Vada pav is a favourite street food from Maharashtra that now has loyal fans across the country. Given its popularity, it is no surprise that street food vendors love to come up with fusion versions. However, some experiments can go too far and lose the essence of the dish. An example of this can be cited in a video that went viral recently. In the Instagram reel, we see a food vendor announcing that one cannot get a dish like this anywhere else in Delhi. She reveals that she is serving a sweet version of the vada pav, called “chocolate paan vada pav”. She takes a pav and cuts it in half. She then shows the filling, which is put together in a box. The stuffing consists of cherries, chocolate paan and gulkand. She layers them inside the cut pav, and calls the paan a “vada” for this dish.
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Once it is ready, she says she is adding chocolate sauce instead of chutney to the “vada pav”. She starts adding the sauce inside and on top of the pav. She explains that it is later given a doughnut-like look. Watch the full video here:
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The reel has caught the attention of many online. In the comments, many foodies seemed annoyed with the bizarre food combo. Some responded in a sarcastic way. Check out some reactions from Instagram below:
“Ki toh vajra raha hoga na ki Dilli me ye kahin nahi milta.” (“There must be some reason why you don’t get this anywhere else in Delhi.”)
“The mayonnaise and the cheese are missing.” (“The mayonnaise and the cheese are missing.”)
“Justice for Vada Pav.”
“Please turn it off.”
“Friends, stop playing with our Mumbai Vada Pav… We Maharashtrians don’t need your Vada Pav, we are happy with our Vada Pav…”
“This is a crime.”
“I am glad that I am not living in Delhi.”
Earlier recently, a paan version of masala dosa went viral. Instead of the traditional potato stuffing, a food vendor had stuffed the dosa with paan masala, gulkand and tutti-frutti. Click here to know how Instagram users reacted.
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