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Pav bhaji Bruschetta

Pav bhaji Bruschetta is a fusion recipe that combines Mumbai style pav bhaji and italian bruschetta in one to make a lipsmacking good snack that can be made under 30 minutes.
Course Starter
Cuisine Indian, Italian
Keyword Fusion Snack, How to make Pav bhaji bruschetta, Party snack, Pav bhaji Bruschetta, Under 30 minutes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 2
Author Lata Lala

Ingredients

For Pav bhaji

  • Onion 1
  • Potato 1
  • Cauliflower 1/4 cup
  • Cabbage 1/4 cup
  • Grean peas 1/4 cup
  • Capsicum 1/4 cup
  • Bottle gourd 1/4 cup
  • Green peas/matar shelled 1/4 cup
  • French Beans 1/4 cup
  • Carrots 1/4 cup
  • Tomato 1
  • Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
  • Red chilly powder 1 tsp
  • Pav bhaji masala 1 tbsp
  • Ginger garlic minced 1 tbsp
  • Cooking oil 2 tsp
  • Salt according to the taste
  • Cumin seeds 1 tsp
  • Green chilly Chopped into small pieces 1 piece
  • Butter 2 tbsp

For bruschetta

  • Garlic bread 1 loaf
  • Mozzarella cheese + Processed Cheese grated 1/4 cup
  • Butter as required to apply on garlic bread pieces

For garnishing

  • Coriander Chopped handful
  • Onion chopped finely 1
  • Lemon wedges few

Instructions

To make pav bhaji

  • Clean, wash and chop all the vegetables mentioned above. In a pressure cooker add water and salt and bring it to boil.
  • 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).
  • Pressure cook vegetables on high upto 2 whistles. Now lower the flame and cook for about 10 minutes.
  • Switch off the flame and keep it to cool. Once the pressure is released, mash the vegetables. Keep this aside.
  • Blanch green peas with some salt and keep aside.
  • Now make masala/gravy for bhaji/vegetables.
  • Take some butter and  oil in a pan. Put ginger garlic and chilli. Saute well.
  • Next add chopped onions sauté till it becomes translucent. Add salt at this stage as this will cook onions faster and give it a nice light brown colour.
  • It’s time to add kashmiri red chilly powder, coriander powder,  pav bhaji masala, and turmeric powder. Give it a gentle mix.
  • Mix grated tomatoes into onions and cook well till oil separates from the masala. Keep this aside.
  • Take previously made mashed vegetables and mix into this onion tomato masala.
  • Saute on high flame for few minutes. 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. Mix well.
  • Add lemon juice and switch off the flame. Your Pav bhaji is ready.

For making Bruschetta

  • Preheat the oven for 10 minutes on 180 degrees.
  • Cut the garlic bread into bruschetta size pieces.
  • Apply butter on every piece of bread.
  • First bake this for 10 minutes.
  • Remove and top each piece with pav bhaji. Cover it with mix of  processed & mozzarella cheese.
  • Grill the all pieces of bruschetta for about 5-6 minutes.
  • Garnish the bruschetta with finely chopped onions, coriander leaves and some lemon.
  • Serve this hot.

Notes

You can use leftover pav bhaji to make this bruschetta.