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.
Ingredients to make Bombay road style pav bhaji:
- Vegetables: Potatoes, tomatoes, onion, carrot, bell pepper, French beans and green peas are used in this recipe. Potato is the star ingredient. Other major vegetables to be used in this recipe are onions and tomatoes.
- Spices: Bombay pav bhaji masala, Kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric powder and cumin powder are the spice powders to be used to make this delicious Indian street food.
- Pav/bread: Indian recipe uses the famous pav or soft bread. Buns can be used along with this mashed potato curry or even Indian breads like chapati and roti can be used.
- Butter: Butter brings out the maximum flavour from the curry. Butter is added to curry while cooking and used to apply to pav while frying on the frying pan.
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
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
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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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Lovely recipe,Raksha!! Lovely colour just like the street stall one, bookmarked!!
Absolutely love it as bhaji has all veggies and pretty healthy and just one pot meal with pav on the side. Your presentation is great !!!
Raksha it looks delicious..I am a great fan of pav bhaji…lovely presentation..
looks so delicious, its my most fav street food. ur presentation is really neat. yum.
Give me that whole plate,seriously am drooling over that irresistible pav bhaji..
Omg, wat a fabulous pav bhaji…
Nice presentation… pav bhaji looks fabulous…
this looks fabulous for anytime
hi raksha, very spicy flavoring, love the ingredients, good idea to thicken the sauce with grated potatoes
wowee love it..
Yum ….love to have this …looks so good
I simply love pav bhaji looks delicious!
Wow, that looks amazing! Lovely recipe 🙂
Woooh….my all time favorite…just can't tell you how difficult is it to resist myself at the moment.
The Pav Bhaji looks divinely great. 🙂
Mouthwatering recipe…love the color…looks yum….
That bhaji looks simply amazing!! Thanks for linking 🙂
Vry delicious