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pav bhaji recipe
I remember,the first time when I ate Pav bhaji in my home town Salem,in a restaurant called Salem cafe.The very instant I fell in love with pav bhaji Love Struck.I love the butter smell in both the Pav(Bread)and the Bhaji….But never knew I will make of my own! But if I knew this is so simple to make,I would have made this long time before and made very often…But its okay,better than be late than never right…?

Pav Bhaji
Pav bhaji recipe – A great kids pleaser and even everyone in the family would love this.
When I saw in my sis in law’s blog,from that time I wanted to try,even my friend Sangeeta asked me to try and gave a pack of MTR Pav Bhaji Masala.I simply followed the recipe given in the back side of the pack..And it came out really very well…please do try and let me know if I am wrong.

Pav bhaji recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Dinner
Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 30 mins    |  Serves: 4

Ingredients

Potato – 2

Beans, carrot, green peas, cauliflower- chopped – altogether 1 cup

Onion,chopped – 1

Capsicum – 1

Tomato, Chopped – 2

Green chilli, slit  – 2

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Butter – 3 tblsp

Red Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp

Pav Bhaji masala – 2 tsp

Salt – As needed

Fresh lemon – As needed to squeeze on top

Pav Buns – As needed

Onion and coriander leaves,chopped – As needed for garnishing

Method:

  1. Pressure cook the potatoes(peel the skin of potatoes and chop them just like other veggies) and other chopped veggies together with little water,upto 3 whistles in pressure cooker.
  2. Mash nicely with a potato masher and set aside.
  3. Heat a broad pan with butter,add onion and ginger garlic paste,fry till onion turns transparent and raw smell of the ginger garlic paste goes off.
  4. Then add the capsicum and fry for a minute,then add tomatoes,salt,pav Bhaji masala and red chilli powder.
  5. Fry till tomatoes turns soft and mushy and then add all the veggies,stir well.
  6. Simmer for 5 min and mash with a ladle so that all the veggies get mixed well, add butter if desired.
  7. Bhaji is ready now!

Note:

  • Veggies can be of your choice,u can add or reduce one or two….
  • I used burger buns here,which was very nice substitute to the pav buns…
  • You can puree (grind smoothly) tomato and add instead of chopping. but it will splutter a lot, so cook covered. 

Bhaji

Garnish with finely chopped onion,coriander leaves and squeeze lemon as needed and spread the bhaji in between a well golden roasted buns/Pav/bread and enjoy hot!

Buns spread with bhaji and topped with chopped onion and coriander leaves

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  34. mind blowing pic!!! 🙂 I am falling short of words for the beauty of the dish 🙂 All I can say now is please invite me over for tea 😉
    Enjoy!
    TC

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  50. I love pav bhaji too and have not made a disappointing version till now. Of course they use unimaginable amts of butters at restaurants but the home version is healthier and just as yummy. Lovely colour.

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  56. one of my fave. street food, brings back memories of my few months in Pune & how i would devour these outside the hostel.what a gorgeous click.

    Soma(www.ecurry.com)

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  66. wow nice recipe and lovely picture. i too never know that i we can make pav bhaji at home. but i used everest pav bhaji masala and followed the same method. my daughter loves it very much.once again nice click.

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  72. my sister is crazy of this pav bhaji; I love it too, but never tried to make it; looks very appetizing;

    and your sister in law's is "Ratatouille"? hehe, coincidence, I love both of your blogs, the world is so small, ooops, blog world,too 🙂

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  84. voooo so yummy picture…..hey even i use those burger buns or dinner rolls too as its quite hard to get fresh pavs here in Indian stores…

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  116. Hi Raks,

    Thanks for the wonderful yet easy pav Bhaaji Recipe. See my tips below:

    You can add half a Beetroot (Bhaaji won't taste of Beetroot) if you want a red colour pav Bhaaji.

    For a more orange reddish colour, soak some dried red chillies in water n then grind this with the ginger garlic to make a paste.
    This gives good taste n colour.

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