Ingredients: |
Ingredients: You will need 1 sliced red bell pepper, 3 medium sized tomatoes sliced, 1 cup each of potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and green peas.
2 tsp of thinly sliced fresh ginger root
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp dry mango powder
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
˝ cup fresh chopped cilantro
2 medium sliced onions
˝ tsp kashmiri red chili (to add the bright reddish color to the bhaji)
Soak kashmiri red chili in 1/2 cup of water for 15 mins, then grind it with ginger and garlic to a smooth paste. Set this aside, we will add this while cooking the bhaji.
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Directions: |
Directions:Pav – This is dinner rolls. In India, they are eggless rolls which can be easily found at an indian grocery store. However you can choose to use any dinner rolls or burger buns for pav bhaji.
Bhaji – It is made from potatoes and vegetables cooked in a tomato base. The main vegetables to use for pav bhaji are – potatoes, cauliflower, green peas, carrots and bell pepper
Traditionally, Bhaji is prepared as a two-step process. The vegetables (potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, peas) are boiled until very soft in a pot or stovetop pressure cooker. Then separately in a fry pan, masala with onions and tomatoes is prepared and the boiled mashed vegetables are added to the masala.
This is an easy one-pot method to make Bhaji in a pressure cooker.
How to make Pav Bhaji in Instant Pot?
• Start instant pot in sauté mode and heat butter in it *cook bhaji in butter to enjoy the real Mumbai bhaji taste.
• Add onions and sauté for about 3 minutes. Then add bell pepper and sauté for another 2 minutes. Use red bell peppers to enhance the red color of the bhaji. Add tomatoes, pav bhaji masala, salt and the ground chili paste. Mix well.
• Then add in the veggies – potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and green peas. Mix well. Change the instant pot setting to pressure cook mode for 8 minutes with vent in sealing position. When the instant pot beeps, release the pressure naturally.
• Then open and use a blender to coarsely grind the ingredients. You can also use a potato masher to mash the bhaji to the desired consistency.
• Change the instant pot setting to sauté mode and let the bhaji boil for a minute. Mix in lemon juice.
• Bhaji is ready to be served. Garnish with cilantro and chopped onions. |
This recipe for Pav Bhaji (mashed stir fried spicy veggies) is from