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Pav Bhaji | Healthy pav bhaji recipe

Dec 9, 2020 · Leave a Comment

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No mention of Mumbai is complete without its street food and stock exchange. Mumbai is a city of dreams. They say time is money here and rightly so. In this fast pace, people love having quick bites. They travel long distances to work and need a quick refill. You will find amazing places to eat be it cheap street food or high end bistros. Street food especially at Khau galli is quite difficult to resist. Pav Bhaji,vada pav, misal pav, bhelpuri, sevpuri dahi puri the list is endless. After all, food brings us together for hunger has no color or race.

pav bhaji

This dish is a yummy and plentiful. Basically, we serve a vegetable mash with buns or pav bread. Use your leftover veggies in the gravy. When we were kids it was a must, during birthday parties.

You can also add any veggies which kids may hate to eat as it is. Be it brinjals, gourds, cauliflowers. You can make it vegan or as well as Jain version (no onion no garlic). Some people love to garnish it with extra butter or heaps of cheese. You may buy the buns from a local bakery or make it at home. We can also make pav bhaji no potato, I add bottle gourd instead.

How to make the recipe?

1. Chop all vegetables.

2. Boil hard vegetables potatoes, carrots and beetroots for 15 mins with 3-4 cups of water.

Boil hard veggies

3. Now, add broccoli and capsicums and let it come to a boil.

Add remaining veggies for bhaji

4. Now add chopped cabbage to it.Boil the veggies with salt for bhaji

5. Cover and cook on slow flame until all vegetables are soft.

Mash boiled  veggies

6.  Mash the boiled veggies it using a blender or potato masher, keep it aside.

7. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions, chilli to it.

Saute onions

8. Add chopped tomatoes to the pan and let them soften.

Cook tomatoes for bhaji

9. Add spices to the mash and mix well.

Add spices to the mash

10. Now, add chopped tomato onion mix along with peas, to the boiled mash.


11.  Add chopped coriander to the mash before serving it hot.
Add cilantro to pav bhaji
12. Toast buns on a cast iron pan for best results and spread some butter on it. Serve the buns with the yummy mash.

Honestly, I have tried various brands of pav bhaji masala, whether it Everest, Badshah, Catch, MDH, Eastern,Brahmin etc etc and have not found much difference. What matters most is the combination of vegetables and cooking of the bhaji. The branded pav bhaji masala that we get is a combination of garam masala with different spices.

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Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji is a traditional Maharashtrian Snack.It is also best way to finish left over raw veggies in your refrigerator just before market day.
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time1 hr
Course: Breakfast, Snacks
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: bhaaji, ladi pav, marathi snacks, pav, pav bhaji
Servings: 4
Author: bhavana bhatia

Ingredients

  • 2 carrots cubed
  • 1 large potato peeled,cubed
  • 2 capsicums( red+ green) chopped
  • 1 sweet potato peeled,cubed
  • 1 small beetroot peeled,cubed
  • 2 cup cauliflower/broccoli florets
  • 2 cup cabbage
  • 2 medium onions finely chopped
  • 4 tomatoes chopped
  • ½ cup peas
  • 2-3 tablespoon oil/butter

Spices

  • 3 tsp. ginger/garlic/chilli paste
  • 1 tsp. turmeric
  • 1 tsp. red chilli powder
  • 2 tsp. coriander powder
  • 2-3 tsp. pav bhaji masala
  • Salt as per taste
  • Coriander,lemon,butter for garnish

Instructions

  •  Chop all vegetables for the pav bhaji. Boil hard vegetables potatoes, carrots and beetroots for 15 mins with 3-4 cups of water and salt
  • Now, add broccoli and capsicums and let it come to a boil.
  • Add chopped cabbage to it. Cover and cook on slow flame until all vegetables are soft.
  • Mash the boiled veggies it using a blender or potato masher,keep it aside.
  • Heat oil/butter in a pan, add onions,ginger,garlic and chilli,saute until onions are golden brown.
  • Add the tomatoes with spices, let it cook for few minutes.
  • Add chopped tomato onion mix along with peas,to the boiled mash. Let it simmer for 15 mins.
  • Garnish with coriander,lemon and butter.
  • Toast buns on a pan for best results and spread some butter on it.Serve pav with yummy bhaji

Try these interesting snack ideas for that Marathi khau gully experience

  • Batata vada

  • Sev puri dahi puri

  • Bhelpuri

  • Misal pav

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