Pav bhaji in a pressure cooker
Pav bhaji in a pressure cooker
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
For Pav bhaji masala
- 6 Pav buns
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds
- 2 Big onion (finely chopped)
- 3 Tomato (-do-)
- 2 tbsp Capsicum
- 1 Carrot
- 3 Potato
- 10 Cauliflower
- 2 piece Beetroot (for bright color)
- ¼ cup Green peas
- ½ tsp Red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp Pav bhaji masala powder
- Salt & water as needed
- Coriander leaves to garnish
For Tadka
- 1 tbsp Butter
- ½ tsp Pav bhaji masala powder
- 2 tsp Kasoori methi
For Pav bun
- 1 tbsp Butter
- ½ tsp Pav bhaji masala powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander leaves
Instructions
- Wash and chop onion, tomato and vegetables finely. Set aside.
- Heat butter+cooking oil in Prestige pressure cooker.
- Splutter cumin seeds. Saute onion till transparent. Add ginger garlic paste and saute well.
- Add tomato and saute till mushy. Add all the spice powders , salt and mix well.
- Lastly add the chopped vegetables and mix well. Add required water and pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.
- Open the cooker after the steam is released. Take a potato masher and mash it well to make a paste like consistency.
- Add little water if its too thick. Boil for a minute and switch off the flame.
- In a tadka pan, melt butter and add pav bhaji masala powder and Kasoori methi. Switch off the flame and add to pav bhaji masala.
- Garnish with coriander leaves. Pav bhaji masala is ready.
- For pav buns, take the bun and slit it. Heat butter in a dosa tawa and add the pav bhaji masala powder, a pinch of salt and coriander leaves. Mix well.
- Dip the pav buns in this masala and cook both the sides till soft. Remove and serve it.
- Serve the pav buns with pav bhaji masala, finely chopped onions and lemon wedges. Enjoy.
Notes
- For variations, you can skip other vegetables and use potato alone.
- Use butter generously for best taste.