Pav bhaji recipe | How to make pav bhaji | Home made pav bhaji
By Latha on May 10th, 2019
Pav bhaji recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Home made pav bhaji recipe using pav bhaji masala powder is explained here. In this pav bhaji recipe mtr pav bhaji masala powder is used. This is a very easy and tasty pav bhaji recipe.
Pav bhaji can be prepared easily at home using vegetables, pav and pav bhaji masala powder. I have used MTR pav bhaji masala powder. You can use any other pav bhaji masala of your choice. Also I have used very less red chili powder, which gives good red colour to the bhaji. Adjust the red chili powder as per your spice level.
This is a kids friendly recipe. Very rarely I post these kind of recipes as my focus is on traditional Karnataka recipes. Saying so I have posted baby corn manchurian, gobi manchurian, babycorn golden fry, corn cutlet, pasta and many more recipes. These are all my my Son's favourites.
In my house we don't buy bread regularly. Even if we buy, my Son will eat the bread with either butter or jam. Or I prepare his favourite curd sandwich or rava bread toast or vegetable grilled sandwich (I will post the recipe soon) or Iyengar bakery style bread toast. Recently I prepared bread paddu and that was a super hit in my family.
In this recipe I have used 'pav'. As you all know it is a slightly different type of bread, available in shops. However if you don't get the pav, you can use bun. Bun is very common, you can get it easily everywhere but it is slightly sweet in taste.
I am filing this under kids friendly section and snacks section. If you are looking for more kids friendly recipes or more Snacks recipes then visit our kids friendly recipes and Snacks sections. Do read , try and enjoy.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look!
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 3
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 2 potatoes
- 1/2 cup soaked or fresh green peas
- 1 carrot
- 1 small capsicum
- 2 tsp finely chopped ginger-garlic (or paste)
- 1 large onion
- 2 medium sized tomatoes
- 2 pinch of turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp pav bhaji masala
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder(adjust as per your spice level)
- 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making pav bhaji:
- Take peeled and chopped potatoes, green peas, chopped carrot and 1/2 capsicum in a pressure cooker.
- Add in required water and cook until soft. Making 2 whistles will do the job.
- Once the vegetables are cooked, mash them and keep it aside.
- Now in a deep frying pan heat 2 tbsp oil. Add in finely chopped ginger-garlic or ginger-garlic paste. Saute for a while.
- Followed by add in finely chopped onion. Fry until onions are soft.
- Add in chopped capsicum (remaining half). Fry until onions are slightly brown.
- Next add in chopped tomato. Give a quick mix.
- Add in salt and turmeric powder. Fry and cook tomatoes until soft and mushy.
- Add in cooked and mashed vegetables. Also add in a tbsp of pav bhaji masala powder.
- Add in required water and give a quick mix. Add in red chili powder as per your spice level. Adjust the salt level too.
- Bring it to boil and continue boiling for 2 minutes under low flame. Switch off the stove. Top it with butter and coriander leaves. Bhaji is ready keep it aside.
- Heat a pan. Add some butter and toast the pav (if pav is not available, you can use the bun as well). Serve it hot with bhaji.
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