Bhaji Pav Recipe
Description
Pav Bhaji is an iconic dish from Mumbai and hugely popular all over India. Pav means bread rolls, and bhaji is the Marathi word for vegetables or a vegetable-based dish (dry or gravy). Since both the bhaji and pav are served together, hence the name pav bhaji.
Ingredients 17 items
- 2 to 3 tablespoons Butter (salted or unsalted)
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½ cup finely chopped onions
- 2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon chopped green chillies
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes
- ⅓ cup chopped capsicum
- 2 cups chopped potatoes
- ¾ cup chopped cauliflower
- ¾ cup chopped carrots
- ½ cup green peas
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 to 1.5 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 2 tablespoons Pav Bhaji Masala
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons coriander leaves
- Super Bhaji Pav - 4 to 6 pieces
Instructions 10 steps
- Pressure cook potatoes, cauliflower, carrots and peas with 1.25 cups water - 5 to 6 whistles.
- Heat butter in a pan, add cumin seeds. When they sizzle, add onions and saute till golden.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and green chillies. Saute for 30 seconds.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook till they soften and become pulpy.
- Add capsicum and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add turmeric, red chilli powder, pav bhaji masala. Mix well.
- Add cooked vegetables along with the stock. Mash everything with a potato masher.
- Simmer for 8-10 minutes. Adjust salt and consistency.
- Slit Super Bhaji Pav buns, toast with butter on a tava.
- Serve hot bhaji topped with butter, chopped onions and coriander - with toasted pav on the side.