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Pav Bhaji Recipe / How to make Pav Bhaji at home
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Pav Bhaji Recipe / How to make Pav Bhaji at home

Pav Bhaji is a popular street food prepared from variety of vegetables such as French Beans, Carrot, Cauliflower, Capsicum, Green Peas and Potatoes which are boiled, mashed and then cooked with spices. It is served with Pav Buns toasted in butter.
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Main Course, Snacks, Street Food
Cuisine Maharashtrian, North Indian, Punjabi, |Gujarati
Diet Vegetarian
Keyword Pav Bhaji
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Passive Time 5 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories
Author Recipe by Chits

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker
  • Vegetable Masher
  • Tawa
  • Kadai

Ingredients

  • 2 medium Chopped Potatoes
  • 3 medium Chopped Tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup Chopped French Beans
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Carrot
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Cauliflower
  • 1/2 cup Green Peas (Fresh or Frozen)
  • 3/4 cup Chopped Onion
  • 2 medium Chopped Green Chilli
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Capsicum
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Kashmiri Lal Mirch
  • 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Pav Bhaji Masala (Readymade)
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
  • 2 tablespoon Oil
  • 2 tablespoon Butter
  • 2 tablespoon Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • 8 pieces Pav Buns

Instructions

  • Take all the vegetables (French Beans, Carrot, Cauliflower, Capsicum, Green Peas and Potatoes) in a pressure cooker. Add some water and salt to it. Cook the veggies in the pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles on medium heat or till the vegetables becomes soft and is easily mashed.
  • Turn off the flame and let the pressure release by itself. After the pressure is completely released, mash the vegetables with a masher or with the back side of the spoon. Keep it aside.
  • Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in medium heat. Add cumin seeds and let it sizzle.
  • Add chopped chilies, chopped onion and ginger garlic paste. Cook it till the onion becomes light brown.
  • Add chopped tomatoes and salt to it. Cook it till the tomatoes become soft.
  • Add Turmeric powder, Kashmiri Lal Mirch, Coriander Powder and Pav Bhaji Masala. Saute it for 2-3 minutes.
  • Now add the mashed veggies and mix it well. Simmer it for 3-4 minutes. You can add water as per your liking for the consistency.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of butter and mix it.
  • Take the chopped coriander leaves and mix it properly. Also add lemon juice to it. Cook for another 2-3 minutes.
  • Turn off the stove. Garnish it with chopped coriander, grated paneer and a cube of butter. Bhaji is ready to be served.
    Pav Bhaji Recipe / How to make Pav Bhaji at home
  • Now cut all the Pav buns in two halves. Heat the tawa and add butter to it. As the butter melts toast the buns from both the sides till it becomes light brown. Toast all the buns.
    Pav Bhaji Recipe / How to make Pav Bhaji at home
  • Serve the buns with the Bhaji along with chopped onions and lemon wedges.

Notes

  1. Here we have used Kashmiri Lal Mirch to give a nice colour to the bhaji. If you do not care of the colour you can use red chilli powder also, but to your liking of spiciness.
  2. The taste of the Pav bhaji mainly depends on the use of butter, so use adequate quantity of it.
  3. You can add vegetables as per your requirement. Here we have used veggies such as Potatoes, French Beans, Carrot, Cauliflower, Capsicum and Green Peas. You can skip any of these if you want. However, Potato is the main base of the recipe, so use enough potatoes as compared to other vegetables.
  4. Cook the vegetables for about 3-4 whistles. If the veggies are cooked properly and gets easily mashed, it’s fine. If it does not get mashed easily, cook it further for few more whistles.