Description
Craving Pav Bhaji? This one pot recipe brings real Mumbai flavor with both Instant Pot and stovetop methods. I am sharing easy steps, expert tips, a secret ingredient that street side vendors use and fixes for common mistakes included!
Ingredients
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 onion, chopped
2 medium sized potatoes, peeled and chopped
3-4 juicy tomatoes, chopped
1 capsicum, chopped
10 cauliflower florets
1 carrot chopped
1/4 beetroot, chopped
3/4 cup peas
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
5 garlic cloves
3 whole red chillies
2 tsp kashimiri red chili powder
2 tbsp pav bhaji masala
1.5 cups water
salt to taste
cilantro to garnish
lemon wedge
For Tadka
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp kashmiri red chili powder
Instructions
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- Preparation: Soak Red Chillies for atleast 20-30 mins. While these soak chop the vegetables. Bigger chunks or finely diced, doesn't matter as it will all be mashed in the end. Garlic Paste: Blend some garlic cloves with a tbsp water to make a paste. Red Chilli Paste : Blend the soaked rec chillies with a couple tbsp of water.
- Turn on Saute mode. Add some oil and allow it to heat.
- One hot, add butter and allow it to melt. Then add the cumin seeds, and allow them to splutter.
- Next add the onions and saute until golden brown.
- Then add the garlic paste and chilli paste and stir util aromatic.
- Add some red kashmiri chili powder, it will help give a nice color, followed by ginger paste. stir until aromatic.
- Next add the tomatoes followed by salt and cook until they soften.
- Add the pav bhaji masala, followed by potatoes, bell peppers, carrots, cauliflower, peas and beet. Stir them all into the onion tomato mixture.
- Add water and close the lid and pressure on normal for 10 minutes, followed by a natural pressure release.
- Once done, using a masher mash the bhaji into a consistency you like.
- Prepare the tempering by heating some oil and butter. Add the garlic paste and cook until aromatic.
- Lastly add the kashmiri red chilli powder, stir and pour the tempering on the bhaji. Garnish with cilantro.
- Serve hot with a dollop of butter & butter toasted Pav.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Indian Street Food
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Indian