Pav Bhaji (instant pot or cooker) recipe

Name: Pav Bhaji (instant pot or cooker) recipe
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 small to medium size potatoes; 3 tomatoes; 2 onions big; 3 red peppers small; 1 cup Cauliflower florets; 1/2 cup green peas; 1 carrot; 4-5 garlic cloves; 1/2 inch ginger; Masala Powders:; —————————; 2 tsp cumincoriander powder; 1-2 tsp garam masala; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 1/2 tbsp amchur powder; 1/4 or less chilli powder; —————————————; 1 stick Butter; 2 Lemon or lime; Salt; Chopped coriander; 10 pav or bread generally outside India called as Hamburger Rolls or dinner rolls; Tawa or flat pan

maha @cook_12222408

Bhaji means curry and Pav is like a burger or dinner roll kind of bread. In this recipe i did not use Pav Bhaji masala that can be bought in stores generally as i did not have at hand and used the masala powders that are available in the kitchen, it turned out really delicious so wanted to share the recipe i followed. However, you can replace all the masala powder and add the Pav Bhaji masala instead if you have it ready.

Saved

Ingredients

4 people

4small to medium size potatoes
3tomatoes
2onions big
3red peppers small
1 cupCauliflower florets
1/2 cupgreen peas
1carrot
4-5garlic cloves
1/2 inchginger
Masala Powders:
—————————
2 tspcumincoriander powder
1-2 tspgaram masala
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1 1/2 tbspamchur powder
1/4or less chilli powder
—————————————
1 stickButter
2Lemon or lime
Salt
Chopped coriander
10pav or bread generally outside India called as Hamburger Rolls or dinner rolls
Tawa or flat pan

Saved

Steps

1

Chop 1 1/2 Onion and the remaining half onion keep aside to be used later while serving.
2

Also chop all the veggies, ginger and garlic
3

Take pressure cooker in which you can directly sauté te and pressure cook later, if you do not have or use a pressure cooker cook check Notes1
4

Heat 1/2 stick butter i.e.;1/4 cup add Onions, garlic, ginger
5

Let the Onions fry a little and then add peppers and tomatoes
6

After 3-5mins add all the masala powders, salt and mix it well, cook this for 2 mins before adding vegetables
7

Add all the vegetables and pour 1/2 cup water
8

Pressure cook in Instant pot about 8 minutes with high pressure setting and releaase pressure after 12-15 minutes and again put in sauté mode
9

For stovetop pressure cooker cook for 3 whistles and once pressure get down open.
10

Now check for taste add salt or amchur powder if you like it more tangy, but we generally serve with lime and is added before eating so keep that in mind
11

Now mash the curry with hand grinder or potatoe masher and let it simmer for a while and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.
12

Heat tawa or a flat pan and toast the pav to light brown with butter, serve immediately with the bhaji, lime piece and finely chopped onions (the half onion in the first step is used here)
13

You can put a little butter on the gravy while serving too, though its optional
14

Notes1 : if not using pressure cooker of any kind then cook the vegetables seperately and add them after step 6 and continue to step 10
15

Notes2: You can also add to use ginger garlic paste instead of chopped ginger n garlic
16

Notes3 ; While mashing with hand grinder remember not to make it into to too much of a paste l, coarse grind gives good look and taste. I used a potato masher this time and i liked it better than doing with grinder.