Name: Masala Pav Bhaji Recipe - Mumbai Delight - Video
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 Plate
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 Number Tomato (Chopped ); 1 Cup Cauliflower (Gobi); 3/4 Cup Peas (Matar); 1 Cup Carrot (Chopped Gajar); 3/2 Cup Bottle Gourd (Chopped Ghiya); 2 Number Green Chili; 1 Medium size Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum - Chopped ); 2 Cup Cabbage (Chopped ); 1 Cup French Beans (Chopped ); 2 Number Potato (Chopped ); 2 Medium size Onion (Grated); 1 Tbsp Oil; 1 Tbsp Butter (For frying Pav and garnishing Bhaji); 1 Tsp Red Chili Powder; 1/4 Tsp Garam Masala; 1/4 Tsp Black Salt; 2 Tsp Coriander Powder; 1 Tsp Mango Powder; 1/4 Tsp Cumin powder (Roasted); 3/2 Tsp Salt; 8 Number Pav (or Enough for your appetite.)

Masala Pav Bhaji is trade mark dish in Mumbai. Everyone loves eating it from street vendors. Here we are trying to create the same street pav bhaji taste at home!

Pav bhaji is a combination of Pav (buns) bread and Bhaji (the vegetable). Bhaji can be made with vegetable that you can find in your kitchen.

Even the Brinjal can add to its unique taste.

We have made it using home made Garam masala and other spices. If you want to use the ready made Pav Bhaji masala bought from market, you can use it too here. But in that case, just ignore the spices which we have specified.

Instructions

You can see the Pav recipe in our website.

We will start with boiling our vegetables in a pressure cooker.

Add Potato, Carrot, Beans, Capsicum, Bottle-gourd, Cauliflower and Cabbage.

Add 2 cup water and 1+1/2 tsp Salt.

Close cooker lid and cook on high flame. Wait for 2 whistles.

After 2 whistles, turn the stove on low flame and cook for 5 min. and then switch it off.

Boil peas separately as we do not want to mash them with other vegetables.

Take a pan, add 1 cup water and add peas. Boil them on full flame.

Boil peas on high flame for 3 min. and then put it on low flame with lid for 5 min. If you are not using frozen peas.

After 5 min. of boiling peas on low flame, switch off the stove.

Keep it covered with lid to retain softness until we are ready with Bhaji Masala.

Open the cooker and mash the boiled vegetables with spatula.

Now lets make Bhaji Masala.

Take a big pan, add oil and heat it on high flame.

Once oil is hot, add onions and fry them until they turn golden brown.

Once onion turns golden brown, add tomatoes and cook on high flame.

Cut green chili into 4 pieces and add.

Keep the stove on low flame. Now add the spices.

Add Coriander powder, Mango powder, roasted Cumin seeds, Red Chili powder, Garam Masala and Black salt. Mix well.

Cook it on medium flame until all tomatoes have softened.

Now add boiled and mashed vegetables. Mix well.

Add boiled Peas, mix well and cook it on low flame for 5 minute.

After 5 min,. Bhaji is ready. Switch off the stove.

Now roast the Pav to eat with Bhaji. Cut them into two pieces from middle.

To roast the Pav: Take a pan, add butter and heat it. Add Pav pieces.

Roast from both the sides. Keep a small piece of butter on top of each piece and flip.

Pav are ready to serve when they turn golden brown from both sides.

Masala Pav Bhaji is ready to serve. Enjoy!

Masala Pav Bhaji Recipe – Mumbai Delight – Video

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