Pav bhaji | Mumbai Pav bhaji
 
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Learn to make Pav bhaji | Mumbai Pav bhaji which is best, delicious, easy, flavorful & tasty recipe made in pressure cooker at home. A no fail recipe.
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Recipe type: Snacks, Main course
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • For bhaji
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  • 1 chopped potato
  • ½ cup chopped beans
  • ½ cup chopped capsicum
  • ½ cup chopped cabbage
  • 1 cup chopped cauliflower
  • ½ cup chopped carrots
  • ½ cup green peas
  • ½ cup french beans
  • ½ cup bottle gourd/doodhi
  • For tadka
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  • 1 cup onion finely chopped
  • 1+1/2 cup tomato finely chopped/grated
  • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • ½ tsp ginger and chilli paste
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder+1 tsp medium spicy red chili powder
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp Amul butter
  • 1 tbsp pav bhaji masala
  • Finely chopped green chillies
  • Handful of coriander
  • 2-3 tsp Tamarind paste
  • For the garnish
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  • Coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • Lemon wedges few
  • Butter as required
Instructions
  1. Clean, wash and chop all the vegetables mentioned above. In a pressure cooker add 2 glasses of water and 1 tsp salt and bring it to boil.
  2. Add all chopped vegetables except green peas to it (I add green peas in to the cooker along with all veges as my family prefers that way).
  3. Pressure cook vegetables on high upto 2 whistles.
  4. Now lower the flame and cook for about 10 minutes.
  5. Switch off the flame and keep it to cool.
  6. Once the pressure is released, mash the vegetables. Keep this aside.
  7. Blanch green peas with some salt and keep aside.
  8. Now make masala/gravy for bhaji/vegetables.
  9. Take some butter and  oil in a pan.
  10. Put ginger garlic and chilli paste. Saute well.
  11. Next add chopped onions sauté till it becomes translucent.
  12. Add salt at this stage as this will cook onions faster and give it a nice light brown colour.
  13. It's time to add kashmiri red chilly powder, coriander powder,  pav bhaji masala, and turmeric powder.
  14. Give it a gentle mix.
  15. Mix grated tomatoes into onions and cook well till oil separates from the masala. Keep this aside.
  16. Take previously made mashed vegetables and mix into this onion tomato masala.
  17. Saute on high flame for few minutes.
  18. Now you can add blanched green peas at this stage, i haven't as i added it into pressure cooker along with all the vegetables.
  19. Mix well.
  20. Lower the flame and add tamarind paste.
  21. Cook for few minutes more and switch off the flame.
  22. To serve Pav/Buns:
  23. Heat a griddle/tawa. Slice the Pav in the middle and let it open up.
  24. Apply generous amount of butter on both sides on the pav, sprinkle some Pav Bhaji Masala on this.
  25. Place Pav over hot tawa with the sliced side facing down. Roast it, flip to the next side and roast again.
  26. Remove from the griddle. Continue the same procedure with the remaining Pavs.
  27. You can even avoid using the the Pav Bhaji Masala and roast the Pav only with butter. The choice is all yours.
  28. How to serve :
  29. Serve the Bhaji hot, garnished with some more chopped coriander leaves, finely chopped onions and a dollop of butter alongwith the butter roasted Pav, and lemon wedges
Notes
1. The mixed vegetables and their proportion totally depends on your choice and availability.


2. Use ripe red Tomatoes as it gives a lovely colour to the Bhaji.


3. Apart from using a good quality Pav Bhaji Masala, the colour of the Bhaji also depends upon the red chilli powder that you use.

4. I always mix in some Kashmiri Red Chilli powder alongwith the regular medium spicy red chilli powder.

5. Oil can be used in the Bhaji but it is the butter that gives out that flavour in any Pav Bhaji. You can reduce the amount of butter, but do not omit it.

6. The texture, the consistency, the spiciness and the tanginess of the Bhaji totally depends on your preference. So check, taste and adjust accordingly
Recipe by Yummy Tales Of Tummy at https://yummytalesoftummy.com/pav-bhaji-mumbai-pav-bhaji/