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Pav Bhaji Recipe

Servings 4 people
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200 gram Cauliflower
  • 1 Capsicum (chopped)
  • 100 gram Carrot
  • 150 gram Green Peas
  • 1 cup Cabbage (chopped)
  • 4 pcs. Potato Mashed
  • 2-3 pcs. Green Chilli
  • 2 medium Onion (chopped)
  • 4 pcs. Tomato
  • 200 gram Beans
  • 20 gram Ginger grated
  • Coriander Leaves (finely chopped)

Spices

  • 1 tbsp Haldi
  • Salt (according to taste)
  • 2-3 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala
  • 1 tbsp Kashmiri Lal Mirch
  • 100 gram Butter
  • 8 pcs. Pav

Instructions

  • In the first step take 4 medium or two larger size potatoes and peel them well. Wash cauliflower florets, carrots, cabbage, beans and capsicum cut into small pieces.
  • After the preparation time of bhaji, take a pressure cooker or a pot and add all vegetables. Then pour one and a half cups of water into a cooker for boiling. Only one or two whistles reach on a medium flame in a pressure cooker.
  • After one or two whistles of a pressure cooker, the pressure is released from the cooker and open its lid. Now check them and you find that all veggies are soft-cooked and they easily mash well. Keep the mashed vegetables on one side of the table.
    boiles vegetables
  • Now is the preparation time for the masala. Heat a pan and pour butter, then add grated ginger & chopped green chilli in it.
  • Then add chopped onion. Sauté these chopped onions in a pan till they turn translucent. Now add chopped tomatoes and stir them for 1 min.
  • Now add turmeric powder, and stir them for 2 min. then add green peas. mix then well for 1 min.
  • Then add red chilli powder and salt and stir for some time. After one min. add mashed vegetables to it and mix them well.
  • Then add pow bhaji masala and mix with ½ cup of water. Keep on stirring occasionally and let the bhaji simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. After that turn off the gas.
  • Now fry the pav so that you serve the pav with hot bhaji. Slice the pavs.
  • Keep the flame to a low and then add butter. When the butter begins to melt, add a bit of pav bhaji masala. You can skip pav bhaji masala if you want.
  • Mix the pav bhaji masala very well with a spoon or spatula. Then place the pav on the butter.
  • Now turn over the pav and rotate them on the tawa so that the second side absorbs the butter. Add more butter if required.
  • Then remove it on a plate and keep it aside.

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Notes

Serving Suggestions

  • Take the bhaji in a serving plate or a bowl. Top it up with one to two cubes of butter. You can add more butter, if you like. 
  • Place a side of finely chopped onions, lemon wedges and finely chopped coriander leaves. Or you can sprinkle onions, coriander leaves and lemon juice directly on the bhaji. 
  • Refrigerate only the bhaji (vegetable gravy without any toppings of onions, coriander and lemon juice) in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 days.
 
Author: admin
Calories: 531kcal
Cost: 250 rs.
Course: Brunch, Main Course, Snacks
Cuisine: Indian Street Food
Keyword: Pav Bhaji Recipe