Vada-pav
वडापाव
VAH-dah POW
A popular Indian street food consisting of a spicy potato fritter in a bread bun.
Meaning & usage
Vada-pav is a famous street food from Maharashtra, India, especially popular in Mumbai. It consists of a spicy mashed potato patty (vada) deep-fried in chickpea batter, served in a bread bun (pav) with chutneys and sometimes fried green chili. It is often referred to as the Indian burger due to its sandwich-like form.
In a sentence
Whenever I visit Mumbai, I make sure to grab a vada-pav from a local street vendor.
As seen in crosswords
Vada-pav is a 7-letter answer. A typical clue:
“A popular Indian street food consisting of a spicy potato fritter in a bread bun” (4,3)
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