Kolhapuri Pav Bhaji

Ingredients

• 🫙Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
  
• 🌶️Garam Masala1/2 tsp
  
• 🧂Saltto taste
  
• 🌶️Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
  
• 🌾Pav Bread Rolls8
  
• 🫙Mixed Vegetables250 g, chopped
  
• 🌶️Chaat Masala1 tsp
  
• 🌶️Red Chili Powder2 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. 1

   Boil the vegetables until completely soft, then mash them rough — lumps are character.

2. 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. 3

   Taste — it wants more butter, always.

4. 4

   Slit the pav, toast in butter on a hot tawa until crisp at the edges.

5. 5

   Serve the bhaji with a final butter slide on top, raw onion, lemon and the hot pav.