Sprout curry topped with farsan (crunchy fried mix), onion, coriander and lime, served with buttered pav. A Maharashtrian breakfast institution.
Misal originated in the Pune-Nashik belt as a working-class breakfast in the early 20th century, built around sprouted moth-bean curry with crunchy farsan on top. Mumbai adopted the pav-served version through the mill-worker era of the early 1900s, and today the city's Maharashtrian breakfast counters and South Bombay rooms still serve it daily with a wedge of lime and chopped onion.
3 editor picks for Misal pav in Mumbai, ranked by editorial score. All Mumbai signature dishes · Misal pav across every city.
Sardar Pav Bhaji ★ 4.6
tardeo · 166-A Tardeo Main Road Junction, Tardeo, Mumbai 400034
Sardar at the Tardeo bus depot has been the Mumbai pav bhaji benchmark for decades. Butter swims on the griddle; the masala is hot and the pav is buttered.
Soam ★ 4.4
chowpatty · Sadguru Sadan, Ground Floor, Babulnath Road, Chowpatty, Mumbai 400007
Pinki Dixit's Soam in Chowpatty has poured Gujarati and Maharashtrian home cooking since 2005. The khichdi runs seven different grains and the undhiyo.
Cream Centre ★ 4.2
chowpatty · 25/B Chowpatty Seaface, Chowpatty, Girgaon, Mumbai 400007
Cream Centre opened at Chowpatty Seaface in 1958 as a vegetarian sweets and snacks counter. The channa bhatura is the canonical dish; the hot fudge sundae.