🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Paneer Pav Bhaji

Name: Paneer 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; 100 g Paneer; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 8 Pav Bread Rolls; 250 g, chopped Mixed Vegetables; 1 tsp Chaat Masala; 1 tsp Red Chili Powder

🇮🇳 Indian

Street-food energy in your own kitchen — sharp, sweet, spicy and crunchy all at once. 35 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 20 min Cook 15 min Serves 2 Medium

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
Garam Masala1/2 tsp
Saltto taste
Paneer100 g
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Pav Bread Rolls8
Mixed Vegetables250 g, chopped
Chaat Masala1 tsp
Red Chili Powder1 tsp

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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