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Pav Bhaji

Amma's notebook · Breakfast, snacks & starters, page 12

Buttery mashed vegetable bhaji with pav bhaji masala, served with toasted pav.

Pav Bhaji, in Amma's handwriting (part 1 of 2)Pav Bhaji, in Amma's handwriting (part 2 of 2)
Amma's original (the recipe continues onto the next page). Tap to open full size.

Method

  1. Boil the gobi, aloo, carrot and half the capsicum with butter, salt and a little pav bhaji masala until the water dries up and the veggies are done.
  2. Heat oil and butter and sauté the onions. Add the other half of the capsicum, chopped, and the tomatoes.
  3. Mix in the remaining pav bhaji masala, then add the boiled veggies. Check the salt and add kothmir.
  4. Seko the pav on the tawa with a little butter, mirchi and namak.

Serve with

Hot, with pav or dinner rolls.

Typed up from Amma's handwritten notebook. Her Hindi and Urdu words are kept as she wrote them.