🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Cheese Pav Bhaji

Name: Cheese Pav Bhaji
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste; 1/2 tsp Garam Masala; to taste Salt; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 2 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala; 8 Pav Bread Rolls; 250 g, chopped Mixed Vegetables; 1 tsp Chaat Masala; 1 tsp Red Chili Powder; 50 g Cheese

🇮🇳 Indian

Straight from the street, no compromise: loud chutneys, real crunch, and that chaat-masala tingle at the back of your tongue. Ready in 35 minutes including prep.

Prep 20 min Cook 15 min Serves 2 Medium

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
Garam Masala1/2 tsp
Saltto taste
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Pav Bhaji Masala2 tbsp
Pav Bread Rolls8
Mixed Vegetables250 g, chopped
Chaat Masala1 tsp
Red Chili Powder1 tsp
Cheese50 g

Optional extras

Mint Leavesfor the hari chutney
Fresh Cilantrofor the hari chutney
Tamarind Paste2 tbsp, for the meethi chutney
Jaggery1 tbsp, for the meethi chutney

Instructions

1
Boil the vegetables until completely soft, then mash them rough — lumps are character.
2
Melt a generous knob of butter, fry onions to gold, add ginger garlic paste and the powders, then the mashed vegetables; bhunao 10 minutes, loosening with water to a glossy sludge.
3
Taste — it wants more butter, always.
4
Slit the pav, toast in butter on a hot tawa until crisp at the edges.
5
Serve the bhaji with a final butter slide on top, raw onion, lemon and the hot pav.

Chef's tip

Make both chutneys ahead; they keep a week in the fridge and improve overnight.

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Watch how it's made

Video: बाज़ार जैसी पाव भाजी बनान की विधि - बिना तवा - mumbai pav bhaji recipe cookingshooking · on YouTube