Maharashtra Day 2026: 11 Maharashtrian street foods every foodie should try

Maharashtra Day, commonly known as Maharashtra Din commemorates the formation of the state of Maharashtra in India, from the division of the Bombay State on 1 May 1960. According to historians, the day is observed with official ceremonies, parades, and cultural programs across the state, especially in Mumbai, where the main celebrations take place at Shivaji Park. While the state celebrates the day with a wide range of cultural activities, for foodies, the best way to celebrate this day is by indulging in the street delights, which offer an array of flavours. To celebrate the day, here we have 11 street foods of Maharashtra that every foodie should try to understand the culinary legacy of the state.

It consists of pav layered with butter and is served with a curyr mashed with mashed potatoes and boiled veggies, seasoned with pav bhaji masala and has onion and lemon wedges on the side.

It is a popular Maharashtrian snack made with deep-fried potato dumplings placed inside a sliced bread bun and served with dry garlic chutney and fried green chilli.

A popular spicy breakfast dish made with sprouted lentils, spices, and a fiery red curry, served with pav, onions, and lemon.

It is a crunchy snack made with puffed rice, seasoned with boiled potatoe dices, spices, onion, green chilli, lemon juice, coriander leaves, and sev.

Also known as Puchka or Pani Puri, it consists of hollow, crispy, small puris (round, deep-fried bread) filled with a mixture of spicy, tangy, and savory ingredients.

Another street food which includes a gravy made white peas cooked with a variety of spices and is served with mashed potato cakes.

It refers to deep-fried pakodas made with onions mixed in besan batter, seasoned with salt, pepper, and spices. It is best served with green mint chutney.

It refers to a deep-fried dish made with soaked sabudana pearls mixed with mashed potatoes, and seasoned with veggies, spices, green chilli, and coriander leaves. It is best served with green chutney.

Dabeli is a spiced potato mixture encased in a pav, garnished with pomegranate seeds and peanuts. It offers a perfect balance of flavours—sweet, tangy, spicy, and crunchy—all in one bite. Often compared to vada pav, dabeli is more layered and chutney-rich.

It refers to thin wheat roti filled with crisp aloo tikki, veggies, curd, and chutneys. It comes in non-vegetarian variation too.

It is made with soaked flattened rice, onions, roasted peanuts, curry leaves, mustard seeds, salt, coriander leaves, and lemon juice.