Pav Bhaji is a famous street food dish from Mumbai and hugely popular all over India. Pav means bread rolls/ Dinner rolls and Bhaji is basically a mix of mashed & spiced vegetables in a gravy with special spices blend known as Pav Bhaji Masala. It can be served as a snack or as a lunch or dinner meal recipe. Here is the recipe with some tips and step by step instructions and pictures.
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2. Firstly, heat 2 tsp oil in a pressure cooker and add 1 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala to it and saute for few seconds. Then add 3 roughly chopped tomatoes.
3. Next add chopped 2 carrots and 1/4 beet root to it.
4. Add 1.5 cups of water and 3/4 tsp salt to it.
5. Pressure cook it for 2 whistles on high flame.
6. Meanwhile, heat 1 tsp oil and 2 tbsp butter in a pan/kadai and splutter 1 tsp cumin seeds. Heating butter with oil prevents butter from burning.
7. Add 2 finely chopped onion to it and sauté till golden in colour.
8. Then add 1 capsicum finely chopped. I have used 1/3 of each green, red and orange bell pepper. Only one coloured capsicum can also be used.
9. After sautéing capsicum, add 1/2 cup of peas, 1 tsp ginger paste and 2 finely chopped green chili to it.
10. Next, add 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder, 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder, salt to taste and 2 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala to it. Add salt as needed because we have added salt even while boiling the vegetables.
11. Then add 2 tbsp finely chopped green coriander and 1/2 tsp Kasuri Methi to it.
12. Add 1-2 drops red food colour and 1/2 tsp of lemon juice. Adding red food colour is totally optional, It is just added to give Bhaji the colour like street style bhaji.
13. Mix them well and sauté for couple of minutes.
14. Once the pressure settle down on its own and then open the lid of the cooker. Vegetables has become soft, mash them and transfer to the pan.
15. Cook to reduce the water content for 4-5 minutes on high flame. Again mash the vegetables smoothly making sure there are no lumps.
16. Add water as required to adjust the consistency and boil for 2-3 minutes. I have added 3/4 cup of water. Bhaji is ready.
17. Now prepare the pav by heating ½ tsp butter and add 1 tsp coriander leaves & 1 tsp of prepared bhaji. Mix well.
18. Next take 2 pav together and slit from centre. Place on the tawa to roast with spiced butter. Roast both the sides of pav till they turn slightly warm.
19. Finally, Pav Bhaji is ready to serve. Enjoy it hot with some chopped onions, lemon, green chutney and dollop of butter.
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