If you've never strayed from the usual naan, paratha and dosa dishes at your neighbourhood bhavan, trust me: you'll be doing yourself (and your tastebuds) a favour by ordering a Pav Bhaaji ($5.90).

Ananda Bhavan does it best: the vegetable-potato mash undergo hours of cooking until it becomes a thick, tantalising paste that has soaked up all the flavours from their special house blend of spices. Add a squirt of lime for tartness, and serve the paste with thinly sliced onion slivers atop freshly toasted buns. The best part about this dish? Both buns and paste are prepared with a generous slather of butter.

Warm flavours. Pillowy toasted buns. Perfection.