Pav bhaji
Pav bhaji

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pav bhaji. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This is a very popular recipe in India, liked by almost everyone. You may have to go to a nearby Asian Indian store to get the 'Pav Bhaji Masala' that is the special spice to bring the flavor (Masala means spice). Bhaji is the vegetables cooked with spice.

Pav bhaji is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Pav bhaji is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pav bhaji using 16 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pav bhaji:
  1. Make ready 2 (approx. 1½ cups chopped) medium Potatoes
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup Green Peas (fresh or frozen)
  3. Get 3/4 cup (approx. 1/4 head of cauliflower) chopped Cauliflower
  4. Get 1/2 cup (approx. 1 medium) chopped Carrot
  5. Take 1 (approx. 3/4 cup) large Onion, chopped
  6. Take 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
  7. Make ready 2 (approx. 1¼ cup) medium Tomatoes, chopped
  8. Get 1/2 cup (approx. 1 small) chopped Capsicum
  9. Get 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  10. Make ready 1 teaspoon Cumin-Coriander Powder, optional
  11. Take 1 teaspoon Readymade Pav Bhaji Masala Powder
  12. Prepare 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice and Salt to taste
  13. Take 2 tablespoons Oil + 2 tablespoons Butter
  14. Take Butter for serving
  15. Take 2 tablespoons finely chopped Coriander Leaves
  16. Get 8 Pav Buns, for serving

This is one dish, loved by people of all ages and cooked with different variations in different households. Pav Bhaji is the smartest way to have all the healthy. Pav bhaji is a fast food dish from state of Maharashtra , India. It consists of a thick vegetable curry served with a soft bread roll.

Steps to make Pav bhaji:
  1. Take all the vegetables listed in the ingredients. Wash them in running water and cut them into small pieces
  2. Transfer chopped potato, cauliflower, carrot and green peas into a 2-3 liter capacity pressure cooker. Add 1/2 cup water and salt to taste.
  3. Close the pressure cooker with a lid and cook over medium flame for 2-whistles. Turn off the flame. Open the lid after pressure releases naturally; it will take around 5-7 minutes.
  4. Mash the boiled vegetables gently with potato masher or using the backside of a large spoon until little chunky texture. You can mash cooked veggies into a texture you like – with small chunks or smooth with no chunks at all. The texture of your bhaji would depend on how you mashed the veggies.
  5. Heat 2-tablespoons oil and 2-tablespoons butter together in a pan over medium flame. Add chopped onion and ginger-garlic paste. Sauté until onion turns translucent.
  6. Add chopped capsicum, chopped tomato and salt.
  7. Sauté until tomatoes and capsicum turn soft.
  8. Add 1½ teaspoons red chilli powder, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1-teaspoon cumin-coriander powder and 1-teaspoon readymade pav bhaji masala powder.
  9. Stir and cook for a minute.
  10. Add 3/4 cup water, mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
  11. Add boiled and mashed vegetables and 1-teaspoon lemon juice.
  12. Mix well and cook for 4-5 minutes. Taste for the salt at this stage and add more if required. Turn off the flame. Add chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Bhaji is ready for serving.
  13. Cut the pav buns horizontally into halves. Heat tava over medium flame. Add a tablespoon of butter and place halved pav buns over it. Shallow fry both sides until light brown spots appear, it will take around 30 seconds for each side to turn light brown. Transfer to the plate. Shallow fry remaining pavs.
  14. Transfer prepared bhaji to a serving bowl and garnish with a cube of butter. Serve hot with butter roasted pav, sliced onion and lemon wedges

Vegetables in the curry may include potatoes, onions, carrots, chillies, peas, bell peppers, beans and tomatoes. Pav Bhaji is one of India's most popular street food. The dish originally is from Mumbai but its widely popular all across the country. A mix of veggies are mashed and cooked with a special blend of spices and then served with eggless dinner rolls. Pav bhaji is often accompanied with dollop of butter and lemon wedge!

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