Pav Bhaji Recipe/Mumbai Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji is one of Mumbai's Famous street food ..It's a favourite amongst all Mumabikars. Served with buttery Pav /Bread and some onion and lime .Taste is just amazing .

Pav Bhaji is a very popular street food of Mumbai .Originated in Mumbai it self .You will find a cart in every corner of Mumbai . And the most tasty pav bhaji is the one we get on the road side than the one served in a Restaurant.. Its a blend of all vegetables in a tomato gravy  with  spices made on a Tava/Iron griddle with loads of butter and served with Pav /Bread which is toasted with butter again. Everyone just freak on it. We however don't binge on the street pav bhaji. We  make it quite often at home .Its a very easy recipe and taste simply good. You can add any vegetable you want to make your fussy kids eat with ease and they won't even know which veggies go in.

Ingredients:
4-5 potatoes  Potatoes
1 cup green peas
1 carrot
1 cup  cauliflower florets
1 inch ginger
6 to 7 garlic cloves
2 capsicum
3 medium sized onions plus 1 chopped for garnish
3  medium sized tomatoes or 2 big
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp pav bhaji masala
1/2 tsp cumin seeds(optional)
lime juice as needed
1 tbsp oil
4 to tbsp butter /as needed
salt to taste

Method:

Boil all the vegetables in a pressure cooker with salt and water  till soft and mushy don't throw the excess water you can use the water for the bhaji.

Grind onion ,ginger garlic together to a fine paste.

Make a paste of Capsicum.

Chop the tomatoes very fine or just grate it fine or grind to a paste.

Heat a Kadhai or  a Iron Griddle. add 2 tbsp butter and oil .

Then add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds(optional) then add the onion and ginger garlic paste fry well till the raw smell goes off.

Add the capsicum paste fry well then add the tomatoes and fry well till oil separates.

 Now mix in the pav bhaji masala and red chilli powder and mix well.

Add the boiled mashed veggies and mix.

Add water and salt and mix well with the masher.

Serve hot with a dollop of butter and butter toasted bread .

Note:
I prefer making a paste of capsicum onion and tomato you can chop them fine and mash with potato masher while you cook it with the masala .
You could add grated cheese to it and serve as Cheese Pav  Bhaji.
You can use any vegetables and adjust the quantity according to your taste.
You can also make a paste of garlic and  dry red chillies and avoid the ginger garlic paste and the chilli powder.