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Pav Bhaji

Name: Pav Bhaji
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 3 Potato; 3 Tomato; 1 Onion; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 tsp Garam Masala; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 2 cloves Garlic; 8 slices Sliced Bread (as pav sub); 40g Butter; 1 tsp Salt

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Mashed, spiced vegetables served with butter-toasted rolls — a Mumbai street food classic from western India.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Said to have originated as a quick meal for textile mill workers in 19th-century Mumbai. "Bhaji" — potato-based mashed, spiced vegetables — is scooped up with "pav," a bread roll toasted generously in butter. Now a beloved street food found across India.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Popular as a late-night snack, with the pav toasted sizzling in butter on a street cart griddle.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 3
Tomato 3
Onion 1
Green Bell Pepper 1
Garam Masala 2 tsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Garlic 2 cloves
Sliced Bread (as pav sub) 8 slices
Butter 40g
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil and mash the potato. Finely chop the tomato, onion, and green pepper.
Heat half the butter in a pan and fry the garlic and onion.
Add the tomato and green pepper, and cook until they break down.
Add the mashed potato, garam masala, turmeric, salt, and 100ml water, and simmer while mashing to make the bhaji.
In another pan, heat the remaining butter and toast both sides of the bread until golden.
Serve the bhaji with the toasted bread on the side.

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