Pav Bhaji Recipe | Easy Mumbai Style Pav Bhaji Recipe | मुंबई स्टाइल पाव भाजी रेसिपी By Devanshu

About Pav Bhaji

Pav bhaji is a fast food dish from India consisting of a thick vegetable curry served with a soft bread roll. Its origins are in the state of Maharashtra.

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What Is Pav Bhaji ?

Pav bhaji is a spiced mixture of mashed vegetables in a thick gravy served with bread. Vegetables in the curry may commonly include potatoes, onions, carrots, chillies, peas, bell peppers and tomatoes. Street sellers usually cook the curry on a flat griddle (tava) and serve the dish hot.

Main ingredients: Bread, mixed vegetables

Place of origin: India

Region or state: Maharashtra

Frequently Ask Question About pav Bhaji (FAQ)

How do you describe Pav Bhaji?

Answer:- Pav Bhaji is essentially a ragout of boiled, mashed and slow simmered vegetables spiked with a tantalizing array of spices and served to be lapped up with crusty pan fried bread, a dash of lemon and a lashing of sweet red onions. It is the most explosive of vegetarian flavours revealing themselves on your palate.

What do you eat Pav Bhaji with?

Answer:- Serve pav bhaji with raw chopped onion, fresh chopped cilantro(Dhanya) and lemon piece. and with slightly toasted pav or bread with butter.

Why is Pav called Pav?

Answer:- Pav actually comes from pão, Portuguese for, well, bread. It was the Portuguese who brought the baking technology needed to make the pav to India - and Mumbai - so the names they used were also brought along with the bakeries. Hence, the word pav in Vada-pav actually just means bread.

What is pav bhaji masala made of?

Answer:- Pav bhaji masala is made of dry roasting the spices individually in low flame and blend it to form a fine powder. Here, spices include coriander seeds, cumin seeds, bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick, pepper, fennel seeds, Kashmiri red chilli, turmeric powder, amchur powder. if the masala is coarse, sieve it and blend the coarse powder once again. preserve in an airtight container for longer shelf life.

What is pav bhaji?

Answer:-Pav bhaji is a world famous fast food or king of street food famous in Maharashtra. Here the vegetables are mixed with a unique blend of spices known as pav bhaji masala. It is served with soft bread or pav with a generous amount of butter topped with chopped onions and lemon juice.

Which veggies can we add? Can we make pav bhaji without using onions?

Answer:-Yes, definitely you can make pav bhaji without using onions. just skip the onions keeping all the ingredients the same. Usually, they include onions, tomatoes, capsicum, potatoes, peas. But this recipe can also be extended by adding carrots, cauliflower, beans, paneer and veggies of your choice.

How to get the original street side taste for the pav bhaji?

Answer:- The key point to get the street side taste for the pav bhaji is to use fresh homemade pav bhaji masala. Basically, it is the heart and soul for this dish and never compromise on it. Firstly, fry the veggies with a generous amount of butter and also top with butter on bhaji which gives the additional flavour to it. Secondly, use Kashmiri red chillies or chilli powder for this recipe to get the bright red colour to the bhaji. Always cook the bhaji in a low flame for a longer time. the more you cook, the more it enhances the flavour of bhaji. Finally, fry the pav or bread with a good quality of fresh butter. It will taste great when you prepare hot and spicy food.

Can we use garam masala instead of pav bhaji masala?

Answer:- Yes, you can add in case you don’t have pav bhaji masala. but it's always best to use pav bhaji masala if you have access to it. in case you don’t have pav bhaji masala, add garam masala. In addition to it, you may have to add amchur powder or dry mango powder. but yes, the taste entirely varies when you use garam masala powder.

What are the different types of pav bhaji? Can we use the pav bhaji masala for other dishes?

Answer:-There are many variations in pav bhaji. mainly it includes mumbai pav bhaji, pav bhaji in the cooker, paneer pav bhaji and many more. Yes, we can use the pav bhaji masala to prepare various dishes. We can prepare pav bhaji dosa, tawa pulao, masala pav, paneer burger, pav sandwich and many more dishes by using pav bhaji masala.

What are the things to be eaten with pav? Can we prepare it at home?

Answer:-there are many dishes that can be eaten with pav. Some of them include pav bhaji, vada pav, dabeli, masala pav, kanda bhaji pav, pav sandwich, misal pav. Yes, pav can be prepared at home using the cooker or pan with all-purpose flour, milk and dry yeast.

Which brand of pav bhaji masala works best?

Answer:-the best pav bhaji masala is freshly homemade pav bhaji masala in which all the ingredients are dry roasted in low flame and blended to form a fine powder. This plays a major role in the pav bhaji recipe and the entire taste depends on the pav bhaji masala. so I always recommend using the homemade pav bhaji masala.

What is the difference between garam masala and pav bhaji masala?

Answer:-for the garam masala recipe, few more ingredients are additionally added here when compared to pav bhaji masala. Here, caraway, anise, mace, cardamom, nutmeg and ginger powder are added along with the ingredients of pav bhaji masala. All these are dry roasted individually and blended to form a fine powder and stored in an airtight container for longer shelf life.

Ingredients For Making Mumbai Style Pav Bhaji Recipe By Devanshu

Prep Time : 20 mins

Cook Time : 40 Minutes

Cuisine : Indian Total Time : 1:15 Hour

Course : Meal

Serving : 5

Author: Devanshu Purohit

Ingredients For Pav Bhaji

To boil vegetables

1. 200 gms Cauliflower florets

2. 1 cup Carrot, Peeled, cubes

3. 1 capsicum, chopped

4. 1 cup Green Peas

5. Salt to taste

6. 3 Medium Potatoes, boiled & peeled

For Bhaji

1. 1 tbsp Oil

2. 100 gms Butter (add gradually)

3. 1 tsp Cumin Seeds

4. 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste

5. 2 Medium Onions, finely chopped

6. 4 Large Tomatoes, finely chopped

7. 3 Medium Potatoes, boiled & peeled

8. 1 tbsp Kashmiri Red Chili powder

9. 1 tsp Turmeric Powder

10. 3 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala

11. Salt to taste

12. 1 no lime juice

13. 3 tbsp Fresh Coriander, chopped

For Pav

1. 2 tbsp Butter

2. ½ tsp Pav Bhaji Masala

3. 10-15 Pavs

For Serving

1. 1 Large Onion, finely chopped

2. 1 Lemon, cut into quarters

3. 1 tbsp Butter
   

Process For Making Pav Bhaji

For Boiled Vegetables

1. Add cauliflower, carrots, green peas and capsicum in pressure cooker.

2. Now add water just to cover the vegetables.

3. Give 5 whistles.

4. Make sure vegetables gets mushy & porridge kind of texture.

5. Add cooked potatoes and mash well.

For Bhaji

1. On a large tawa or kadhai heat oil and butter on medium flame.

2. Add onions and saute for a minute.

3. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till onion is golden in colour.

4. Add in tomatoes and cook for 3-4 mins while stirring continuously.

5. Add little amount of butter, mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes.

6. Add potatoes and mash them along with boiled vegetables using a potato masher.

7. Add kashmiri red chilli to the bhaji and mix well.

8. Add water little by little for that perfect consistency.

9. Add turmeric powder and mix well. Add some more butter and mix well.

10. Add pav bhaji masala in two parts, half while cooking and half when the bhaji is cooked.

11. Add the cooked and mashed vegetables and mix well.

12. Add butter and salt, mix well.

13. Add some more water and cook for 5-6 minutes.

14. Finish with lime juice & chopped fresh coriander leaves.

For Pav

1. Heat a tbsp of butter and add little red chili powder on a tawa.

2. Dab 4-5 pavs at a time and toast them as desired. Repeat till all the pavs are toasted.

For Serving

1. Portion out bhaji on plate and put a dollop of butter on top. Place onion and lemon on side.

2. Garnish with fresh coriander and serve along with pav.

NOTE

1. You also, add more vegetables of your choice to make it more nutritious.

2. You can cook potatoes along with the other vegetables to instead of cooking separately.

3. You can reduce the quantity of butter as per your preference.

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