Recipe- Pav Bhaji At Home

Pav bhaji is very popular in Mumbai. Pav is a piece of soft bread and bhaji is special thick gravy prepared with potato, vegetables & spices. That is why it is called as pav bhaji. Pav is fried with butter and bhaji is also shiny & spicy gravy with extra butter. This food is now popular in many other places in India. Its so delicious, if you will try this once then you will definitely want to try this again & again. So if you are missing Mumbai street style pav bhaji then you are at right place.

Ingredients

Potatoes – 2 large size
Beans – 8-10 pieces (finely chopped)
Tomatoes – 2 medium size
Onion – 1 large size
Capsicum – 1 small size
Ginger – 2 tsp (paste or grated)
Garlic – 6-7 cloves (paste or finely chopped)
Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 2 tsp
Red chili powder – 1.5 tsp
Pav bhaji masala – 2 tbsp
Lemon juice - 1.5 tsp
Green chilies – 2-3 (finely chopped)
Butter – 2 tbsp
Salt – as needed
Water – as needed
Pav – 6 pieces

Method

- Clean dirt from potatoes and steam or boil it in water for 12-15 minutes and peel skin of each potatoes.

- Heat butter in a pan and cook onion till it turns to light brown color.

- Add ginger garlic paste and saute with onions

- Now add finely chopped tomatoes in pan and cook till it releases water.

- Add chopped beans in that pan and also add roasted cumin powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder and pav bhaji masala. Now add green chilies & capsicum in that pan.

- Now add boiled & roughly mashed potatoes in that pan.

- Add 1.5 to 2 cups of water and boil for 5 mins

- Take your masher to mash potatoes properly and add 1.5 tsp lemon juice in that gravy.

- Now boil it again till gravy reaches desired condition and become thicker as you want

- Switch off flame and take bhaji in 3 to 4 serving bowls

- Garnish with green coriander leaves and chopped onions (optional)

- Heat a flat pan and add some butter. Butter will be melted within few seconds then roast pav or bread with that butter. Bread will absorb butter.

- Now serve this bread or pav with bhaji and onion salad.