Spiced up potatoes and vegetables, simmered in butter and some spices, served with pav buns has been a favorite road side food for many many decades. Go to any street fast food, pav bhaji is sure to stand out as a main item in the chaat menu. The chaal meal has to be finished with a pav bhaji for an untimate satisfaction to the tummy.

Serves: 4 persons
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 12 pav buns (ham burger buns could be substituted)
• 1 cup peeled and cut potatoes
• ½ cup diced carrots
• ¼ cup cut beans
• ¼ cup chopped cabbage
• 1 cup cut cauliflower florets
• ½ cup finely chopped capsicum/green bell peppers
• ½ cup finely chopped onion
• 1 cup finely chopped red ripe tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic/garlic paste
• 2 tablespoons pav bhaji masala (I have used Badshah Pav Bhaji Masala)
• 1 tablespoon chaat masala
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• ½ cup cooked green peas
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons butter and more to spread on pav buns
• 2 tablespoons chopped coriander
• 1 teaspoon Vegetable/Sunflower oil
• Salt to taste

Method

Cook the potatoes, beans, carrots, cauliflower, and cabbage until very soft and mushy. The vegetables can all be cooked together either in a pot or a pressure cooker. Once cooked, mash the vegetables well until nice and mushy.

Cook the peas and keep it aside as whole peas for garnishing towards the end.

Heat oil in a frying pan; add onions, garlic and sauté until tender.

Add capsicum and sauté until tender; add tomatoes and sauté until soft

Add pav bhaji masala, chaat masala and garam masala and sauté for a few minutes

Add the mashed vegetables, salt, butter and lemon juice and sauté well for 5 minutes. Be cautious will adding salt as all the masala’s contain some amount of salt.

Garnish with peas and coriander

Toast the pav buns on the griddle with butter

Serve the bhaji with hot pav buns

Alternative Tasty Tip

This bhaji can be used as a spread on a wheat bread and make a healthy and delicious school snack for children or packed work lunch

Stuff the bhaji in crisp puri’s (the ones used for pani puris); sprinkle some sev and onions and serve as a starter/appetizer