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Street style pav bhaji

Kitchen Mai
A very popular street food from Mumbai, of spiced, mixed vegetables (bhaji) along with buttered dinner rolls called pav - this one is one of my favorite ways to eat veggies!
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Brunch, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Bombay, Indian
Servings 5 people
Calories 274 kcal

Equipment

  • Shallow cooking pot
  • Tawa (Indian skillet) or any skillet

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup cauliflower flowers
  • ½ cup carrots chopped
  • 1 cup peas frozen
  • 1 cup potatoes boiled and mashed
  • 1 cup tomatoes roughly chopped
  • ½ cup onions finely chopped
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp garlic paste
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 3 tbsp pav bhaji masala
  • 1 tsp kasuri methi
  • 1 tbsp red chili powder for the colour
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • ¼ cup butter
  • pav/dinner rolls
  • salt to taste

For garnishing

  • lime wedges
  • onions finely chopped
  • butter

Instructions
 

  • In your cooking pot set the cauliflower florets, peas, carrots and tomatoes to cook along with 3 cups of water
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • When they cook completely, add in the potatoes
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Mix in them well, continue cooking over medium flame, add more water if needed
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Using a potato masher, mash all the vegetables together and cook until well combined for another 10-15 minutes. Turn the flame to low and keep cooking
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • In another pot, heat half of the butter. When it melts, lower the heat and add the cumin seeds and chili powder
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Saute´ for two minutes and then add the onions. When they soften, add the garlic paste and continue to cook for two more minutes over medium flame
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Add the cooking vegetables to this onion masala and stir in well along with a cup of hot water
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Now add the salt*, pav bhaji masala, salt, coriander powder and kasuri methi. Mix them all in well
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Add the remaining butter and cook for another 10 minutes and turn the flame off. Add the lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Heat a skillet with some butter. Sprinkle some pav bhaji masala and coriander leaves and toast the pavs/dinner rolls in it for couple minutes, then remove on a plate
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"
  • Serve your delicious street style pav bhaji topped with some more butter, lime wedges and chopped onions. Enjoy!
    "street style pav bhaji - www.kitchenmai.com"

Notes

  • *Be mindful when adding salt when using salted butter 
  • If pav bhaji masala isn't available to you, use garam masala instead
  • You could also serve this bhaji with flatbreads, sliced bread loaves etc
  • 1 cup = 250 millilitres
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon
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