Bhaji
A one-pot easy recipe for the most popular Indian street food, Pav Bhaji in Instant Pot. It is a spiced mashed vegetable curry topped with chopped onions, cilantro, lemon and enjoyed with dinner rolls.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Butter or Oil
- 2 Onion medium chopped
- 5 Tomato medium chopped
- 1 inch Ginger
- 8 cloves Garlic
- 3 Dried Red Chili Whole Kashmiri
- 1 Bell pepper Red chopped
- 4 Potato medium peeled and chopped
- 3 Carrot cut in pieces
- 1/2 peice Beetroot grated
- 2 cup Cauliflower (cut in small pieces)
- 1 cup Green peas
- 1/2 cup Water
- 2 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala
- 2 tsp Salt or to taste
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- For Pav
- 10 Dinner rolls (Pav or Dinner rolls)
- 2 tbsp Butter
- To garnish
- 1/2 Onion chopped
- 1/4 cup Cilantro to garnish
Instructions
- Soak red whole chili in 1/2 cup water for 15 mins. Grind chili, ginger and garlic along with the water to a paste. (Note: if you skip grinding chilies with water, then do add 1/2 cup water before pressure cooking)
- Start instant pot in sauté mode and heat 2 tbsp butter/oil in it. Add onions and sauté for 3 minutes.
- Add bell pepper and sauté for another 2 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, pav bhaji masala and salt. Add the ground chili paste. If anything is stuck to the bottom of the pot, scrape it with a spatula.Add half a cup of water.
- Add cauliflower, potatoes, carrots,beetroot and green peas. Mix well. Press cancel and close lid with vent in sealing position.
- Change the setting to manual or pressure cook mode at high pressure for 8 minutes.
- When the instant pot beeps, release the pressure naturally. Open and use an immersion blender to coarsely grind the ingredients. You can also use a potato masher to mash the bhaji to the desired consistency.
- Change to sauté mode and let the bhaji boil for a minute. Mix in the lemon juice. Bhaji is ready to be served.
Notes
You can follow my recipe of Pav bhaji to see how to serve it with butter pav
link attached for referenceÂ
https://mysteryspicesbyneha.com/recipes/pav-bhaji/
