Home Made Pav Bhaji

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 :)