How to make pau bhaji

How to make pau bhaji/ recipe of pau bhaji 

By deep 

Date:8 July 2020

pav bhaji recipe | easy mumbai style pav bhaji recipe with detailed photo and video recipe. a world-famous fast food dish or perhaps the king of the street food from the western state of maharashtra. the recipe is an amalgamation of vegetables spiced with a unique blend of spices known as pav bhaji masala and served with soft bread roll aka pav.

Pav bhaji is a fast food dish from India. It consists of a thick vegetable curry served with a soft bread roll. Its origins are in the state of Maharashtra.

What Is Pav Bhaji

Pav bhaji is an iconic dish from Mumbai and hugely popular all over India. Pav means bread rolls. Bhaji is the marathi word for vegetables or a vegetable based dish (dry or gravy). Since both the bhaji (vegetable gravy) and pav are served together, hence the name ‘Pav bhaji‘

Pav bhaji is basically a mix of mashed & spiced vegetables in a gravy. A special spice blend ‘Pav bhaji masala‘ is used to make pav bhaji. Pav bhaji masala powder is easily available in Indian stores and can be easily made at home too. Though homemade spice blends are always good, but you can make pav bhaji with your favorite brand of pav bhaji masala.

Best use of pau bhaji 

Pav bhaji originated in Mumbai as a quick lunch option for textile mill workers. Gradually this dish becomes so popular that now it is served as street food as well as in restaurants in Mumbai and the rest of India.

how to make pav bhaji recipe with step by step photo:

*firstly, in a large kadai heat 1 tbsp butter and add 3 tomato, ¼ cup peas,½ capsicum, 2 boiled potato and ½ tsp salt. saute for 2 min

also, add ½ cup water and mix well.

cover and boil for 10 minutes.

*mash the vegetables smoothly making sure there are no lumps.now add 1 tsp chilli 

Powder, ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp pav bhaji masala, 1 tsp kasuri methi and 2 tbsp coriander leaves.saute for a minute making 

 sure the spices are cooked well.

*stick the prepared vegetable mixture to sides of the pan and create space at the centre of kadai.heat a tbsp of butter and 

 add ¼ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp pav bhaji masala, 1 tsp kasuri methi.also add 1tbps 

coriander leaves, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1 onion and ½ lemon juice.



*saute well making sure the onions are cooked well.now add 3 drops of red food colour and mix well.further add 1/2 cup of water or as required adjusting consistency.

*boil and mash for 5 minutes or till pav bhaji turns smooth and silky in texture.

now prepare the pav by heating ½ tsp butter and add a pinch of chilli powder, pav bhaji masala and 1 tsp coriander leaves. mix well.



*now slit 2 pav in centre and roast with spiced butter.roast both sides of pau till they they turn slightly warm.

*finally, serve pav and bhaji as pav bhaji with some chopped onions, coriander, lemon and dollop of butter.