Family Cookbook


Pav Bhaji

Ingredients

  • Pavs 10
  • Butter 5 Tbsp

For the Bhaji

  • Cauliflower 1 cup (chopped)
  • Green peas ยฝ cup
  • Carrot ยฝ cup
  • Butter 2 Tbsp
  • Onions 1 cup (finely chopped)
  • Capsicum ยฝ cup (finely chopped
  • Red chillie-garlic paste 2 Tbsp
  • Tomatoes 1 cup
  • Chillie powder 1ยฝ tsp
  • Pav Bhaji masala 1ยฝ Tbsp
  • Tumeric powder ยผ tsp
  • Boiled and mashed potato 1ยฝ cup
  • Salt According to taste
  • Lemon juice 2 tsp
  • Coriander leaves 2 Tbsp

For serving with Pav Bhaji

  • Onions ยฝ cup (finely chopped)
  • Lemon wedges 5

Instructions

  1. Combine the cauliflower, green peas, carrot and I cup of water in a pressure cooker and cook it for 2 whistles
  2. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lip. Keep it aside.
  3. Heat the butter in a kadai, add the onions and sautรฉ on a medium flame for a minute or two.
  4. Add the capsicum and chilli-garlic paste and saute on a medium flame for two minutes.
  5. Add the tomatoes, chillie, turmeric powders and ยผ cup of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
  6. Add the potatoes, cauliflower mixture along with the water and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally and mashing it.
  7. Add the lemon juice and coriander and mix well. Keep aside.
  8. For the pavs: Slit 2 pavs vertically and keep aside.
  9. Heat a pan, add 1 Tbsp of butter and place the slit open pavs in the butter to fry.
  10. Fry it on a medium flame until they turn light brown and crisp on both sides.
  11. Repeat these steps to fry all the other pavs.

Notes

Serve the bhaji hot with pavs, onions and lemon wedges.

Skip to Recipe