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Parsi mutton curry topped with crispy fried potato straws called sali. The wedding-dinner staple of Mumbai's Parsi community; sweet and tangy with apricot, jaggery and vinegar balancing the meat.
Sali boti is a Parsi-Persian dish with apricots, vinegar and jaggery providing the signature sweet-sour balance against slow-cooked mutton. The crispy potato straws (sali) on top are unique to Parsi cooking and never appear pre-fried. Britannia, Jimmy Boy and Cafe Britannia all serve daily versions, and it remains the canonical Parsi wedding-table dish across Mumbai, often paired with dhansak rice.
3 editor picks for Sali boti in Mumbai, ranked by editorial score. All Mumbai signature dishes · Sali boti across every city.
Britannia and Co ★ 4.7
fort · Wakefield House, 11 Sprott Road, Ballard Estate, Fort, Mumbai 400001
Britannia has poured Iranian zereshk berries over mutton pulao at this Ballard Estate room since 1923, three generations of the Kohinoor family running it.
The Bombay Canteen ★ 4.7
lower-parel · Unit 1, Process House, Kamala Mills, Senapati Bapat Road, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013
Floyd Cardoz, Sameer Seth and Yash Bhanage opened The Bombay Canteen in Kamala Mills in 2015 and reframed regional Indian cooking as a tasting-format menu.
Jimmy Boy ★ 4.4
fort · Vikas Building, 11 Bank Street, Off Horniman Circle, Fort, Mumbai 400023
Jimmy Boy is a three-generation Parsi room off Horniman Circle, serving the wedding-table dishes daily: patra ni machhi, sali boti, dhansak and lagan nu.
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