Butter Pav Bhaji
Ingredients Needed
For The Chilli Garlic Paste
Whole dry Kashmiri red chilies, deseeded - 5 to 6
Garlic, roughly chopped - 8 to 10 clove
For The Bhaji
Butter - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
Onions - 3/4 cup finely chopped
Tomatoes - 1 1/2 cups finely chopped
Pav bhaji masala - 1 1/2 tbsp
Chilli powder 1 - tsp
Salt to taste
Vegetables - 2 cups (Peas, Carrot, Beans, Potatoes, boiled and mashed)
Chopped coriander - 2 tbsp
For The Pav
Pav Buns - 8
Butter for cooking
Pav bhaji masala - 1 tsp
I used the No-Knead Bread slices.
For The Garnish
Butter and chopped coriander
How to make Pav Bhaji
For the chili Garlic paste
Soak the red chilies in enough warm water for a while.
Drain the chilies, add the garlic and blend in a mixer till smooth, adding little water. Keep aside. This gives you about 1/2 cup or so.
For the bhaji
Heat the butter, oil in a nonstick pan add the cumin seeds.
When the seeds crackle, add the chili garlic paste and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the onions and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, mash well using a potato masher. Add salt for the tomatoes to turn mushy.
Next add pav bhaji masala, chili powder and cook for another 2 minutes.
Once the masala gets cooked well, add the boiled vegetables and cook along with 1/3 cup of water for 2 minutes, while mashing it with the help of a masher.
Add the coriander, mix well, and cook for 1 minute.
For the pav
Slit 2 pavs vertically and keep aside.
Heat a large tava, add 2 tsp of butter and slit open the pavs, and place on it. Turn on the other side, now quickly spread the pav bhaji masala on top and then remove.
Cook on a medium flame till they turn light brown and crisp on both sides.
Serve the pav with bhaji.
Notes:
For serving you can accompany it with chopped onions, lemon wedges, roasted papad, and more butter if you want.
Varadas Kitchen says
Making pav bhaji is the best way to use up bread! Yum!
Priya Suresh says
Pav bhaji with no knead bread sounds truly interesting.. Inviting platter.
Manjula Bharath says
Butter pav bhaji looks so tempting 🙂 I just love the flavor of pav bhaji with butter ... looks yumm dear !!
vaishali sabnani says
Grinding and making the paste with chilli and garlic sounds so good..reminds me of the authentic pav bhaji stalls.
Suma Gandlur says
Sounds yummy. Everyone is tempting me with these breads during this marathon. Will try them after the next month's mega marathon.
Ramya Venkateswaran says
yummy platter
Srividhya says
Yummm.. great idea
Hasna Hamza Layin says
healthy twist is always welcome and so is wholewheat.. lovely platter!
Harini-Jaya R says
Very interesting way to consume bread!
Sapana Behl says
Nice idea of making pav bhaji with bread !
Padmajha PJ says
Same case here! The pav buns disappear before I can even think ofg making the baaji! Must try ur version.Sounds delicious...
lavina agarwal says
Yumm yumm..very tempting! Lovely pictures!
Denny says
Such delicious pav buns, so soft and nicely pictured too