GangaOne of the best sandwiches: Bombay Sandwich
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Sean BalaBombay Sandwich ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My absolute favorite thing in India. Deceptively simple, almost impossible to find a good one outside India (at least for me - I have spent 5 years looking for a good one in the Chicago area to no avail)....
@seanbala One of the sad things about India and sandwiches - when I have ordered one in a cafe and I am with Indian friends, I get a fantastic one. If I am on my own I get a much inferior version. It has even happened in a top hotel - I ordered one when with friends, and loved it so much I ordered another later that day. Completely different sandwich 😭 These days I'd have the gumption to send it back, but I was new to India then and didn't feel brave enough.
Jonobie@LifeTimeCooking @seanbala This is making me want to try to make one of these. Though that seems a little wild since I’ve never had the real thing so don’t know what I’m aiming for!
IMO a good Bombay Sandwich has four things:
1) Vegetables that are cut just right - not too thick, not too thin. This to me is what makes it hard to find a good one.
2) Usually has three slices of bread to give it more structure. Not necessary but helpful.
3) A good green chutney spread.
4) A lot of shreaded cheese. In India they often use Amul cheese, a processed cheddar that is tangy and salty.
Good luck on your quest! 🤗
@LifeTimeCooking Interesting - I was just thinking most of the beetroot I see in the US is pickled. Wonder how that would go on there...
@jonobie @seanbala It is likely that it will introduce a sour flavour (and possibly other flavours depending what it is pickled with) that probably won't work as well as cooked beetroot. There is no fresh beetroot in the US? I'd leave it off if you can't get fresh beetroot and cook it, or even vacuum packed pre-cooked beetroot.
@LifeTimeCooking I'm fairly sure I can find fresh beetroot at the store and cook it (though that seems like a lot of effort?) I'm less sure about readily-available pre-cooked. I'll have to look! I've honestly never seen it pre-packaged as anything other than vinegar pickled.