Pav Bhaji Recipe – How to make Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji recipe – How to make pav bhaji – Easy homestyle Pav Bhaji recipe – Easy Indian food recipes – Street Style food – Homemade Pav Bhaji – Do this dish need any introduction? its an absolute favorite of anyone! Living abroad has its own disadvantages… its not that easy to find a place that serves street style foods, that leaves us with only option to make it at home! Pav Bhaji is one such favs of us and  i make it once in while to indulge! Lets see how to make this Pav Bhaji easily at home to match the street style.. Pav refers to the soft bread and Bhaji refers to the thick mashed veggies. 

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Pav Bhaji Recipe – How to make Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji is a popular Indian street food snack where spicy mashed vegetables served along with soft brad rolls.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Indian, north indian
Keyword: bhaji, fast food, pav bhaji, street food
Servings: 6
Author: Mullai Madavan

Ingredients

Ingredients – to steam

  • 2 large Potato
  • 1 large Carrot
  • 20 florets Cauliflower
  • 1/2 cup Green Peas
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt

Ingredients – for saute

  • 1 cup Onion finely chopped
  • 2 each Green Chilli finely minced
  • 1 cup Tomato chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger Garlic paste
  • 1/4 cup Green Capsicum chopped
  • 1/4 cup Red Capsicum chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves crushed
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 2 teaspoon Kashmir Chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon Pav Bhaji Masala Powder (store bought)
  • 3/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 tablespoon Butter
  • 2 teaspoon Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves for garnish

Ingredients – for serving

  • 6 rolls Soft pav buns
  • 6 teaspoons Butter for toasting bread
  • 1/2 cup Onions chopped
  • 1/2 cup Coriander leaves chopped
  • 1/4 cup Lemon wedges

Instructions

  • Take a pressure cooker and add in roughly chopped potato, carrots, cauliflower and peas. Pour in water and pressure cook the veggies along with turmeric and salt for 3 whistles.
  • Once the pressure settles, strain the stock and keep it aside. Mash the veggies and set aside.
  • Heat oil and butter in a pan. temper with cumin seeds and add in finely chopped onion, green chillies, ginger garlic paste along with crushed kasuri methi.
  • Saute for 5-6 minutes or until the onions turn translucent with a crispy finish.
  • Add in tomatoes along with green and red capsicum and saute that for few minutes. Adding red capsicum is optional it is mainly added to give slight sweet tinge. You may skip add a pinch of sugar instead.
  • Add in turmeric powder, kashmir chilli powder, pav bhaji masala powder and salt. Saute until the masala powders blend well with the veggies. (3-4 min)
  • Now add in the mashed veggies and stock as well and mix well.
  • Add salt and simmer the veggie mash until desired consistency.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.
  • Bhaji is all ready!
  • Now cut the Pav buns into half and generously apply butter. Toast it on a tawa until the inner side gets golden and crisp.
  • Now Pav Bhaji is ready to be served. Serve Bhaji topped with raw onion, dollop of butter along with toasted pavs (buns), raw onions, coriander and lemon wedges.

INSTANT POT METHOD

 Saute everything from ( refer ingredients – to saute list ) in an instant pot under SAUTE MODE, add in the raw veggies, water and pressure cook under HIGH PRESSURE MODE for 15 minutes with NATURAL PRESSURE RELEASE, garnish and finish! 

 

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Take a pressure cooker and add in roughly chopped potato, carrots, cauliflower and peas. Pour in water and pressure cook the veggies along with turmeric and salt for 3 whistles.
 
 
Once the pressure settles, strain the stock and keep it aside. Its easy to mash without the stock, hence straining works. If you are using a hand blender then no need to strain just blend. Personally i don’t like the blending method as its becomes like a koozh / puree … the texture would not be appetizing… a little bits of veggies here and there is what i like! 
 
 
Mash the veggies well.
 
 
 
Set this aside.
 
 
Heat oil and butter in a pan.
 
 
Temper with cumin seeds. (Mainly added for digestion purpose / you can use little hing / asafoetida instead)
 
 
 
Add in finely chopped onion, green chillies, ginger garlic paste along with crushed kasuri methi.
 
 
Saute for 5-6 minutes or until the onions turn translucent with a crispy finish. This step is very important… make sure the onions are browned well orelse the dish will have a raw smell to it. 
 
 
Add in tomatoes along with green and red capsicum and saute that for few minutes. Adding red capsicum is optional it is mainly added to give slight sweet tinge. You may skip add a pinch of sugar instead.
 
 
Add in turmeric powder, kashmir chilli powder, pav bhaji masala powder and salt.
 
Saute until the masala powders blend well with the veggies. (3-4 min) Make sure to fry the masala well until the oil separates.
 
 
Now add in the mashed veggies and stock as well and mix well.
 
Add salt and simmer the veggie mash until desired consistency.   A little butter can be added for extra flavor!  Garnish with coriander leaves.Bhaji is all ready!
 
Now cut the Pav buns into half and generously apply butter.
 
 
Toast it on a tawa cut side down.
 
 
Toast until lightly golden. 
 

 
Now Pav Bhaji is ready to be served.
 

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Serve Bhaji topped with raw onion, dollop of butter along with toasted pavs (buns), raw onions, coriander and lemon wedges.