Pav Bhaji Recipe

I was craving for Pav Bhaji last weekend......So went to a near by bakery just to eat this chat and unfortunately Pav bhaji was not there on that particular day the reason being Pav buns were out of stock so came back home disappointed. The next day I got pav buns(I had vada pavs in mind too as I wanted to click stepwise :)) and pav bhaji was ready at home for the next day breakfast :)

Pav Bhaji Recipe:

Recipe Source : Mangayar Malar

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• Pav buns - 2
• Potatoes - 2
• Tomatoes - 2
• Peas - 1/4 cup
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Pav bhaji masala - 1 tbsp
• Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Cooking oil - 1 tsp
• Butter - 2 tbsp
• Onions - 1 chopped finely
• Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp for garnish
• Lemon - 1/2
• Salt - as required

Method :

1. Boil the potatoes and peas till it becomes soft. Smash potatoes and keep aside. Grind the tomatoes and take tomato puree, keep aside.
2. Heat oil and 1 butter in a pan, saute the onion(reserve some for garnishing too), add ginger garlic paste and fry till slightly browned. Now add capsicum and saute for 2mins.
3. Add chilly powder, salt to taste and fry for sometime.Now add the tomato puree, and the boiled veggies. Add pav bhaji masala powder
4. Mix well, smash all the veggies well till it becomes mushy and is well blended with the masalas add very little water if required. Simmer for 5 mins and switch off .
5. Toast the buns with remaining 1tbsp butter. Serve the toasted pav buns with bhaji . Garnish onions and sprinkle few drops of lemon. Always serve hot!

My Notes:

• You can also veggies like beans and cauliflower.
• If you dont get pav buns, go ahead with normal milk buns or butter buns
• Chopped tomatoes can be added too. Dont skip chopped onions and coriander leaves while serving.
• The bhaji goes well with toasted bread too.
• Dont skip butter as its the main ingredients which makes this chat tastier

Yummy homemade pav bhaji is ready in minutes. Once ur veggies are boiled and kept ready pav bhaji can be done in a jiffy. Whenever its chat outside I go blindly with either pav bhaji or dahi puri, they are my fav anytime and in my case the craving never ends for chat atleast when it comes to pav bhaji and dahi puri.

This requires no additional chat chutneys so that was another convincing thing that made me go ahead to make this at home :)