Dec 6, 20232 min read

Pav Bhaji from Indian state Maharashtra

Pav bhaji is a street food dish from India consisting of a thick vegetable curry (bhaji) served with a soft bread roll (pav). It originated in the city of Mumbai.

The dish originated as a fast lunchtime dish for textile mill workers in Mumbai. Pav bhaji was later served at restaurants throughout the city. Pav bhaji is now offered at outlets from simple hand carts to formal restaurants in India and abroad.

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Pav Bhaji

Course : Breakfast/Snack

Cuisine : Indian

Prep time : 10 minutes

Process time : 20 minutes

Total time : 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Vegetables of your choice(carrot, beans, cauliflour,potato) - 1 cup
Capsicum - 1
onion - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chili powder - 1 tsp
Butter - 1 tsp
Bun - 2

for bhaji powder

Cinnamon - 1
Cloves - 3
Cardamom - 2
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Bay leaf - 1
Dried red chili - 1
Mango powder - 1 tsp
Black salt -1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp

Instructions:

In a pressure cooker, add mixed vegetables of your choice with salt and required water, cook for 3 whistle, once pressure down, mash the vegetables and keep aside
In a pan, dry roast all spices given for bhaji powder, cool down hen add into mixer jar with mango powder, balck salt and salt and grind to fine powder
In other pan, add oil, chopped onion saute it well, then add ginger-garlic paste and saute them until aromatic, then add capsicum and saute all again
Add chili powder, turmeric powder, bhaji powder and salt as per taste, saute again until aromatic
Pour the cooked mashed vegetables stock into it and mix and boil for 10 minutes
Add butter to it and off the flame
In a pan toast the bun with butter
Serve hot with pav and bhaji