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Description
Join the guide for a walking tour in Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai known for its rich history and culture. You will learn about the community's pottery-making and candle-filling industries and see how the materials are prepared and packed for supply. Visit the guide's home and learn how to make Vada Pao, a popular street food in Mumbai, with an authentic recipe passed down from generation!
Highlights
- Stroll through Asia's largest slum, Dharavi
- Get a glimpse into the lifestyle of this cultural hub
- Learn to make Vada Pav, a trademark of Mumbai
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- You may have already seen the locality of Dharavi in the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire; this tour will allow you to experience the sights and culture of Dharavi with a local host!
- We will begin the tour by stepping out to take a walk around the Dharavi slums. As we make progress, you will learn about the community’s rich history and how it became the pottery-making hub in Mumbai. You will also get to see where the material for the same comes from and how it is prepared.
- Your guide will also show you around the business of candle filling, from the filling of wax in different types of candles to packing them for supply, all of which happens indoors.
- After our walk around the slum, we might make a visit to the guide's home, where we will learn to make Vada Pao, one of the most popular street foods in Mumbai, made with deep-fried potato dumplings placed inside halved pav buns and served with special chutneys and green chilli. This Maharashtrian delicacy is served in almost all hotels and roadside eateries in Mumbai.
Note: The making of Vada Pav depends on the availability of the house during the tour.
What's Included
- Professional guide
What's Excluded
- Tip to the guide
- Cooking ingredients (see details in Know Before You Go section)
- Any other expense
Know before you go
- You will need to buy bread buns from the market for the Pav.
- Ingredients for Green Chutney:
- Cilantro chillies
- Garlic
- Cumin
- Lime juice
- Mint (Optional)
- Sugar (Optional)
- Ingredients for Vada:
- 6 Large Potatoes Boiled, Peeled and Mashed
- Gram Flour (Besan in Hindi)
- 8-10 Cloves
- 4 Green Chillis
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- A pinch of Asafoetida (Hing in Hindi)
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
- Fresh Coriander Leaves
- Salt
- Frying Oil
- Ingredients for the Batter
- 1 and 1/4 cups Gram Flour (Besan in Hindi)
- A pinch of Soda Bicarbonate
- 1/4 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- Salt
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
Meeting Point
Regal Cinema, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.Tour Reviews
Starting From
USD 72 / group