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Pav Bhaji (Mumbai Vegetable Mash with Buttered Buns)

Name: Pav Bhaji (Mumbai Vegetable Mash with Buttered Buns)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: potatoes, boiled and mashed 400 g; cauliflower florets, mashed 200 g; green peas 60 g; ripe tomatoes, chopped 250 g; red onion, chopped 200 g; green bell pepper, chopped 100 g; garlic cloves, minced 15 g; fresh ginger, grated 10 g; pav bhaji masala 20 g; Kashmiri chili powder 4 g; ground turmeric 2 g; butter 80 g; vegetable oil 30 ml; fine salt 6 g; pav buns 8 pieces; lemon wedges 4 pieces

A spiced vegetable mash served with butter-toasted pav buns and chopped onion.

60 minutes · 4 servings · Moderate

Pav bhaji is Mumbai street food born from a need to use up leftover cooked vegetables, which were mashed and spiced into a rough bhaji and sold by the plate. The pav rolls, brushed with butter and warmed on the griddle, are what made the combination work as a meal. Assembling it yourself is the point: spoon the mash, add chopped onion and lemon, and press the two together.

Ingredients

potatoes, boiled and mashed400 g
cauliflower florets, mashed200 g
green peas60 g
ripe tomatoes, chopped250 g
red onion, chopped200 g
green bell pepper, chopped100 g
garlic cloves, minced15 g
fresh ginger, grated10 g
pav bhaji masala20 g
Kashmiri chili powder4 g
ground turmeric2 g
butter80 g
vegetable oil30 ml
fine salt6 g
pav buns8 pieces
lemon wedges4 pieces

Directions

1
Sauté onion in butter and oil 8 minutes; add garlic and ginger; cook 2 minutes.
2
Add capsicum and tomato; cook 8 minutes until mushy.
3
Add mashed potato, cauliflower, peas, spices, salt and 200 ml water; simmer 12 minutes.
bhaji is thick and aromatic
4
Slice pav and toast with butter 2 minutes.
5
Serve bhaji with toasted pav, raw onion and lemon.

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