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Mumbai Style Pav Bhaji Recipe

Pav Bhaji | How to make Bhaji for Pav Bhaji - step by step

Pav bhaji, street food of Mumbai. Bhaji is prepared from mashing various vegetables and cooking in spices, served with buns (pav)
5 from 7 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Appetizer, Lunch & Dinner
Cuisine Indian
Servings 5 People
Calories 354 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Capsicum Chopped
  • 1 Cup Tomato Chopped
  • 1 Cup Onion Chopped
  • 2/3 Cup Cauliflower Grated
  • 2/3 Cup Green Peas
  • 2 Boiled Potatoes Medium Sized
  • 2 Green chillies Finely Chopped
  • 8 Tablespoon Butter
  • 1.5 Tablespoon Oil
  • 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1.5 Tablespoon Pav Bhaji Masala
  • 1.5 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1.5 Tablespoon Tomato Purée Concentrated
  • 1.5 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
  • 1/3 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 1 Tablespoon Dried Fenugreek Leaves / Kasuri Methi
  • 1 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
  • 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Coriander Leaves
  • 8 Pav Bread

Instructions
 

  • Take a Kadai/Pan or a Tava(skillet) in which you are planning to make bhaji. Add 1.5 tablespoon of oil to it. Once heated, add cumin seeds to it. Add all of chopped capsicum, grated cauliflower and 1/2 cup onions and saute till they are tender.
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  • Add chopped tomatoes, chopped chillies, boiled and mashed potatoes and green peas to it and mash them with potato masher and saute till they are all soft and water is evaporated.
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  • Add 1/2 tablespoon pav bhaji masala, 1/2 teaspoon salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and half of garam masala and kasuri methi to it.
  • Mix well and saute for few more minutes and switch off the flame.
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  • Take this mixture out and on the same pan add 2 tablespoon of butter. Now add rest of the chopped onions and saute till they are translucent.
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  • Add Ginger Garlic paste and saute till the raw smell evades. Add rest of the pav bhaji masala.
  • Now add tomato puree concentrate. Iused this just to get nice colour for bhaji, you can totally skip it if you don’t like to add. Mix well and saute for 2 minutes.
  • Now add the bhaji mixture (prepared earlier), rest of salt and garam masala and mix it well. Add 1/4 cup water and saute this mixture for few minutes while mashing it in between.
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  • Add rest of kasoori methi with 2 tablespoon of butter and saute again till it reaches your desired consistency.
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  • Add lemon juice, mix well and Switch off the flame. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
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  • On a different pan slit the pav in centre and toast them with 1 tablespoon of butter.
  • Now serve the pav bhaji hot topped with rest of the butter and some chopped onions.
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Notes

  • The bhaji need to be mashed well, so mash it properly till you don’t see any chunk of vegetable.
  • Butter is a key element in this recipe, so it won’t give exactly the same taste as you get in market, if you try to use less butter.
  • Here in my recipe, I have used a iron kadhai to make the vegetable mixture and then used the big Tava for tempering. However, you can use same pan for both the steps.
  • You can skip using grated cauliflower and increase the quantity of boiled potatoes, however I found it quite similar in taste with the shops with using cauliflower.
  • I have used tomato puree just to give nice colour to bhaji without using artificial colour, you can add colour if you want or can totally skip. In case you not using tomoto, just increase the quantity of lemon juice little bit to get that bit of sour taste.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Pav Bhaji | How to make Bhaji for Pav Bhaji - step by step
Amount Per Serving
Calories 354 Calories from Fat 216
% Daily Value*
Fat 24g37%
Saturated Fat 12g75%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 48mg16%
Sodium 1112mg48%
Potassium 453mg13%
Carbohydrates 30g10%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 1890IU38%
Vitamin C 70mg85%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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