Padhuskitchen


Pav Bhaji-Pav Bhaji Recipe-Pav Bhaji Masala

by 42 Comments

Pav Bhaji is a a very popular Indian fast food dish common in Mumbai. Pav means bread and bhaji means mashed vegetable dish. It is a spicy preparation with mixed vegetables in tomato gravy, topped with a dollop of butter. It is served with pav toasted with butter. It is easy to make Pav Bhaji at home. Today let us learn how to prepare Pav Bhaji at home following this very easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Pav Bhaji-Pav Bhaji Recipe

Pav Bhaji-How to make Pav Bhaji


Pav Bhaji

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 4
 Recipe Category: Fast Food-Street Food-Mumbai
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:

   Ingredients needed

   For the Pav

   Pav/pav buns – as required (as shown in the picture)
   Butter to toast pav – as needed

   For the Bhaji

   Onion – 2
   Tomato – 3 (large and ripe)
   Potato – 3
   Carrot and beans together -1 cup heaped (chopped)
   Peas – 1/3 cup
   Capsicum – 1 medium size
   Salt as required

   To Grind

   Ginger – 1 inch piece
   Garlic – 4-5 cloves
   Green Chilli – 2

   Spice Powder

   Chilli powder – 1 tsp
   Pav Bhaji Masala – 2 tsp (available in all stores)
   Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

   For the seasoning

   Butter – 2 tbsp
   Oil – 1 tbsp
   Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp (optional)

   For Garnishing

   Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped

   For Serving

   Onion – 2-3 tbsp finely chopped
   Lemon wedges – 2-3
   Butter -2 tsp

Preparation

Pressure cook potatoes, peel the skin, mash it slightly and keep it aside.

Chop all the vegetables into small pieces.

Grind ginger, garlic and green chilli to a paste.

preparations for pav bhaji

Steam cook beans, carrot and peas with a little salt or you can pressure cook keeping it in a vessel (do not add water to the carrot + beans + peas) inside the cooker for 1 whistle alone (See picture below).

cook beans carrot and peas

Method

Heat oil + butter in a pan, add finely chopped onions and saute stirring continuously till golden brown. Add a little salt to speed up the process. (you can season 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds if you prefer).

sauteing onions

Now add ginger + garlic+ green chilli paste and saute for a few minutes.

adding ginger garlic paste

Add tomatoes and cook till tomatoes become mushy.

how to make pav bhaji masala

Add carrot, beans, peas and capsicum.

Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and pav bhaji masala and mix well.

how to make pav bhaji at home

Add potatoes, needed salt, water needed and mix well. Cook covered on low heat for 10-15 minutes.

how to prepare pav bhaji

Then mash the bhaji well with a masher. Bhaji should neither be thick nor thin, so add water accordingly.

pav bhaji -Mumbai style

Cook for another 2-3 minutes on low heat. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and add 2 tsp of butter on top.

how to make pav bhaji

Delicious Bhaji is now ready to be served.

How to serve Pav Bhaji

Slice pav horizontally. Apply butter on both sides and toast pav until brown on both sides. Serve with hot bhaji topped with finely chopped raw onions and few drops of lemon juice.

You can also sandwich pav with bhaji and serve as seen in the picture below.

Pav Bhaji Recipe-Pav Bhaji Masala

If you found this post useful, I would really love it, if you pin it or share it with your Facebook fans or Twitter followers or Google+ circles today. All it takes is a simple click on the “pin it” “like,” “share,” “tweet,” or Google+ buttons below the post. It will keep me motivated. Thank you!

Related posts:

Ennai kathirikkai kulambu-Ennai kathirikkai kuzhambu-Ennai kathirikkai Kulambu recipe
Dal Palak Recipe-Palak Dal-Spinach Dal-(step wise pictures)
Oats Dosa Recipe-Instant Oats Dosa
Kalkandu Pongal-Kalkandu Sadam Recipe




Reader Interactions

Comments

  32. Sarika Suman

    Hi padhu, how are you?recently I made vegetable biryani, vegetable fried rice ,lemon rice and rava kesari sweet .all recipes came to well.my in-laws are coming to my house.I want to make special for them.so I want to try pav bhaji.Everest pav bhaji masala is good or not?please suggest the which brand of pav bhaji masala is best ?

    Reply

  35. Shilpa jain

    Instead of capsicum you can use cabbage.boil the all the vegetables in a presure cooker at same time so time will be saved..tomatoes instead of boil we can make puree it gives nice taste and red colour.

    Reply

  37. Doctor Jayanthi

    Hi padhu, I usually see your website for any doubt in my cooking and you're awesome… Thanks a lot for all the recipies, I mostly tried pavbhaji and other North Indian side dishes and some chutnies.. very easy to follow.. thanks again..

    Reply

  39. Sujana Y

    Hi padhu. I tried pav bhaji today by following your steps. It came out well. My husband loved it. Thank you very much. Can we add tamato puree instead of pieces

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *