🌟 Restaurant-Style Pav Bhaji Recipe 🌟
(Bold flavors, street-style presentation, and that buttery magic!)
📝 Ingredients:
For the Bhaji:
3–4 medium potatoes – boiled & mashed
1 cup cauliflower – boiled & mashed
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup capsicum (green bell pepper) – finely chopped
2 medium onions – finely chopped
2 medium tomatoes – finely chopped/pureed
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
2 tbsp butter (or more 👀)
1 tbsp oil
1.5 to 2 tbsp pav bhaji masala (Everest or MDH work great)
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp red chili powder (Kashmiri for color 🌶️)
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
Juice of half a lemon
Fresh coriander leaves, chopped
Optional: A pinch of kasuri methi
For the Pav:
8 pav buns
Butter for toasting
Optional: Pav bhaji masala + coriander for butter mix
👩🍳 Let's Cook!
1. Prep the veggies
Boil potatoes, cauliflower, and green peas until soft. Mash them well.
Chop onions, tomatoes, and capsicum finely. (Use a food processor for street-style texture!)
2. Make the Bhaji
Heat oil + 2 tbsp butter in a wide pan.
Add onions → sauté until golden.
Add ginger-garlic paste → sauté 1 min.
Add capsicum → cook 2–3 mins.
Add tomatoes → cook till mushy and butter starts separating.
Add pav bhaji masala, red chili powder, turmeric, salt → mix well.
Add mashed veggies + a splash of water → mash everything together using a potato masher.
Let it simmer for 10–15 minutes, stirring often. Add water to get desired consistency.
Add lemon juice, optional sugar, kasuri methi, and fresh coriander.
🔥 Pro Tip: For that restaurant "gloss," mix a cube of butter at the end and cook 5 more mins.
3. Toast the Pav
Slit pav buns, toast on a tawa with butter + pav bhaji masala + a little coriander.
4. Serve hot
Plate bhaji with a dollop of butter on top.
Add onion rings, lemon wedge, and butter-toasted pav on the side.
Optional: Serve with chopped coriander and extra pav bhaji masala dusted on top 😍
💡 Bonus Tips:
Want that iconic orange-red color? Add a spoon of beetroot puree or Kashmiri chili paste.
You can make the bhaji ahead—flavors get even better the next day!
Want a cheese pav bhaji version? Grate cheese right on top and melt it in the bhaji!
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