Pav Bhaji Recipe – How to make pav bhaji recipe
Pav Bhaji is a fast food dish from Maharashtra, India.
Pav Bhaji is a fast food dish from Maharashtra, India.
Ingredients :
2 medium potatoes chopped
1/2 small cauliflower chopped
1 medium size capsicum chopped
1/4 Brinjal chopped
150 grams pumpkin chopped
2 carrots chopped
1/4 cabbage ( 150 grams) sliced or chopped
1/2 beetroot chopped
1 cup green peas
2 medium onions chopped
4 medium tomatoes – puree
2 green chilies
1-inch ginger
2 -3 garlic cloves
3 tbsp butter
Salt to taste
1 tbsp pav bhaji masala
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp red chilies powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp amchur powder
Butter to toast the pav
8 Pav Buns
Chopped onion and coriander leaves to garnish
1 lemon juice (optional)
Method
- Place all the chopped vegetables in a pressure cooker with 1/2 cup water and salt.
- Let 2-3 whistles come on high flame, then switch off the gas and let the cooker cool.
- Open the cooker when pressure drops and mash the boiled veggies with the potato masher.
- Add tomato, ginger, and green chilies in a mixer jar and make a paste.
- Heat butter in a non-stick pan and cumin seeds and saute.
- When the color of cumin changed then add chopped garlic cloves and saute 1 minute.
- Add chopped onion and saute until lightly golden.
- Add tomato puree and all spices (turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilies powder, pav bhaji masala)
- Cook on medium heat for few minutes stirring constantly.
- Now add mashed vegetables and cook on medium heat for 3-4 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Add garam masala and amchur powder.
- Turn off heat and squeeze 1 lemon in bhaji and mix.
- Garnish bhaji with chopped onion and coriander leaves.
- Slice each pav bun horizontally into 2 and toast in butter.
- Toast on both sides.
- Serve pav with bhaji.
