Bombay sandwich

plural Bombay sandwiches

1. A sandwich made of white bread covered in butter and chutney with a filling of potatoes and raw vegetables, often as a toasted sandwich.

   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.

   2015, Paul Christopher, chapter 15, in Secret of the Templars, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, part 2 (Craquelure), page 167

   3 more examples

   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).

   2002, Guy Dimond, Jim Driver, Roopa Gulati, Phil Harriss, “Indian”, in Sarah Guy, editor, Time Out Eating & Drinking: London’s Best Restaurants, Cafés & Bars, 20th (2003) edition, London: Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 97, column 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.

   2010, Mita Kapur, “The Fragrance of Meat”, in The F-Word, New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers India, a joint venture with The India Today Group, published 2012, →ISBN, page 107

   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.

   2020 October 26, Nik Sharma, “Bombay sandwich by Nik Sharma”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2020