Home Made Pav Bhaji
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Pav bhaji is a fast food dish from Maharashtra. It consists of a vegetable curry along served with soft bread mildly fried in butter. The curry is a spiced mixture of mashed vegetables in a thick gravy, cooked on a flat tava or frying pan. Here are the step by step instructions.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 5
Course: Evening snack
Cuisine: Chat
1 bowl measurement: 250 ml
Ingredients
Boiled and mashed potatoes: 1 bowl (2 potatoes)
Finely chopped vegetables
Cauliflower: 1 bowl
Green chillies: 2
Onions: 1 bowl
Green peas: 1 bowl
Tomatoes: 2 bowls
Carrot: 1 bowl
French beans: 1 bowl
Boiled Carrot
Boiled french beans
White soft bread (available in grocery stores or bakery)
Tamarind chutney: 1 tbsp
Tomato sauce: 1 tbsp
Fennel seeds (somp): 1 tbsp
Butter: 2-3 tbsp
Ginger & garlic paste: 1 tbsp
Chopped onions: Few
Coriander leaves: Few
Pav bhaji masher
Pav bhaji chat masala: 1-2 tbsp
Turmeric powder: 1/2 tbsp
Water: 2 bowls
Sugar: 1/4 tbsp
Salt: As required
Oil: 2 tbsp
Dry red chilly powder: 1 tbsp
Procedure
Step 1: Heat 2 tbsp oil, add 1 bowl chopped onions, saute (fry) for 2 minute in high flame
Step 2: Add and mix 1 tbsp fennel seeds (somp), saute (fry) for 1 minute in high flame
Step 3: Add and mix 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, saute (fry) for 2 minutes in high flame
Step 4: Add chopped 2 bowls tomatoes, 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder, 1 tbsp salt
Step 5: Add and mix 1/4 tbsp sugar to it, saute (fry) for few seconds
Step 6: Add and mix all vegetables, Cook for 10 minutes in high flame by adding 2 bowls water
Step 7: Add and mix few coriander leaves, 1 tbsp pav bhaji chat masala. Let it cook for 8 - 10 minutes till it come to required thickness
Step 8: Mash the curry with masher, add and mix 1 tbsp tomato sauce, 1 tbsp tamarind chutney
Mash it again and turn off the flame
Slice the bread in half
Step 9: Add little butter in frying pan, now mildly fry bread on both the sides
Pav bhaji is ready to serve
Enjoy the curry with butter bread and chopped onions, you can even make Pav Bhaji Burgers :)
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