Pav bhaji is an Indian fast food dish that originated in Mumbai cuisine. While Bhaji is a traditional Indian name for a vegetable dish, the Pav was the Portuguese word for bread (small rolls) introduced by them during their brief presence in Mumbai. Pav Bhaji is one of the most popular mumbai street food even now. It can be eaten as a snack or as a meal in itself.
Pav Bhaji
Ingredients (4 servings)
- Potatoes – 2 (peel & cut into 4)
- Cauliflower- 1 cup (chopped)
- Carrot – ¾ cup (chopped)
- Shelled Peas – ½ cup
- Onion – 2 (finely chopped)
- Tomatoes – 3 (finely chopped)
- Capsicum- 1 (chopped)
- Ginger-garlic paste – ½ tbsp
- Green chillies – 1 (finely chopped)
- Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
- Chilli Powder – ½ tsp
- Garam Masala- ½ tsp
- Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
- Pav Bhaji Masala – 2½ tbsp
- Water – 1½ cups or as required
- Butter – 3 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Pavs – 8 (sliced)
- Lemon – 8 wedges
- Onion – 2 (finely chopped)
- Coriander Leaves – to garnish
Method
For the Bhaji-
- Add potato, cauliflower, carrot and peas in a pressure cooker and boil.
- Once the vegetables are cooked. Mash them lightly with the help of potato masher and keep aside.
- Heat a pan, add butter. When it melts, add cumin seeds. When they crackling, add the chopped onions and saute till they become translucent.
- Now add the ginger-garlic paste and saute till the raw aroma of the ginger-garlic paste is gone.
- Now add green chillies and fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and fry till for another 8-10 minutes or till the masala starts releasing the oil.
- Add the capsicum and saute for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, pav bhaji masala and garam masala and mix well.
- Now add the mashed vegetables.
- Mix the mashed vegetables with the masala nicely.
- Add water (1-1½ cup depending on the consistency you want) and mix everything. Add salt.
- Again mash the vegetables directly in the pan, let it cook for another 10-12 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally.
- Your pav bhaji is ready.
- While serving garnish the bhaji with coriander leaves and butter on top. Serve chopped onion and lemon wedge (to add to the bhaji) also.
- Serve with buttered pavs.
To make buttered pavs-
- On a flat pan, heat some butter.
- When the butter melts, keep the pavs on it so as to absorb the butter (by pav) and fry for 1-2 minute.
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