Surati Sandwich

The Surati masala toast — white bread grilled or toasted with a filling of boiled potato and beet slices, raw cucumber and tomato, and a thick, dual-chutney layer of Surati green chutney (heavy on mint, garlic, and green chilli) and sweet meethi chutney, finished with a generous dusting of chaat masala and sev on the exterior. The Surati sandwich is heavier on the chutney than the Mumbai version, with both chutneys applied to both bread slices; the meeting of the two chutneys inside creates a sweet-hot-tangy core that is the sandwich's defining flavour. Sold at dedicated Surati sandwich stalls from afternoon through late evening; the city has its own vocabulary for customising the chutney ratio.