Pav Bhaji Indian Cuisine

Pav Bhaji is an Indian fast food dish which is famous in the western India, mainly Maharastra and Gujrat. The dish is also famous in all parts of India and will be found in most of the restaurant menu cards across the country. It is also very famous as street food and sold by street vendors. This fast meal consists of Pav which is very similar to western bread or bun and Bhaji which is a mixed vegetable gravy. The gravy has potato as its main ingredient.

Ingredients

• Pav - 1 Packet
• Onion - 1 Medium
• Ginger Paste - 1 tsp
• Garlic Paster - 1/2 tsp
• Capsicum - 1 Small
• Carrot - 1 Small
• Beans - 5-6
• Potato - 3 Medium
• Pav Bhaji Masala 2-3 table spoon
• Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Tomato - 3 Medium
• Coriander Leave - 1/4 Cup Chopped
• Lemon 1 Small
• Cauliflower - few small pieces
• Peas - 1 Handful
• Salt

Note: You can vary the quantity of individual vegetables as per your taste. Pav Bhaji Masala is a ready made masala which is available by various brands like everest, eastern, MDH, etc which can be used.

Method

Finely chop all the vegetables except potato and keep aside. Boil the potatoes separately in the meantime and mash it.

Now heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions to it. As onion is cooked for 2-3 mins and add ginger garlic paste to it. Let the ginger garlic paste get cooked for 4-5 mins.Then add all the chopped vegetables in it. Close the lid. Let it cook for 5mins in slow flame. The add turmeric and pav bhaji masala and let it cook for 5-6 mins. Now add tomatoes to it and mix it well. Simmer it and let it cook for 4-5mins till all vegetables are cooked properly. Now add mashed potato to it. You dont need to mash it into too fine paste. Some course pieces of potato can be left. Now add water to it and let it boil for 2-3 mins. Squeeze half lemon into it. Just taste if you need to add salt, pav bhaji masala or lemon. Adjust as per you taste. Garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves.



For the pav. You can buy readily available packets. Cut the pav into 2 halves horizontally. Apply butter on both sides and roast it on tawa from both sides to golden brown. Now serve this hot pav with bhaji. You can garnish bhaji is a small cube of butter.