Recipe: Appetizing Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji. Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat. Add tomatoes, and cook until pasty. Pav bhaji is an iconic dish from Mumbai and hugely popular all over India.

Potatoes, tomatoes, green peas all mashed together with spices and lemon and paired with buttery. Pav Bhaji is a popular Indian street food. Pav Bhaji is made with potatoes and vegetables cooked in a tomato base, and enjoyed with pav or dinner rolls. You can cook Pav Bhaji using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pav Bhaji

1. It's of For Bhaji.
2. You need 2-3 of large Potatoes.
3. It's 1 of Brinjal (bhatra wala).
4. You need 1 cup of Cauliflower Florets.
5. You need 1 cup of French Beans (chopped).
6. You need 1 cup of Carrots (chopped).
7. You need of For Tempering.
8. It's 1 1/2 cup of Onion (finely chopped).
9. It's 2-3 of Tomatoes (finely chopped).
10. It's 4 of Green Chillies (finely chopped).
11. It's 1 cup of Green Peas.
12. It's 1 tsp of Ginger-Garlic Paste.
13. You need 2 tsp of finely chopped coriander leaves.
14. It's 1 tsp of Turmeric Powder.
15. It's 1.5 tsp of Red Chilli Powder.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of Coriander Powder.
17. Prepare 1 tsp of Garam Masala Powder.
18. Prepare 3-4 tsp of Pav Bhaji Masala Powder.
19. Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin Seeds.
20. You need 3-4 tbsp of Oil.
21. Prepare to taste of Salt.
22. You need of Paav.
23. You need 2 packets of Paav.
24. It's 2 Tsp of Butter.

We will make it in both Instant Pot and Stovetop Pressure Cooker. Try this one-pot Pav Bhaji recipe in the pressure cooker and you will not make it any other way again! Pav Bhaji is popular Indian street food where dinner rolls/buns are served with spicy mashed veggies topped with dollop of butter. Street food doesn't get better than this!

Pav Bhaji step by step

1. In a cooker, boil all the vegetables together. Peel potatoes and brinjal, before putting them inside a cooker. Add a glass of water, salt and a pinch of turmeric..
2. In a pan or kadhai, put some oil and let it heat. Add cumin seeds, when it starts crackling, add chopped onion and saute it for a minute then add ginger garlic paste, saute it again and add green peas. Cook it until onion changes to light golden colour..
3. Now, add chopped tomatoes and a pinch of salt and cook until tomatoes become mushy..
4. When it leaves oil, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder and paav bhaji masala. Mix it well and pour some water to avoid over cooking of mixture..
5. Now, add boiled vegetables and try to mix it well and mash it altogether. Add water and salt if required. Cover & cook for 6-7 minutes more on low to medium flame..
6. On another pan or tawa, apply some good butter on paav and cook on both the sides till it become crunchy and golden brown in colour..
7. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves over the bhaji and serve hot with Paav and chopped onion, lemon and chutney..

This Pav Bhaji Recipe is spicy, so flavorful and can be easily made vegan by replacing butter with vegan butter! Pav bhaji is a fast food dish from India. It consists of a thick vegetable curry served with a soft bread roll. Its origins are in the state of Maharashtra. Variants of the dish may use other bread varieties such as chappati, roti or brown bread.