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Pav Bhaji is a popular dish from Maharashtrian cuisine. It is tasty, filling and can be made ahead of the time.
Pav bhaji is one of the snacks that I grew eating it very regularly and cherish this so much. It’s easy to make on hard days, good for the parties or any time of the day , and most of all it fills your stomach , not something like uff, I have eaten so much and still feel hungry…unlike the pani puris, isn’t it ? I am really pretty excited to share it here.
Pav Bhaji is a popular street food of Mumbai. It is very popular and so delicious, that you can find these vendors selling it everywhere and till late nights. This month , we Culinary Hoppers have decided to explore the Maharashtrian cuisine. This variety of food has so much to offer and it has a unique blend of taste. It is spicy with a little bit of sweetness in it.  Chapati and phulka are more commonly made here. Accompaniments such as dry potato sabzi or matki usal are common. A dish of gram flour called as Jhunka is very famous here. With rice, they make a rasam like known as amti. The curry powder used is different one, known as Goda Masala. This powder  is also used in preparing variety of rice dishes.
As we are lovers of pav bhaji at home, I decided to make this and Kotambir Wadi for the blog hop. I hope you enjoy this authentic recipe of pav bhaji recipe as much as I am glad to share it here .
pav bhaji
Mumbai Pav Bhaji
Ingredients
- 3 onions
- 4 tomatoes
- 3 potato
- 1.5 cup peas
- 1/2 cup cauliflower florets
- 1 capsicum
- 2 tablespoon +1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 teaspoon pav bhaji masala
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- salt to taste
- For garnishing :
- onion finely cut
- coriander finely cut
- lemon wedges
- Other ingredients:
- Pav buns 12
- butter to spread
Method :
- Cut the onion finley.
- Chop the tomatoes.
- Make ginger garlic paste and keep it aside.
- Chop the carrots, peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Check the cauliflower and cut into florets. Put all the vegetables in a separator along with green peas and cook for two whistles.
- Take butter in a pan. Add cumin, ginger-garlic paste and saute for a while. Put the onion pieces and saute for sometime until it is translucent.
- Add the tomato pieces to it . Continue cooking. Add the capsicum pieces also.
- Put pav bhaji masala and red chilli powder to it. Add turmeric powder and salt. Let the flavours mingle emitting a good aroma.
- Add the mashed vegetables to it. Adjust the consistency by adding some water to it.
- Let cook for sometime. Set it aside.
To serve:
- Heat a pan. Cut the pav and put some butter. Toss them on the skillet until it is lightly brown in colour.
- Put the prepared bhaji in a bowl, top with onion and coriander and serve with toasted pav buns.
Notes
- You need to use butter in the recipe.
- Oil can be mixed with it. Butter can be any kind, store bought or homemade.
- I have used home made.Use fresh ginger garlic paste. I used eight cloves of garlic and an inch of ginger.
- You can use ready made pav bhaji masala.
- Reduce the quantity of vegetables and pav bhaji masala to make a smaller portion.
My other Maharashtrian dishes :
Kothimbir Vadi Vada pav Potato bonda
These are the other delicacies of my blog hop friends:
Shubha Bhajniche thalipeetha  kulith pitala  piyush  metkut
Vani Aalo Bonda
Piyali Zunka Bhakar  Matki usal
Padma Bhakarwadi  Sabudana Vada
Poornima Jowar roti  Stuffed Brinjal
Anu Shengdanyacha amti  Barnyard millet rice
Swati Tomato rice  green peas curry
Parvathy Sol kadhi
Shobana kolhapuri thecha
Print Recipe
Mumbai Pav Bhaji
Ingredients
Method
- Cut the onion finley.
- Chop the tomatoes.
- Make ginger garlic paste and keep it aside.
- Chop the carrots, peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Check the cauliflower and cut into florets. Put all the vegetables in a separator along with green peas and cook for two whistles.
- Take butter in a pan. Add cumin, ginger-garlic paste and saute for a while. Put the onion pieces and saute for sometime until it is translucent.
- Add the tomato pieces to it . Continue cooking. Add the capsicum pieces also.
- Put pav bhaji masala and red chilli powder to it. Add turmeric powder and salt. Let the flavours mingle emitting a good aroma.
- Add the mashed vegetables to it. Adjust the consistency by adding some water to it.
- Let cook for sometime. Set it aside.
- To serve:
- Heat a pan. Cut the pav and smear some butter.
- Toss them on the skillet until it is lightly brown in colour.
- Put the prepared bhaji in a bowl, top with onion and coriander and serve with toasted pav buns.
Notes
- You need to use butter in the recipe.
- Oil can be mixed with it. Butter can be any kind, store bought or homemade.
- I have used home made.Use fresh ginger garlic paste. I used eight cloves of garlic and an inch of ginger.
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mumbai pav bhaji
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Love pav bhaji. So yum 🙂
Thankyou Srividya
Delicious and one of the popular street food.. delicious!!
Thankyou Shubha
Your Pav Bhaji looks so delicious Jayashree. I can have Pav bhaji anytime. Nice pictures too.
Thanks Swati !
A favourite Mumbai dish of mine. Whenever I visit Mumbai I go to Juhu Chowpatty to savour Pav Bhaji. Your post brought back those memories. Explained beautifully, the Pav Bhaji looks so yummy. Could have a bowl right now.
Thankyou Piyali
super hit delicious pav bhaji..yours looks great and yummy
Thankyou Vani
Loving the step wise pictures and presentation. Mouthwatering Pav Bhaji! looks great. lovely share.
Thankyou Anu
Yummy Bhaji Jaya.. perfectly made, looks so delicious!
Thankyou Poornima
An all time fav at home and parties……Yours looks delicious and super yummy dear:)
Thankyou Padma
oh wow wow.. I love pay bhaji so much its my favourite street food . You have executed the recipe so very well Jaya, lovely share
Thankyou so much Parvathy
I always add fresh green peas to the bhaji. But in the pav bhaji stalls and restaurants, they add dried green peas to the bhaji. Hence the consistency of the pav bhaji is mushy and smooth. You can also add dried green peas. You have to soak them overnight and then cook them thoroughly.
Thankyou for the visit Chupacabras, yes they do add dried peas, I dont like it
Just yesterday we made pav bhaji, I saw you have added kasoori Methi , what’s the reason for that ?
Pav bhaji is an eternal favorite at home. Make it atleast 2 times a month
Pav bhaji is my family’s all time favourite. When the kids were young it was an excellent way to get them to enjoy different veggies. I also add some eggplant. Your pic has me craving for some pav bhaji.
Mumbai pav bhaji is one dish that we cannot have enough of. I make it often as the girls also love it. Perfectly made.
Pav Bhaji is welcome anytime, by the kids. you recipe reminds me I haven’t made it in a long time now..