Pav Bhaji Recipe
Course: MainCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Medium6
servings30
minutes30
minutesPav bhaji is a very popular street food of Mumbai which is devoured by foodies. Wide variety of vegetables cooked together with onion-tomato masala and fully flavored with butter and a special blend of spices.
Ingredients
3-4 medium potatoes, cubed
1/2 of small cauliflower, cut into florets
15 green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
1/2 cup of green peas
1 small carrot, cubed
1 medium green bell pepper/capsicum
4 medium tomatoes
2 green chillies
2 medium onion, finely chopped
1 inch of ginger, minced
20 garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbsp of pav bhaji masala
1/2 tsp of turmeric powder
2 tsp of kashmiri red chilly powder
2 Tbsp of oil + 4 Tbsp of butter+oil
1/4 cup of chopped coriander leaves or cilantro
Salt to taste
1 lemon, juiced
12 pavs or dinner roll
2 medium onions, chopped for serving
Directions
- Put potatoes, cauliflower, peas, carrot, green beans with enough water and let it cook till all the vegetables are fully done.
- Heat oil in a pan and saute ginger, garlic, green chillies and onion for few minutes till it becomes translucent.
- Then add capsicum and let it cook for 5 minutes. Now add all the dry spices which is mentioned above and saute for a minute.
- Now add tomatoes, salt and saute until it is tender and mixture releases oil.
- Now add all the boiled vegetables and mash everything with a masher.
- Lastly add in the cilantro, lemon juice and 2 Tbsp of butter. Bhaji is done.
- For pav, split the pav and apply remaining butter and toast it on a hot pan until it becomes golden brown.
- Serve bhaji with pav and chopped onion.
