hmm, whoa
quite sour, a little bit crunchy from all the sev, those chickpea crispies on top
let's get another spoon, this one's got a big bit of potato
mmmm the main flavors are sweet and sour
a tiny bit spicy from chilli and then the great freshness from the tomato and the
cucumber and the fresh red onion and the coriander and then that great crunch
this bhel puri is totally the thing to eat when you come here to Chowpatty and
it's really cool cause you've got all these mats just laid out on the sand there's
huts all around us so you just grab your food you just sit on the mats you go down
onto the big beach to enjoy it and sit in the sun and this is the perfect
beach snack
mmm mmm the chickpea flavor from there from the sev on top is really strong as well and I
love all the different textures there's like soft creamy potato, crispy rice and that
crispy sev, the freshness of the vegetables, really really good beach snack
I reckon one of the best ways to cool yourself down when it's hot in Mumbai
is to eat kulfi which is the local ice cream so let's
go and grab some
so there's a huge list of flavors and they serve it by 100 grams
so they slice up the kulfi and serve it to you that way so I think I'm gonna
go for pistachio
the guys have served up my slice of kulfi, so it's cut into cubes and you
can see here that it's a lot more dense than normal ice cream and that's because
they don't whip it
oh yeah pistachio's one of my favorite ice-cream flavors and this one is
really strong in pistachio flavor, let's get some more, all right
mmm it's so dense and creamy and thick, it's very sweet, it's just so nice and cool
that is so delicious
the first slice of kulfi was so good that we had to get another one this one
is the Royal dry fruits you can see all throughout the kulfi are these
delicious-looking nuts so there's pistachio and there's almond and there's a huge
chunk of date there actually I'm gonna go for that piece whoa, oh yeah looks so good
mmmm ohhh the nuts are really crunchy and earthy and that date is just like all caramelized
and sticky that just works beautifully with the frozen dessert, so good, let's go for another
bit
you can see it's really slow to melt because it's so dense, it's just perfect in this heat
Wow another huge food day there is just so much good food here in Mumbai
it is such a street food paradise, we absolutely love it
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