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Bombay sandwich
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thumb|A Bombay sandwich
Noun
A sandwich made of white bread covered in butter and chutney with a filling of potatoes and raw vegetables, often as a toasted sandwich.
en 2002 Guy Dimond; Jim Driver; Roopa Gulati; Phil Harriss Indian Sarah Guy Time Out Eating & Drinking: London’s Best Restaurants, Cafés & Bars 20th (2003) London Time Out Guides 97 https://archive.org/details/timeouteatingdri0000time/page/97/mode/1up 4 0 903446 766 Lunching workers are replaced by afternoon shoppers dropping in for a plate of mogo chips or a Bombay sandwich (made with sliced white bread, just as in Bombay).
en 2010 Mita Kapur The Fragrance of Meat The F-Word New Delhi HarperCollins Publishers India, a joint venture with The India Today Group 2012 107 https://archive.org/details/fword0000kapu/page/107/mode/1up 978-93-5029-233-4 A ‘simple’ meal in my present household means pao bhaji, rajma, rice, sukhe aloo, Bombay sandwich. There always seems to be a stock of pao bhaji in the fridge, as an emergency option, just in case Aman and Tanay don’t feel like eating rajma for lunch, just as Sakshi always chooses to resort to a safer Bombay sandwich. Sakshi has a weakness for bread, and this is one of the ways I can get some veggies inside her.
en 2015 Paul Christopher 15 Secret of the Templars London w:Penguin Books part 2 (Craquelure) 167 https://archive.org/details/secretsoftemplar0000chri/page/167/mode/1up 978-0-718-17732-4 He sat in what had once been a Raj-style dining room, eating a meal of a Bombay sandwich, butter chicken and several Kingfisher lagers.
26 October 2020 Nik Sharma Bombay sandwich by Nik Sharma https://web.archive.org/web/20201026214636/https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/oct/26/bombay-sandwich-by-nik-sharma The Bombay sandwich is an iconic sandwich that’s a part of the Indian family of street food, lavishly adorned with butter and served hot, straight out of the grill with a spoonful of chutney and ketchup.
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