Pav bhaji in Pressure cooker. Pav Bhaji is made with potatoes and vegetables cooked in a tomato base, and enjoyed with pav or dinner rolls. We will make it in both Instant Pot and Stovetop Pressure Cooker. Try this one-pot Pav Bhaji recipe in the pressure cooker and you will not make it any other way again! pav bhaji recipe is prepared in a large kadai where boiled and mashed vegetables are added together. however, in this version the vegetables are cooked together in a cooker to hasten the process. the same ingredients and vegetables can be used to prepare the traditional.
Whenever we had a party at home my mom always made bhaji in a pressure cooker.
You can make this Pav bhaji in a regular pressure cooker or open pan on the stovetop.
To make the pav bhaji recipe in pressure cooker, follow the exact step by step pictorial method below.
You can cook Pav bhaji in Pressure cooker using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Pav bhaji in Pressure cooker
- You need 1.4 kg of cauliflower.
- It's 4 of potatoes.
- Prepare 2 of medium sized tomatoes.
- Prepare 2 of medium sized onions.
- It's 1 of green or red capsicum.
- You need 1 of medium size carrot.
- It's 1 bowl of green peas.
- Prepare Handful of Coriander or parsley for garnishing.
- You need 1 of lemon.
- You need 1 tsp of Cumin seeds.
- Prepare 1-2 tsp of Pavbhaji masala.
- It's 1 tsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder.
- You need 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
- It's As required of Amul Butter.
- Prepare Little of Sugar.
- It's As per taste of Salt.
- It's As required of Water.
You can use masher or immersion blender to mash the Close the pot with valve in sealing position, cancel sauté button and press manual/pressure cook button. Pav Bhaji ( Pressure Cooking ) : Mumbai's all-time favourite street food is now so much more easier to prepare, with our handy kitchen helper - the pressure cooker! Temper, sauté, pressure cook, that's all there is to preparing a delicious bhaji to accompany fresh, butter-toasted pav buns. Pressure cooker pav recipe with step by step photos.
Pav bhaji in Pressure cooker step by step
- Clean and wash all the vegetables thoroughly in salt water..
- Peel the potatoes and cut into quarters. Chop the cauliflower into medium size florets, and roughly dice the the capsicum, carrots, and beans (if available at home). PS: you can use any vegetables available at home. I tried using Tendli (Ivy Gourd), though it didn't make any difference to the taste, but added some nutrients definitely..
- In a pressure cooker, heat some butter, fry some cumin seeds, finely chopper onions and saute till it becomes pink in colour..
- To this add finely chopped tomatoes and saute until it turns mushy..
- Add little sugar to balance out the acidity, otherwise the Pavbhaji might taste biy sour. Add turmeric powder, kashmiri chilli powder and pav bhaji masala and keep mixing it..
- Add the vegetables (potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, capsicum, peas, beans etc) and mix till they are well coated with the masala..
- Add the salt as per taste and then 2-3 glasses of water. Close the lid and cook up to 4-5 whistles..
- Wait until the cooker is completely cool. Using a potato masher or Pavbhaji masher, mash the bhaji in the cooker itself..
- The vegetables will be cooked perfectly, you can adjust the consistency at this stage by adding more water if required. Mash till you get a desired texture of Pavbhaji. If you want, you can check the taste for salt/spice at this stage..
- Add lot of butter and re-heat the bhaji without the lid. Keep stirring occasionally. You can squeeze in 1/2 a lemon for the perfect taste..
- Garnish with finely chopped coriander or parsley..
- Toast the pav with some butter and a teaspoon of the bhaji for the authentic street style effect..
Indian bread rolls also called as pav or pau. Serve the pav with pav bhaji, vada pav or misal pav or dabeli. You can also have it with dal, usal or any spicy vegetable gravy. Pav Bhaji is a spicy mixture of mashed vegetables along with a generous dose of fresh tomatoes, a dollop of butter, consumed with warm bread gently or crispy fried in butter. Heat butter in a pressure cooker.