Saucy Pav bhaji. The name of the dish is pav (meaning bread) and baji (or bhaji, meaning vegetable). And the secret to its success, as with most Indian cooking, is in the spices; the selection and the balance. The key is to always measure and add the turmeric first, and then add the remaining spices according to Harshita's formula.

Pav Bhaji is a popular snack from Maharashtra, especially Mumbai, which is a mish-mash of a variety of vegetables and spices served with a special bread called pav. This dish can be had for lunch, evening snack, or dinner. I have a little secret that I got from a street vendor to make the best bhaji and you would definitely want to know it too. You can have Saucy Pav bhaji using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Saucy Pav bhaji

You need 4 of boiled potatoes.
You need 2 of florets cauliflower.
It's 1/2 of carrot.
Prepare 2 tbsp of green peas.
It's 1 of small onion.
You need 2 of tomatoes.
Prepare 2 cloves of garlic crushed.
Prepare 2 tbsp of pav bhaji masala.
You need 2 tbsp of tomato ketchup.
Prepare 1 tbsp of chilli garlic sauce.
Prepare 1 tbsp of mayonnaise.
Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
You need 2 tbsp of oil.
You need 2 tbsp of butter.
It's 1 tsp of chopped coriander.
It's 1 packet of pav bread.

Pav bhaji is a very simple Indian dish. Vegetables are mashed together with a particular mixture of Indian masalas, and the resulting curry is eaten with buttered and toasted pav (pronounced "pow"), a soft, white bread. It's very satisfying and a great way to eat your veggies; you won't even realize it's meatless. This is a very popular recipe in India, liked by almost everyone.

Saucy Pav bhaji instructions

Wash and peel all the veggies... chop the tomatoes separately in the mini chopper or any electric chopper... next chop all the other veggies together in the chopper... mini chopper is a really a handy tool in the kitchen and is a must in every kitchen.
Heat oil in a kadhai and add crushed garlic.. then add all the chopped veggies and fry for 2 mins.. then add the chopped tomatoes and mix all well.. then add salt and pav bhaji masala and a little water.. mix and cover lid and let cook for 5 mins..
After 5 mins open lid and add the sauce and mayo and mix... add mashed potatoes and mix all for 2 mins then add 1cup water and let it simmer for 3 mins..
Cut pav in half.. spread butter on it and toast on tawa...
Garnish some coriander chopped and add a blob of butter on pav bhaji and serve hot with toasted pav..

You may have to go to a nearby Asian Indian store to get the 'Pav Bhaji Masala' that is the special spice to bring the flavor (Masala means spice). Bhaji is the vegetables cooked with spice. Pav bhaji is a fast food dish from India. It consists of a thick vegetable curry served with a soft bread roll. Its origins are in the state of Maharashtra.