All About IVFThis Mumbai-style pav bhaji is super delicious to taste and similar to the pav bhaji one gets in Mumbai.
Pav bhaji is an iconic dish from Mumbai and hugely popular all over India. Pav means bread rolls.
Bhaji is the Marathi word for vegetables or a vegetable-based dish (dry or gravy). Since both the bhaji (vegetable gravy) and pav are served together, hence the name ‘Pav bhaji‘
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Pav bhaji is basically a mix of mashed & spiced vegetables in gravy. A special spice blend ‘Pav Bhaji Masala‘ is used to make pav bhaji.
Ingredients
For Cooking Veggies For Bhaji
- 1.41 lb medium sizes potatoes or 250 grams potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 0.22 lb chopped cauliflower or 120 to 130 grams cauliflower
- 0.28 lb chopped carrot
- 0.32 lb green peas – fresh or frozen
- 0.13 lb chopped french beans – 12 to 14 french beans, chopped – optional
- 532.32 ml water – for pressure cooking
Other Ingredients
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- 3 tablespoons Amul butter – butter is also added later while serving, you can add up to 5 to 6 tablespoons of butter too for a richer version
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 0.33 lb large onion – finely chopped or ½ cup finely chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons Ginger-Garlic Paste or 1.5-inch ginger and 5 to 6 medium garlic cloves crushed in a mortar-pestle.
- 1 or 2 green chilies, chopped
- 0.45 lb cup finely chopped capsicum or 1 medium-sized capsicum (green bell pepper), finely chopped
- 0.66 lb tightly packed finely chopped tomatoes, or about 2 to 3 large tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder or freshly ground 1 to 2 soaked dry Kashmiri red chilies – the latter works much better and imparts a beautiful orange color to the bhaji
- 2 to 3 tablespoons Pav Bhaji Masala add as required
- 1.5 to 2 cups water or the stock in which the veggies were cooked or add as required
- salt as required
Accompaniments For Pav Bhaji
- 12 pavs for serving with the bhaji
- 1 medium to large onion, finely chopped
- 1 lemon or lime, chopped in wedges
- 3 to 4 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves, for garnish
Instructions
Cooking Veggies
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Rinse, peel and chop the veggies. You will need 1 cup chopped cauliflower, 1 cup chopped carrot, 3 medium-sized potatoes (chopped), and ⅓ cup chopped french beans. You can also add veggies of your choice.
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Add all the above-chopped veggies to a 2 litre pressure cooker. Also, add 1 cup of green peas (fresh or frozen).
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Add 2.25 to 2.5 cups water.
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Pressure cook the veggies for 5 to 6 whistles or for about 12 minutes on medium flame.
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When the pressure settles down on its own, open the cooker and check if the veggies are cooked well. You can even steam or cook the veggies in a pan. The vegetables have be to cooked completely.
Making Bhaji
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Heat a pan or Kadai. You can also use a large tawa. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of butter. You can use Amul butter or any brand of butter. Butter can be salted or unsalted.
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As soon as the butter melts, add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds.
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Let the cumin seeds crackle and change their color.
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Then add ½ cup finely chopped onions.
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Mix onions with the butter and saute on a low to medium flame till the onions are translucent.
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Then add 2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste. You can also crush 1.5 inch ginger and 5 to 6 medium garlic cloves in a mortar pestle.
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Mix and saute till the raw aroma of both ginger and garlic goes away.
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Then add chopped green chilies. mix well.
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Now add 2 cups finely chopped tomatoes. mix very well.
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Then begin to saute tomatoes on a low to medium flame
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Saute till the tomatoes become soft and mushy and you see butter releasing from the sides. This takes about 6 to 7 minutes on a low to medium flame. If the tomatoes start sticking to the pan, then sprinkle some water and mix well.
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When the tomatoes have softened, then add ½ cup finely chopped capsicum (green bell pepper). Sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. If the mixture starts sticking to the pan, then you can sprinkle some water. You don’t need to cook the capsicum till very soft. A little crunch is alright.
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Add 1 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder.
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Then add 2 to 3 tablespoons pav bhaji masala. mix very well.
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Add the cooked veggies. add all of the stock or water from the pressure cooker in which the veggies were cooked. mix very well.
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Then season with salt as per taste.
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With a potato masher, begin to mash the veggies directly in the pan.
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You can mash the veggies less or more according to the consistency you want. For a smooth mixture mash more. For a chunky pav bhaji, mash less.
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Keep on stirring occasionally and let the bhaji simmer for 8 to 10 minutes.
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If the bhaji becomes dry and then add some more water. The consistency is neither very thick nor thin.
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Do stir often so that the bhaji does not stick to the pan. When the pav bhaji simmers to the desired consistency, check the taste. Add salt, pav bhaji masala, red chili powder, or butter if required.
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When the bhaji is simmering, you can fry the pav so that you serve the pav with hot bhaji. Slice the pavs.
Toasting Pav
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Heat a Tawa or a shallow frying pan. Keep the flame to a low and then add butter.
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When the butter begins to melt, add a bit of pav bhaji masala. You can skip pav bhaji masala if you want.
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Mix the pav bhaji masala very well with a spoon or spatula.
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Then place the pav on the butter.
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Rotate the pav all over the melted butter so that the pav absorbs the butter.
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Now turn over the pav and rotate them on the Tawa so that the second side absorbs the butter. Add more butter if required.
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You can turn over and toast them more if required. Then remove in a plate and keep aside.
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Serving Pav Bhaji
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Now take the bhaji in a serving plate or a bowl. Top it up with one to two cubes of butter. You can add more butter if you like.
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Place a side of finely chopped onions, lemon wedges, and finely chopped coriander leaves. Or you can sprinkle onions, coriander leaves, and lemon juice directly on the bhaji.
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Serve bhaji with the lightly pan-fried and buttered pav. Pav bhaji is topped with chopped onions, coriander leaves, and the lime or lemon juice is squeezed on the bhaji while eating.
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