Paav bhaji is a street food from Maharashtra, India. Bhaji means vegetable thick curry in marathi and paav means soft bread roll. Bhaji is a spiced mixture of mashed vegetables in a thick gravy usually cooked in a flat iron pan and served with hot paav lightly toasted with butter.
Paav bhaji is a delicious mouth watering street food. Bhaji is garnished with lot of coriander leaves and served with lemon wedges, toasted buttery paav, butter and chopped onions
SERVES : 2-3 PEOPLE
INGREDIENTS
- Paav 1 -2
- Carrot 1
- Capsicum 1
- Potato 1
- Green peas 1/4 cup
- Cauliflower florets 1/2 cup
- Tomatoes medium 3
- Onion medium 1
- Green chilies/ chilly powder
- Garlic 4-5
- Paav bhaji masala 1 tbsp
- Aamchur powder 2 tsp
- Butter 3 tbsp
FOR GARNISHING
- Coriander leaves chopped 1 cup
- Lemon wedges 3-4
- Onion finely chopped 1
METHOD
Roughly chop carrot, Potato, cauliflower and capsicum. Pressure cook carrot, capsicum, potato, green peas, cauliflower florets adding water for 2 whistle. Water used to pressure cook should not be too little or too much.
Once it cools down strain the water and keep it separately aside. Mash the vegetables nicely.
Heat a thick bottomed frying pan/Kadai, add a tbsp butter. Add finely chopped onion, green chilies and saute till it becomes transparent. Add paav bhaji masala and saute for a minute on low heat. Make a paste of garlic and add. Saute for a minute.
Add finely chopped tomatoes or u can blend them and add to the onion. Cook on medium heat till it is reduced to half.
Add the mashed vegetables. Stir and incorporate it well and cook. Add the drained water , aamchur masala and salt. Cook on low heat until you get the desired semi thick consistency.
Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.
Slice the paav in the middle. Toast the paavon both sides with butter on a flat pan.
Serve the bhaji with lemon wedges, chopped onions and paav. Add little butter on top of the paav.
