Pav Bhaji is a popular Indian street food that has a whole some blend of vegetables, spices, herbs served along with soft butter toasted pav bun. This Mumbai style street food is a popular demand at restaurants and chat shops. Homestyle Pav Bhaji tastes out of the world and is great for parties, get together etc. Learn to make the best Pav Bhaji with step by step pictures.
Pav Bhaji is a delicious, flavorful vegetable masala. Pav Bhaji is widely popular home style and street style. My consistent order in chat shops is either dahi puri or pav bhaji. Mittu is fond of pav bhaji but gugu takes the bun alone but when I make at home he loves it. May be shop ones are too spicy for his tastebuds.
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About Pav Bhaji
Pav Bhaji is an Indian street food which has a thick vegetable loaded gravy served with butter toasted dinner rolls. Here Pav refers to the pav bun and bhaji is the vegetable gravy that is served along. Undoubtedly pav bhaji is one of the most loved street foods in India both in North and South.
Pav Bhaji is one of the popular and iconic street foods especially in Mumbai. This is widely found everywhere now right from small shops to big restaurants. But the best authentic pav bhaji is the one you get in Mumbai.
There is a special spice blend mix called pav bhaji masala which is available in stores but you can easily make them at home too. I usually make a small batch of this and store for making pav bhaji, tawa pulao, curries, gravies etc.
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Pav Bhaji Ingredients
- Pav Bun – Use fresh soft dinner rolls or pav buns available. You can even use homemade pav buns.
- Vegetables – I used onion, tomato, capsicum, potato, carrot, beans and peas.
- Butter – Use butter generously both in the gravy and for toasting.
- Spice powders – Red chili powder and pav bhaji masala powders are used here.
- Ginger garlic paste – Ginger garlic paste adds more flavor to the curry.
- Coriander leaves – Coriander leaves is added generously for garnish.
- Lemon juice – Lemon juice balances the taste.
How to make Pav Bhaji Step by Step
1.Chop the vegetables roughly. Pressure cook all the vegetables till soft(say 4-5 whistles).Drain water and reserve the stock. Then mash it well using a ladle. Set aside.
2.Heat oil and butter in a pan, sauté the onion(reserve some for garnishing too), add ginger garlic paste and fry till slightly golden.
3.Add tomatoes and sauté till mushy and raw smell leaves. Now add capsicum and sauté for 2 minutes. Add red chili powder, required salt and mix.
4.Then add the mashed vegetables and combine. Add pav bhaji masala powder and mix well. Now add the reserved stock water.
5.Allow it to boil(adjust salt at this stage) and let it cook in sim till it becomes slightly thick. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves and switch off. Toast the buns with remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Serve the toasted pav buns and serve with bhaji.
Serve hot!
Expert Tips
- You can also vegetables like cauliflower, mushroom.
- If you don’t get pav buns, go ahead with normal milk buns or butter buns.
- Don’t skip chopped raw onions and coriander leaves while serving.
- The bhaji goes well with toasted bread too.
- Don’t skip butter as its the main ingredients which makes this chat tastier.
Serving & Storage
Pav Bhaji is served hot with roasted pav buns. It keeps well in fridge for 2 days, you can reheat and serve it.
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Pav Bhaji Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 pav buns
- 2 potatoes (chopped roughly)
- 8 beans (chopped roughly)
- 2 carrot (chopped roughly)
- 2 tomatoes (chopped roughly)
- 1/2 capsicum
- 1/4 cup peas
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon pav bhaji masala powder
- 1 teaspoon red chilly powder
- 1 teaspoon cooking oil
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 medium sized onions (chopped roughly)
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves for garnish
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Chop the vegetables roughly. Pressure cook all the vegetables till soft(say 4-5 whistles).Drain water and reserve the stock. Then mash it well using a ladle. Set aside.
- Heat oil and butter in a pan, sauté the onion(reserve some for garnishing too), add ginger garlic paste and fry till slightly golden.
- Add tomatoes and sauté till mushy and raw smell leaves. Now add capsicum and sauté for 2 minutes. Add red chili powder, required salt and mix.
- Then add the mashed vegetables and combine. Add pav bhaji masala powder and mix well. Now add the reserved stock water.
- Allow it to boil(adjust salt at this stage) and let it cook in sim till it becomes slightly thick. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves and switch off. Toast the buns with remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Serve the toasted pav buns and serve with bhaji.
- Serve hot!
Notes
- You can also vegetables like cauliflower, mushroom.
- If you don’t get pav buns, go ahead with normal milk buns or butter buns.
- Don’t skip chopped raw onions and coriander leaves while serving.
- The bhaji goes well with toasted bread too.
- Don’t skip butter as its the main ingredients which makes this chat tastier.
ANU
awesome …my all time street food…and very nice clicks too…
Divya Kudua
Pav bhaji is always the topper when it comes to chat:)
Suma Gandlur
Just delectable!
Rekha shoban
wow!!yummy pav bhaji!!nice click sharmiee
Prathibha
One of d most fav chaats..looks yumm
Shireen Sequeira
Woww! This has always been my favourite street food, more of a comfort food actually and such an authentic Bambaiyya snack at that! Thanks for sharing Sharmi..and lovely pics u have there!
Kalpana Sareesh
This is always my fav..love it..
jeyashrisuresh
looking fabulous, my daughter's fav.. she wants to make this for lunch box tom.For a change will try ur version
Sudha Sabarish
One of my very fav chat.Yummy yummy and pics are good.
Sushma Mallya
Pav bhaji is always such lovely chat, my family just loves it …looks so inviting Sharmi:)
An Open Book
i love pav bhaji…yumm
Kaveri
Love this any day…inviting clicks
Laxmi
Tempting Pics.. My fav..
Annapoorani
Wanting to try Paav bhajji for a long time…your paav bhajji looks so tempting 🙂
Prathima Rao
Yummy pav bhaji!!!! Now im craving for this popular indian street food!!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Rinku Naveen
Superb!!! Just love paav Bhaji..Thanks for sharing..
divya
wow!!yummy pav bhaji!!nice click sharmiee
TheYummyMorsel
Its morning here when I am reading this post and want to eat pav bhaji right out of your pic for breakfast! 🙂 !
Shobha Kamath
This is an all time favourite snack ! Nice pics too !
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow delicious pav bhaji.Loved the last click,luks awesome…Now i need a bite:)
Vidhya
Yummy taste ❤️
I would like to mention that in ingredients you have mentioned beans but in the cooking process you took capsicum. Please make changes in the ingredients. Thank you 🙏🏻
Sharmilee J
Updated it now…thank you!
Az
OMG… Great Mind Thinks Alike!
I had the same for the weekend.
Your clicks are delicious…
Laavanya
Pav bhajis are such a favorite of mine… looks great.
Nitha
My fav… They look really tempting../
Krithi's Kitchen
My favorite chat item! super like
Cooking Foodie
Yummm and when do I not crave PB…
VS
My all time favorite dish.Serve me ghee toasted pav and delicious bhaaji and a cup of masala chai and I will love you all my life Sharmi.
Reshmi Mahesh
Superb tempting recipe and clicks..
Mugdha
my favourite street food, more of a comfort food actually and looks soo droolworthy with yummy clicks
Ramya Bala
Very tempting…We love it 🙂
Gayathri NG
Woww..My favourite chat item.Looks very yummy and tempt me to taste..
Torviewtoronto
delicious looking pay bhaji looks wonderful
miri goes phishing!
one of my all time fav snack….n' the clicks are just so inviting….how i wish i could dig into some of these….lovely post dear…:)
purabi naha
Absolutely divine pav bhaji! I loved the blend of spices! Perfect to satisfy hunger the Indian way!
Ramya
You are totally making me drool…i am sooo craving for some spicy food now!!Looks superb!!
Priti
Now you are tempting me so much for this …..fab pics
Anh
I'm looking for easy Indian recipes! this is perfect
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Zareena
Yummy and delicious Sharmi. This is one of my favorite chats. Loved all the snaps. Excellent as always.
Suja
Tempting clicks dear,delicious and perfect looking..
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
Looks delicious 🙂
Swathi
Pav bhaji looks awesome delicious.
Pavithra
Itha yaravathu vendamnu solvangala.. supera irukku sharmi.. Love each and every clicks sharmi…
Shanavi
I love this bhaji with roti's n poori's too..at times with idli /dosa..Looks fab and really am craving for this now..great pics as well
Pushpa
Love this bhaaji anytime looks delicious.
RAKS KITCHEN
Super delicious pav bhaji,craving for some now,loved the clicks!
Vaishnavi
Tried it this evening. Came out well. Thanks to you these days many items have become homemade….
Anonymous
if fresh peas are not available than can i use dried green peas????
SHARMILEE J
Yes you it use dried green peas too….
Ishwarya
I tried this recipe today and it came out so well. Thanks for sharing 🙂
ambhrini sridharan
Capsicum is also a must Sharmi and one small beet will give a good reddish color if needed. Thanks for sharing such a beautifully written recipes
Vivitha
Can I substitute Garammasala for Pav bhaji masala?
Sharmilee J
yes but pav bhaji masala gives the real taste