Pav Bhaji Recipe with step by step pictures. Learn how to Make Bhaji for Pav Bhaji at home. Mixed vegetables cooked in onion tomato masala with pav bhaji masala powder and spices with loads of butter.
Pav Bhaji Recipe
I have never gone to Bombay. I don’t even know how to go there. The only thing I know is about its cuisine. I know that Bombay is famous for its street food. I came across these street foods dishes from one of Tarla Dalal Cookbook namely “Mumbai’s Road Side Snacks”..I have bookmarked so many recipes from that book to try out.
About Pav Bhaji Recipe
I love to eat street food dishes..The place where I live don’t have that many street food shops. It does have a few portable ones and I have tried their food couple of times..They don’t use best quality ingredients. They never touch expensive stuffs. They don’t even serve in fancy bowls and saucers. But I don’t know how those dishes taste great than many huge restaurants.
I think its all from the flavours they add in their dishes and serving them as fresh as possible..I know that they serve dishes piping hot right from the stove..This is one of mumbai’s top street food recipe. My recipe is made right from scratch,It doesn’t require the store bought pav bhaji masala powder.
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Ingredients for Pav Bhaji
- Potato - 3 medium size peeled and cubed
- Cauliflower - 1 cup cut into big pieces
- Beetroot - 1 small peeled and cubed
- Beans - 6 chopped
- Carrot - 1 large chopped
- Frozen Peas - ½ cup
- Onion - 1 medium size finely chopped
- Capsicum / Bell Pepper - 1 cup chopped finely
- Tomato - 4 large chopped finely
- Green Chilli - 3 chopped finely
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Chilli powder - 2 tsp
- Garam masala powder - 2 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 2 tsp
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
- Butter-5 tblspn
- Lemon Juice - 2 tsp or to taste
So I hope you can try it ASAP..Here you go for the step by step recipe with pictures.
Instructions for Making Pav Bhaji
- Take potato, cauliflower, beans, beetroot and carrot in a pressure cooker and cover it with water. Pressure cook for 4 whistle, simmer for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let them steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and mash the veggies roughly with a masher, Set aside.
- Melt butter in a kadai and add in cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
- Now add in onions and capsicum. cook till golden brown.
- Add in green chilli and ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- Add in all spice powders and mix well.Add in chopped tomatoes and mix well.
- Season with salt and sugar.Cook till the tomatoes turn mushy and become saucy.
- Add in water and peas. Bring it to a boil.
- Now add in all the mashed vegetables and mix well.
- Cover it and simmer for 10-15 mins..
- Add in lemon juice and coriander leaves. Mix well. Bhaji done.
- To serve pav bhaji..Heat a tblspn of butter and add a cut open pav bun and toast for 1 min till golden. Remove to a plate.
- Add a tblspn of butter in the same tawa and add some bhaji on top of it. Cook till it is thick and bubbly. Transfer this to the plate.
- Dollop a spoonful of butter on top and add some onions too. Squeeze some lemon juice and serve.
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Pav Bhaji Recipe | How to Make Mumbai Pav Bhaji
Ingredients
- Pav Buns as needed I used whole wheat pav buns
- 2 tbsp Butter
- Lemon Slices to serve
- For Bhaji:
- 3 medium Potato peeled and cubed
- 1 cup Cauliflower cut into big pieces
- 1 piece Beetroot peeled and cubed
- 6 Beans chopped
- 1 large Carrot chopped
- ½ cup Frozen Peas
- 1 medium Onion finely chopped
- 1 cup Capsicum / Bell Pepper chopped finely
- 4 large Tomato chopped finely
- 3 Green Chilli chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 tsp Chilli powder
- 2 tsp Garam masala powder
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp Sugar
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
- 5 tbsp Butter
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Take potato, cauliflower, beans, beetroot and carrot in a pressure cooker and cover it with water. Pressure cook for 4 whistle, simmer for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let them steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and mash the veggies roughly with a masher, Set aside.
- Melt butter in a kadai and add in cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
- Now add in onions and capsicum. cook till golden brown.
- Add in green chilli and ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- Add in all spice powders and mix well.Add in chopped tomatoes and mix well.
- Add in salt and sugar.Cook till the tomatoes turn mushy and become saucy.
- Add in water and peas. Bring it to a boil.
- Now add in all the mashed vegetables and mix well.
- Cover it and simmer for 10-15 mins..
- Add in lemon juice and coriander leaves. Mix well. Bhaji done.
- To serve pav bhaji..Heat a tblspn of butter and add a cut open pav bun and toast for 1 min till golden. Remove to a plate.
- Add a tblspn of butter in the same tawa and add some bhaji on top of it..Cook till it is thick and bubbly. Transfer this to the plate.
- Dollop a spoonful of butter on top and add some onions too..Squeeze some lemon juice and serve..
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Pav Bhaji Recipe Step by Step
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| Start by cooking your veggies |
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| Wash them, Chop them and add it to pressure cooker |
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| I added some peeled cubed beets as well |
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| add a cup of water |
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| Pressure cook till done |
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| use a masher to mash the veggies |
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| it wont be difficult, if the veggies are cooked properly |
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| Lovely..i like the veggies to be little chunky |
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| Now take your other ingredients |
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| Start by heating some butter |
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| Add in cumin seeds |
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| add in onions and capsicum |
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| saute for a min or so |
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| add in green chillies |
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| ginger and garlic paste |
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| saute till onions turns golden |
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| now add in chilli powder, garam masala powder and turmeric powder |
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| mix well |
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| add in chopped tomatoes |
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| add salt |
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| and some sugar |
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| mix well |
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| cook till the tomatoes turn mushy |
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| look how saucy it has turned |
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| pour in some water |
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| add in some frozen peas |
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| add in the mashed veggies |
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| mix well and simmer this for 10 mins |
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| done |
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| squeeze in some lemon juice |
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| add in lots of chopped coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| When serving, take your pav buns, i used my whole wheat pav |
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| slit them open |
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| add a dollop of butter in a pan |
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| let them melt |
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| place the pav buns |
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| toast till golden on both sides |
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| melt some more butter in the same pan |
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| add some bhaji |
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| stir on high heat |
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| till the bhaji thickens and is piping hot |
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| add a dollop of butter over it and serve with the toasted pav and lemon slices |
Roshan
you have prepared this dish in a professional manner...by placing the bhaji in the tawa with the buns alongside....
truly delicious...i prefer this masala to the readymade phav bhaji masala...you just need not stock them..right!!
Ann@Anncoo Journal
I've never tried Bombay food too but this definitely looks delicious 🙂
Chitra
wow i'm drooling over here......hmmm
Harini
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Happy Blogging!
easyfoodsmith
After vada-pav & bhel-puri, pav-bhaji is the most sought after street food in Mumbai.
Santosh Bangar
this bombay special is alltime favorate looking inviting
Sue/the view from great island
Looks delicious, I would love to be able to find street food like this!
Rous
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Sobha Shyam
who can resist this combo, looks absolutely great dear..
Shabs
Ooooooooh !!! I love pav bhaji and your's look really good , I always make it with pav bhaji masala but now I'll try your way :D.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
wow, that thali and presentation everything indeed looks like super yummy street pav-bhaji.
Aruna Manikandan
looks very perfect and very tempting dear 🙂
Dzoli
Thank you for introducing this tasty looking dish and so much effort you always put in your presenattion and step by step photos.Fantastic;)
Sudha Sabarish
Pav bhaji is my all time fav in chat items and love to many times a day.
The Pumpkin Farm
Hey Aarthi,
Pav bhaji is staple food for us in Mumbai. You should visit mumbai for the love of street food, some day, when we bloggers in mumbai arrange a blogger's event maybe 🙂
Pradnya
ketu
colour is very nice
pl include to naturaral some boil beetroot in calour for bhaji
Joe
Beautiful and tempting pav bhaji…makes your stomach grumble instantly!!
Priti Joseph
Hi, I am from mumbai.. Vry rightly sd Mumbai is famous for street foods esp Pav bhaji.. Jst a handy tip : avoid adding color instead add half beetroot while cooking veggies ... dish will look more vibrant n wil taste mre delicious...
Ravshe
Rightly said.......Avoid colors and include natural ingrediants!!!
Ravshe
Rightly said....Avoid colors and include natural ingredients!!!!
Ravshe
Rightly said....Avoid colors and include natural ingredients!!!!
Shakthi Ponmudi
Yum yum... My dinner tonight!!!
I usually add a tbsp of amchoor powder to bhaji....for that tangy taste....
Atika Saeed
I was looking 4 pav bhaji recipe from a very long time but every recipe includes pav bhaji masala.. which is not available over here... Surely gonna try ths looks gr8
Shruti Tiwari Chhabra
If you add a bit of garlic too it gives a nice flavour. Also for the colour I prefer kashmir mirch over colour. A little dash of lemon in the end would really take it to another level. But having said that I am another avid reader of all your dishes. I tried egg sandwitch for kids lunch too. They loved it.😊
sudha
Superb
Anonymous
Hey awesome recipe... Can we add cabbage and eggplant????
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can add
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Thanks for posting the full details,its really a good information
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Fantastic and very interesting tasty..Loving it.
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Iris
Hi Aarthi!
Thanks for posting this delicious recipe. I am planning to make this today! I was curious, u have mentioned anything abt the pav bhaji masala powder! Is it ok is v dont add it?
also Can I add brinjal?
thanks in advance
Iris
Aarthi
@Iris u can use brinjal..yes u can skip pav bhaji powder
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thanks for this Pav Bhaji recipe
Fra Son
i LOVE THIS POST. i love to eat more and more this dishes. It is my favorite dish. Really you do a great job. Keep it up.
Harsha Kiran
Pav Bhaji is all time favorite food of every Mumbaikars. It looks so yummyy and delicious as well..
Blast of Flavours
Hello,
There are so many recipes which are traditional. One of the them is Pau Bhaji.
Harshad Murmule
I love eating street food a lot. This pav bhaji recipe is looking really so delicious and mouth watering that I will gonna try it right now.
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I discovered your blog while searching for Indian food recipes and enjoyed it immensely. How amazing! I'll be on the lookout for all of your recipes.