Food52
Of all the street vendors in Mumbai, these were the guys who had the least set up overhead. No kerosene stoves, cast iron cauldrons, no cooking oil, they would just set up in less than 30 minutes and get started. Of course This made it easier to clear up & vamoose when the cops & the municipality truck came around chasing the unlicensed vendors away. The vendor usually had an assistant fanning a coal fired stove or 'sigri' used to make a grilled version of the sandwich. The only tool used is an ultra sharp knife fashioned out of a hacksaw blade, (with 2 strips of bamboo held together with wire as the handle) with which the vendor slices the vegetables, paper thin, directly onto the sandwich. The same knife is used to cut the sandwich into 6 (yes, not four, not eight) pieces. Served on squares of the wax paper that the bread was wrapped in. Ketchup to be added as per the customers preference.