Pav bhaji recipe actually originated during the old textile business in Mumbai. This recipe was mainly served to the textile workers and laborers, which is cheap and nutritious by mixing different types of vegetables. Gradually due to the popularity of this fast-food recipe, it became a street food of mainly Maharashtra and Gujarat and slowly spread all over India. A mouth-watering recipe of different nutritious mashed vegetable gravy cooked with plentiful butter with fluffy pav or dinner rolls, this is how to make mouth-watering pav bhaji.
![How to Make Mouth Watering Pav-Bhaji](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/how-to-make-mouth-watering-pav-bhaji.png)
This famous fast food, Pav- Bhaji is an amalgamation of all different types of healthy vegetables, which you may don’t prefer to eat individually like Zucchini, carrots, purple cabbage which all are the most nutritious food we know.
I was totally a novice at cooking pav-bhaji, but due to my daughter’s temptation of this dish, I had to learn from one of my Marathi friends. Now cooking pav-bhaji is quite easy for me. It has many variations, like savtik pav-bhaji, Kala pav-bhaji, paneer pav-bhaji, but basic things are the same, in paneer pav-bhaji, you add grated paneer or mushroom in mushroom pav-bhaji. Like that without the use of onion and garlic, make savtik pav-bhaji. The best way to serve it is with roasted pav or dinner rolls with butter, chopped onion, and coriander. Don’t forget to garnish the Bhaji with loads of butter on top!
Author: Abhijit Mukhopadhyay |
Course: Main |
Cuisine: Marathi, Indian |
Level of cooking: Medium |
Preparation time: 20 minutes |
Cooking time: 30 minutes |
Total time:50 minutes |
Servings: 4 |
Equipments
- A kadai or a fry pan
- Potato masher
- A pressure cooker
- A blender
Main Ingredients of Pav Bhaji
- 1/2 cup zucchini, chopped
- 1/2 cup capsicum, chopped
- 1 cup potatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup carrot, chopped
- ½ cup tomatoes, chopped
- 1 cup purple cabbage, chopped
- 1 cup cabbage, chopped
- ½ cup fresh green peas
- beans, chopped-½ cup
- ½ cup onion, chopped
Other Ingredients of Pav Bhaji
- 1 tsp oil
- 4 cubes large butter, finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1/2 cup capsicum, chopped
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 3 tsp pav bhaji masala
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 bunch coriander leaves
For Pav:
- Butter
- Pav-8 to 10
- Pav-bhaji masala
How to make mouth-watering pav bhaji step by step/Instruction
- Wash all the vegetables thoroughly
- Cut all the vegetables in cube shape
![Pav Bhaji Making Step-1](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-1.png)
- Take a pressure cooker and add all the vegetables except capsicum, tomato and onion
![Pav Bhaji Making Step-2](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-2.png)
- Add 2 cups of water and put it in a gas oven and wait for two whistles.
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -3](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-3.png)
- By the time take a kadai or fry pan and put it in a oven.
- add two cubes of butter and one table spoon oil and heat it.
- Then throw some whole cumin
![Pav Bhaji Making Step-4](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-4.png)
- As they splutter and sizzle add grated onion, capsicum and tomatoes
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -5](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-5.png)
- After little fry add ginger-garlic paste and mix it.
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -6](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-6.png)
- Then add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and pav- bhaji masala and stir it for 2-3 minutes and add the pressure cooked vegetables and cook it for 4-5 minutes.
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -7](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-7.png)
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -8](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-8.png)
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -9](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-9.png)
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -10](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-10.png)
Now by the time take a wok or a tawa and put it to in a flame
Prepare the pav by heating 2 butter cubes and adding a pinch of pav-bhaji masala
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -11](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-11.png)
- With the help of potato masher, mash the vegetables as per required consistency
![Pav Bhaji Making Step 12](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-12-1.png)
- For color add small amount (approximate 1 teaspoon) grated beet root (please avoid using food color)
- Sprinkle some lemon juice and throw some coriander leaves.
![Pav Bhaji Making Step -13](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-13.png)
- Slit pav in centre and roast both the halves with butter.
![Pav Bhaji Making Step 14](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-14.png)
- Serve pav- bhaji with coriander, chopped onions, lemon and butter.
![Pav Bhaji Making Step 15](https://www.yummyfoodanddiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pav-bhaji-making-step-15.png)
Notes: It is advisable to use grated beetroot for coloring the bhaji instead of using food color.