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Street Style Pav Bhaji
From a video by bharatzkitchen HINDI · 7 min watch
Mumbai street-style pav bhaji made with spiced mashed vegetables including potato, peas, tomato, carrot, and capsicum, finished with butter and a custom spice blend, served alongside butter-toasted pav rolls.
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Source video — bharatzkitchen HINDI on YouTube
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Total time
~35 minutesEstimated by Unreel from the recipe steps — the creator didn't state this.
Hands-on
~15 minutesEstimated by Unreel from the recipe steps — the creator didn't state this.
Servings
~4 servingsEstimated by Unreel from the complete recipe.
Difficulty
EasyEstimated by Unreel from the recipe steps — the creator didn't state this.
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Ingredients
Ingredients scaled to 4 servings
- 4 potato, boiled, peeled and crushed
- ½ cup green peas
- 5 tomato, roughly chopped
- 1 carrot, roughly chopped
- 1 capsicum, roughly chopped
- 5 clove, 5-6 cloves
- 1 tsp kasuri methi
- 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1½ tbsp pav bhaji masala
- 1½ tsp salt
- 50–75 g butter, for bhaji
- 2 onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 3 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 50–70 g butter, for heating pav
- fresh coriander
- cooking oil
Preparation
- Step 1Grind the cloves, kasuri methi, and methi dana into a powder. Mix with the pav bhaji masala.
- Step 2Heat 1 big spoon oil in a pan over medium flame. Add the roughly chopped capsicum, carrot, and peas. Mash the vegetables. Add the roughly chopped tomatoes, 1.5 tsp salt, the spice powder mix, 50-75 gms butter, and the crushed boiled potatoes. Mash all ingredients together.
- Step 3 · 5 minutesIn a separate pan add 50-70 gms butter. Add the chopped onions, ginger garlic paste, 3 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder, and 0.5 tsp salt. Add water, then add the previously prepared vegetable mash. Add more water to adjust consistency. Cook uncovered for 5 minutes.
- Step 4Add butter to a pan on low flame. Add pav bhaji masala, Kashmiri red chilli powder, and coriander. Heat the pav in the pan.
Notes
- Use Kashmiri red chilli powder for color without excessive heat.
- Kasuri methi and methi dana contribute to the street-style flavor profile.
- Mash vegetables thoroughly for the characteristic texture.
- Cook the final bhaji uncovered to reach desired consistency.