FRIDAY SPECIAL PAAV BHAJI #I

Hello and welcome to my blog. Happy Sunday guys. How was your weekend? Our was slow. Friday special is a series where I am going to share special recipes I made for dinner. Sometimes we do take away food but most of the time I prepare at home. Healthy and clean eating is the goal. 

Friday is a lazy day. But I make sure to eat something new, easy and tempting. Apart from dal rice. On this Friday we had Paav Bhaji. 

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WHAT IS PAAV BHAJI?

Paav bhaji is one of Mumbai's famous street foods. It is popular all over India. It was a quick meal option for textile workers in Mumbai. The literal meaning of Paav means bread roll and bhaji means gravy of mixed vegetables. Paav bhaji is the Marathi name as dish was born in Mumbai. 

Bhaji - the main attraction of the dish - the gravy of mixed vegetables. Paav means bread roll. The paav bhaji is a gravy of mixed vegetables, butter loaded bread roll and served with lemon wedges, and lots of chopped onions. 

Traditional bhaji consists of cauliflower, peas, potato and lots of tomato. I made whatever was available in my fridge. Many times I made it with those veggies which my family members do not like to eat. 😁 Cruel Mom, Yes, I am! 

In today's post I am sharing paav bhaji recipe which I made from brocolli 🥦 and bottle gourd. 

Serve 2 to 4 people 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 cup Brocolli 

1 cup Dudhi (Bottle Gourd)

3 Big Potato 

3 Tomato 

1 Capsicum 

3 Onion 

2 tbsp Oil  

Cubes of Amul butter : As much as you can handle 

1 cup chopped coriander leaves 

1 Lemon 

1 Turmeric

1 tbsp Red chilli powder or (as per your taste)

2 tbsp Everest Paav bhaji Masala

Salt : as per taste 

DIRECTION  :

• Wash all the vegetables and chop in big chunks except capsicum.

• Pressure cook all vegetables including broccoli, bottle gourd, potato for 4 whistles.

• Blanch Tomato and make a paste of it.

•  Once the pressure cooker cools down remove the lid and let the vegetables cool. 

• Meanwhile chopped capsicum, onion, lots of coriander leaves.

• Grind all pressure cook vegetables or mash it with a masher. I prefer to grind. 

• Heat oil in a kadai. Add 2 cubes of Amul butter. Add onion and capsicum together and fry till the onion becomes translucent.

• Next add tomato paste and fry for 1 minute.

• Add all Powder masala and fry everything until the oil separates from the tomato.

•  Add mashed vegetables and fry.

• Add salt according to the taste and one cube of Amul Butter.

• Add water to make gravy. According to your preference how much you want your gravy thick or thin. 

• Lastly add 1 TSP paav bhaji masala again and coarnider leaves. Fry a little bit and cover with the lid.

•  After 5 minutes switch off the flame. Add Amul butter cube and close the lid. 

• After 10 minutes, you can serve this bhaji with paav. 

PREPARATION OF PAAV :

•  Cut the bread roll in two half.
•  Put tawa on flame. 
•  Once it hot low down the flame   and add an Amul butter cube. 
•  If you want masala paav then you   can add red chilli powder and   coriander leaves to the butter.
•  Put paav on that mixture and   roast the paav.

Your delicious paav bhaji is ready. Serve with chopped onions, lemon wedges and Amul butter cube.

HOW TO EAT PAAV BHAJI?

• First squeeze lemon juice on bhaji
• Then add lots of chopped onions and coriander leaves. 
• Then mix it very well with the help of spoon.
• Take small portion of paav and dip in the bhaji and then directly put it in your mouth,
• Yummm! 

TIPS : 

• You can add beetroot for the red colour along with all vegetables.
• The more butter the more tasty your gravy. So make it delicious. 
• You can add any vegetables of your choice but the main ingredient is potato and tomato. 
• Grate cheese cube on this bhaji your cheese paav bhaji is ready.

WRAP UP : 

Paav bhaji is Mumbai 's street food or you can say fast food. But this tasty food you can prepare at home in 15 minutes. Once or twice in a month you can have it in your meal. It is a good option to eat clean and homemade food. Though it is loaded with butter and paav but I guess once in a while you can eat this delicious meal. Next day do more workout 😂 Eat without any guilt please. 

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Question of the Day ?

Do you love to eat paav bhaji with butter or without butter? 

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