Pav Bhaji - India's Street Food

 

 

Pav Bhaji, one of the Mumbaikers favourite street food is my favorite too. It can be easily prepared. So, Sometimes I prefer to make this for Lunch or Dinner. Making my work easy.

Bhaji is rich of vegetables like Carrot, Potato and Green Bell peppers. So this is a healthy food too. Surpirisingly, even with so many vegetables in this, this is one of kids favourite recipe.

Pav Bhaji is a nice idea for parties and get togethers.  . Bhaji with 2-3 Pav is stomach filling.No need to make many items.

Ingredients 

For Bhaji / Curry (For 12 Pavs)

3 Carrots

2 Big Potatoes

2 Tomatoes

1 Onion

1 Capsicum/ Green Bell Pepeer

1 Big Floret Cauliflower

1 Cup Green Peas

1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder

1 teaspoon Pav Bhaji Masala

1 teaspoon Masala Powder

1/2 teaspoon Tumeric Powder

1 teaspoon Salt

2 tablespoons Tomato Ketchup

2 tablespoons Oil

1/2 - 1 cup Water

For Pav

12 Pav / White Bun

2 tablespoons Ghee / Butter

1. Cut Potato, Carrot into inch size cubes. Cut Caulifower to small florets. Pour water to immerse all these and pressure cook it along with Green Peas for 3 whistels or boil all these till they become soft.

2. Cut Onion, Capsicum and tomato into small pieces. Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add Oil. When Oil is hot, add cut Onions and saute them till traslucent. Add Ginger Paste and saute again till the raw ginger smell goes off. Then add Capsicum and saute for 2 minutes and then add Tomato. Saute for 5 more minutes.


3. Now add all the powders,Tomato Ketchup,Salt and Water. Quantity of Water to be added depends on the consistency you want. (1/2 - 1 Cup. I  added only 1/2 Cup of Water). Mix and let it cook for 5 mins. 


4. Remove water from boiled / pressure cooked vegetables and mash them. Add these mashed vegetables to the pan, mix it and let it cook all these together for 10 more minutes. You can add 1 tablespoon of Sugar to this but it is optional. Bhaji is ready.

5. Now for Pav, Cut Pav into 2 halves. Heat a flat pan, pour 1/2 tablespoon of Ghee, place Pav on it for a minute turn it upside down, remove from the pan after a minute. You can do this step just before serving.

6. Serve it with small cut Onions, Coriander and Lemon pieces. Squeze lemon into Bhaji just before eating. Enjoy Mumbai's street food anytime at home.