Pavbhaji and tawa pulao is easy to make a recipe with all the basic ingredients from your kitchen. It is all time favorite food combo served in the city of Mumbai, India. Spicy pavbhaji with tasty pulao is easy to prepare and is liked by all age groups. I will share a few no-fail tips that helps you to make perfect street-style pavbhaji and pulao at home. Do try this and enjoy its mouth-watering taste along with friends and family!
Please do visit my other related recipe collection like
Recipe video
Pavbhaji recipe | tawa pulao recipe | how to make street style pavbhaji| Mumbai style tawa pulao
Ingredients
For Pavbhaji
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp jeera
- 1 medium size chopped onion
- 3 tbsp kashmiri red chilli garlic paste
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ยผ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp pavbhaji masala
- 3 medium size chopped tomatoes
- Salt to taste
- 2 medium size chopped capsicum
- 5 medium size boiled and mashed potatoes
- ยผ cup boiled green peas
- 2 tbsp grated beetroot
- 1 cup hot water
- ยฝ tsp garam masala
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Some coriander leaves
For Tawa pulao
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 medium size sliced onion
- 3 tbsp kashmiri red chilli-garlic paste
- 1 cup shredded cabbage
- 1 medium size chopped capsicum
- 3 medium size chopped tomatoes
- ยผ cup boiled green peas
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp pavbhaji masala
- 1 tbsp water
- 3 cup boiled rice
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Some coriander leaves
- Serve with butter roasted ladi pav
For kashmiri red chilli garlic paste
- 4 soaked kashmiri red chilli
- 4-5 garlic cloves
- Water as required
Instructions
Making pavbhaji
- In a pan, add butter, oil, and cumin seeds. Sautรฉ for a minute.
- Now add chopped onion and cook it till the onion becomes translucent.
- Meanwhile, in a mixture jar, grind soaked kashmiri red chilli, and garlic cloves with the required water. Grind it into a smooth paste. Red chilli garlic paste is ready.
- Add chilli-garlic paste into the pan and sautรฉ till oil separates from its sides.
- Now add, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and pavbhaji masala. Mix well.
- Then add chopped tomatoes and salt. Mix well and cook till tomato become soft and mashy.
- Add chopped capsicum and sautรฉ it for 2 minutes.
- Then add boiled and mashed potatoes, boiled green peas and grated beetroot. Mix well
- Now mash vegetables with a masher.
- Then add 1 cup water and mix well. Again with masher mash vegetables for an even texture of pavbhaji.
- Then add garam masala and butter to it.
- Switch off the gas and add lemon juice and coriander leaves. mix well
- Pavbhaji is ready to serve.
- Heat butter in a pan, add little pavbhaji masala and coriander leaves. mix well.
- Make a slit into pav and roast it from both sides. Serve pav with butter pavbhaji.
Making tawa pulao
- In a pan, add butter, oil and cumin seeds. Sautรฉ for a minute.
- Then add sliced onion and cook till onion becomes translucent.
- Now add red chilli garlic paste and sautรฉ for a minute.
- Add shredded cabbage, chopped capsicum, tomatoes, green peas and salt. Sautรฉ on high flame till vegetables become slightly soft.
- Now add pavbhaji masala and some water. mix well.
- Then mash some vegetables with the help of a masher. Mix well.
- Add cooked rice and gently mix it with masala.
- Switch off the gas and add lemon juice and coriander leaves. mix well.
- Serve tawa pulao with curd and papad.
Notes
For Pavbhaji
- cook the onion till it becomes translucent.
- dry kashmiri red chilli and garlic paste gives nice color and flavor to pavbhaji.
- addition of grated beetroot helps to give street style color to pavbhaji.
- mash all vegetables very nicely with a vegetable masher.
- add water to make even consistency and texture of bhaji
- roast pav into butter will enhance its taste and make it soft.
- cook vegetables on high flame.
- dry kashmiri red chilli and garlic paste give nice color and flavor to tawa pulao.
- mix rice grain gently so it will not break down.
Subscribe to our Youtube ChannelClick here to subscribe our Youtube Channel and stay updated with our latest video recipes