11 iconic Maharashtrian street foods that define regional flavours

When it comes to Maharashtrian food, the magic of street food hits you differently. Here, street food is not just about flavour but also about the carbs that give you energy to be active, as many survive hardships and struggles with these inexpensive street foods loaded with local flavours. And if you are a true foodie, you need to try these dishes to understand the depth of regional flavours.

It consists of pav layered with butter and is served with a curry mashed with mashed potatoes and boiled veggies, seasoned with pav bhaji masala and has onion and lemon wedges on the side.

It is a popular Maharashtrian snack made with deep-fried potato dumplings placed inside a sliced bread bun and served with dry garlic chutney and a fried green chilli.

A popular spicy breakfast dish made with sprouted lentils, spices, and a fiery red curry, served with pav, onions, and lemon.

It is a crunchy snack made with puffed rice, seasoned with boiled potato dices, spices, onion, green chilli, lemon juice, coriander leaves, and sev.

Also known as Puchka or Pani Puri, it consists of hollow, crispy, small puris (round, deep-fried bread) filled with a mixture of spicy, tangy, and savory ingredients.

Another street food which includes a gravy made of white peas cooked with a variety of spices and is served with mashed potato cakes.

It refers to deep-fried pakodas made with onions mixed in besan batter, seasoned with salt, pepper, and spices. It is best served with green mint chutney.

It refers to a deep-fried dish made with soaked sabudana pearls mixed with mashed potatoes, and seasoned with veggies, spices, green chilli, and coriander leaves. It is best served with green chutney.

Dabeli is a spiced potato mixture encased in a pav, garnished with pomegranate seeds and peanuts. The name "Dabeli” means “pressed”, because the filled pav is lightly pressed before serving. In simple words, it's a desi burger, stuffed with spicy potato filling, chutneys, and crunchy toppings, packed into a soft pav.

It refers to a thin wheat roti filled with crisp aloo tikki, veggies, curd, and chutneys. It also comes in a non-vegetarian variation. And in some places you will find non-veg version of this treat, where mined chicken is used in pace of aloo tikki.

It is made with soaked flattened rice, onions, roasted peanuts, curry leaves, mustard seeds, salt, coriander leaves, and lemon juice.