Bombay Sandwich
Mumbai's street toastie: spiced potato, cucumber, and cilantro chutney pressed between buttered bread.
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- 4 slices Bread
- 2 Potatoes
- ½ Cucumber
- 4 tbsp Cilantro
- ½ Lime
- 30 g Butter
- ¾ tsp Salt
- 1 Green chili (optional)
- ½ tsp Chaat masala (optional)
Method
- Boil the whole potatoes in a saucepan of water over medium-high heat until tender, about 15 minutes.
- Blitz or pound the cilantro, green chili, lime juice, and half the salt into a rough chutney.
- Thinly slice the cucumber into rounds.
- Peel the boiled potatoes and slice them into rounds.
- Butter the bread slices and spread the chutney over them.
- Layer the potato and cucumber over the chutney and dust with the chaat masala, then close the sandwiches.
- Press the sandwiches in a buttered skillet over medium heat until golden on both sides, about 3 minutes a side.
- Quarter the sandwiches and serve hot with more chutney alongside.
Nutrition per serving
Estimated from ingredients; varies with exact portions and brands.
About Bombay Sandwich
The Bombay sandwich is one of Mumbai's great street-food inventions, a vegetarian toastie sold from carts across the city and beloved as an afternoon snack or light meal. Layers of boiled potato and thin cucumber are stacked with a bright cilantro-green chili chutney between slices of buttered white bread, then pressed in a skillet until golden. What ties it together is chaat masala, the tangy, faintly sulfurous spice blend dusted over the filling that gives the sandwich its unmistakable Indian street-food character.
Eating one is a study in fresh, punchy contrasts: cool cucumber crunch, soft potato, the herbaceous heat of the chutney, and the sour-salty tingle of chaat masala, all inside crisp buttered toast. It's food built for immediacy — quick to assemble once the potatoes are boiled, and best eaten hot off the pan, quartered, often with more chutney or ketchup on the side. Lime in the chutney sharpens everything and keeps the flavors lively. As a fast, meat-free lunch or teatime bite, the Bombay sandwich punches well above its humble ingredient list.
Bombay Sandwich: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Bombay Sandwich?
One serving of Bombay Sandwich has about 377 calories, with 13g of protein, 52g of carbs, 15g of fat and 9g of fiber. These are estimates based on the ingredient amounts in this recipe and will vary with your exact portions and brands.
Is Bombay Sandwich gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Bread. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
Is Bombay Sandwich dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Butter. Swapping it for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How long does Bombay Sandwich take to make?
About 30 minutes start to finish, but only around 20 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
Do I need every ingredient to make Bombay Sandwich?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out green chili, chaat masala — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Bombay Sandwich make?
This recipe makes 2 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.