Pav Bhaji – Street food

Description

Pav Bhaji is an iconic street style food from Mumbai and is hugely popular in India. Bhaji is a Marathi word for vegetables and since it is served with pav it is known as Pav bhaji. Bhaji is a delicious blend of mix veggies with dollop of butter and spices, served with hot Indian bread – Pav toasted in butter.  Mumbai style pav bhaji is a visually delightful dish and sure shot party pleaser. Pav bhaji has a different place in Indian cooking, it is the king of Indian street food and even serves as a wholesome delicious dinner for quick plans. Desi Gabbar’s recipe for butter pav bhaji will surely fill your tummy and even heart too.

  • PreTime 00 h 10 m
  • CookTime 00 h 20 m
  • Serving 4Persons

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Ingredients & Method

Ingredients

• Potatoes 5-6

• Chopped tomatoes 1 ¼ cup

• Fine chopped green bell pepper 1 cup

• green peas ½ cup

• Chopped beetroot ¼ cup

• Chopped carrots ½  cup

• Fine chopped onions 1 cup

• Lemon juice 1 tbsp.

• Green chilly 1

• Grated ginger 1 tbsp.

• Grated garlic ½ tbsp.

• Kashmiri lal mirch powder 1 tbsp.

• Everest pav bhaji masala 2 tbsp.

• Salt as per taste

• Butter 1-2 cubes

• Oil 3-4 tbsp.

• Chopped cilantro for garnishing

Method

• In a pressure cooker take chopped potatoes add peas, beetroot, and carrots and add water till veggies are completely covered.

• Add salt as per taste.

• Cover the lid and wait for 5-6 whistles or till veggies are boiled.

• Once the veggies are boiled and pressure cooker cools down, remove the extra water.

• With the help of potato masher, mash all the veggies and keep them aside.

• Now heat the oil in a pan.

• Add grated ginger and garlic. Sauté till it become slightly brown.

• Now add fine chopped onions and cook till they turn slightly pink.

• In between add salt and mix it properly.

• Once onions turn pink add bell pepper.

• Cover and cook till onions are soft, brown and leaves oil.

• At this point add fine chopped tomatoes, mix everything well.

• Cover and cook till tomatoes are soft.

• Now add butter and mix it well.

• Add Kashmiri lal mirch powder, pav bhaji masala and mix it again.

• Now add mashed veggies, mix it well with masala and let it cook.

• Now add water according to the consistency you like.

• Mix well and let the bhaji boil for few minutes and you see some oil on the top.

• Bhaji is ready.

• Now for pav, take pav cut it from centre.

• Heat butter on pan and sprinkle some pav bhaji masala and chopped cilantro on it.

• Put the pav on the butter.

• Cook till pav become little crisp.

 

*Yummy tips to enjoy PAV - BHAJI:

• Enjoy every bite of delicious buttery bhaji garnished with chopped cilantro and onions with fresh pav heated in butter.

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