Bombay Pav Bhaji

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Bombay Pav Bhaji is a delicious street food available on most of the Indian streets. It is a thick curry made with mashed vegetables like potato and tomato and is served with soft buttered bread.

Mumbai pav bhaji is a popular street food prepared the streets of Mumbai. Restaurant style pav bhaji is made from mashed vegetables like potato, onion, tomato, carrots, beans, green peas, capsicum, etc.  Potato is the star ingredient here. The same smell and the taste of jhakas Bombay pav bhaji which can be found on the streets of Bombay can also be found in Raksha’s Kitchen.

The vegetables of your choice can be added, and it is a very healthy dish for fussy kids too. The kids won’t even come to know about the various vegetables which have been added to this. This Indian mashed potato curry recipe is perfect of breakfast or evening snacks too. Just give it a try once and get drenched into this mouth-watering taste.

Ingredients to make Bombay road style pav bhaji:

How to make Bombay style pav bhaji?

• Boil the potatoes. Peel them after they cool down. Grate or mash and keep aside.
• Boil the other vegetables and mash them slightly by hand.
• In a frying pan or tawa, add 1 tablespoon oil and 2 tablespoon butter and fry the onions till they turn pinkish.
• Add ginger and garlic paste and mix.
• Now add tomatoes and fry till tomatoes become mushy.
• Add all the spice powders and mix properly.
• Mix the grated potatoes and the mashed vegetables properly.
• Add 1/2 cup water. If needed, add more water.
• Keep on mixing and mashing the vegetables on the tawa with the pav bhaji masher or any other masher.
• Garnish it with a blob of butter and coriander leaves.
• Slit the pav. Apply butter and fry the pav on both sides.
• Serve the authentic Bombay pav bhaji recipe with soft buttered pav, chopped onions and a piece of lemon.

I have been preparing this Mumbai pav bhaji recipe since several years and suddenly thought of posting it on my blog. This special Bombay pav bhaji has been a favourite at home just like street food vada pav.

My hubby was startled when I prepared this first time for him. He just loves this dish prepared by me. Even if we go to some hotels, he never orders pav bhaji. He says that the best pav bhaji in Bangalore is made by his wife. Here I present to you all this popular street food from Mumbai that is Pav Bhaji.

There are beautiful memories associated with Pav Bhaji. During my 2nd job at Infosys, I was sent to Mysore campus for training. My hubby missed me a lot that time. Once he told his friends, “My wife prepares the best Pav Bhaji.” His friend said “Pav Bhaji? That ready mix?” Hubby said “No, she prepares pav bhaji from scratch. But she is in Mysore and I can get it after 2 and 1/2 months when she is back.”

Bombay Pav Bhaji Recipe

Bombay Pav Bhaji is a delicious street food available on most of the Indian streets. It is a thick curry made with mashed vegetables like potato and tomato and is served with soft buttered bread.

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Course: Main Course, Main Dish, Starters, Snacks

Cuisine: Indian, Maharashtra, North Indian

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4 People

Author: Raksha Kamat

Equipment

• Tava / frying pan
• Potato masher
• Saucepan

Ingredients

• 3 medium sized potatoes
• 2 to matoes finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
• 1/2 big sized capsicum finely chopped
• 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
• 1 carrot peeled and finely chopped
• 1/4 cup green peas
• Coriander leaves for garnishing chopped
• 2 tablespoon Pav Bhaji Masala of any brand
• 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon Cumin/Jeera powder
• 12 Pav/Bread
• 3 – 4 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon oil

Instructions

• Boil the potatoes. Peel them after they cool down. Grate and keep aside.
• Boil the other vegetables and mash them slightly by hand.
• In a frying pan or tawa, add 1 tablespoon oil and 2 tablespoon butter and fry the onions till they turn pinkish.
• Add ginger-garlic paste and mix.
• Now add tomatoes and fry till tomatoes become mushy.
• Add all the spice powders and mix properly.
• Pour the mashed potatoes and the mashed vegetables. Mix properly.
• Add 1/2 cup water. If needed, add more water.
• Keep on mixing and mashing the vegetables on the tawa with the pav bhaji masher.
• Add salt to taste.
• Keep the lid covered and let it cook for some time.
• After 5 minutes switch off the gas.
• Garnish it with a blob of butter and coriander leaves.
• Slit the pav. Apply butter and fry the pav on both sides.
• Serve the hot Bombay pav bhaji with fried pav, chopped onions and a piece of lemon.

Notes

Make pav/bread at home.

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This post was published on 13th Oct 2011. Today i.e. on 09- Jun-2020 I have updated it with new images.

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