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Spicy pav bhaji recipe

Best & Easy Pav Bhaji Recipe: The Ultimate Street Food

Pav Bhaji Recipe: A spicy, mashed vegetable curry served with buttery, toasted pav buns, garnished with lemon and coriander.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Pav Baji Recipe, Pav Bhaji, Pav Bhaji Photos
Servings: 4
Author: Chef Yogi

Ingredients

  • 3 medium Tomatoes about 200 g, roughly chopped
  • 4 medium Potatoes about 300 g, peeled and diced
  • 1/2 cup Cauliflower about 80 g
  • 1 large Capsicum about 90 g
  • 1/2 cup Green Peas about 45 g
  • 1 small Carrot diced
  • 2 cup Water
  • 3 tbsp Sunflower Oil
  • 2 medium Onions about 140 g, chopped
  • 1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
  • 2 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala
  • 2 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 3/4 tbsp Table Salt adjust to taste
  • 100 g Butter
  • Chopped Coriander for garnish

Instructions

Cook the Vegetables:

  • Cut and wash all the vegetables.
    Cut vegetables
  • In a pressure cooker, add the diced potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower, green peas & water.
    Veggies in cooker
  • Pressure cook for 1 whistle, then simmer on low heat for 10 minutes. Turn off the flame and let the steam release naturally.
    Pressure cooking for pav bhaji
  • Remove the lid and mash the vegetables to a coarse and semi-thick texture.
    Mashing vegetables in pav bhaji recipe

Prepare the Bhaji:

  • Heat oil in a wok or kadai.
    Heating oil
  • Add chopped onions and sauté until golden brown, add chopped green chili.
    Chopped onions sautéed golden brown
  • Stir in the ginger-garlic paste and cook until the oil separates.
    Cooking ginger-garlic paste for pav bhaji recipe
  • Add turmeric, red chili powder, and the prepared Pav Bhaji masala. Mix well.
    Spices and Pav Bhaji mix
  • Add the mashed bhaji.
    Spicy veg curry with pav bhaji
  • And butter. Let the butter melt and mix everything well.
    Melted butter mixing with Pav Bhaji
  • Garnish with chopped coriander.
    Spicy Pav Bhaji

Prepare the Butter Pav:

  • Slit the pav (bread rolls) from the middle. Apply butter on the slit side.
    Split pav rolls for pav bhaji
  • Toast the pav on a hot griddle.
    Toasted pav on griddle

Serve:

  • Serve the flavorful bhaji with buttered pav, chopped onion, and a lemon wedge.
    Spicy pav bhaji recipe
  • Enjoy your delicious Pav Bhaji!
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