Pav Bhaji

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By Joe Yonan

This casual Indian crockery consists of mashed vegetables cooked successful a tomato-onion gravy, heavy seasoned, past spooned implicit brushed rolls and topped with earthy onions. One of Mumbai’s astir celebrated thoroughfare foods, it is what cookbook writer Khushbu Shah calls “the eventual late-night snack.” While potatoes and peas are the default veg combination, thing mashable is just game. Here’s wherever leftover and/or frozen vegetables tin travel successful useful for an on-the-fly meal.

Adapted from “Amrikan” by Khushbu Shah (W.W. Norton & Co., 2024).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6 (makes 6 cups)

For the pav bhaji masala

1 tablespoonful garam masala
2 teaspoons Kashmiri reddish chili pulverization (see Substitutions)
2 teaspoons amchoor pulverization (green mango powder; spot Substitutions)
1 spoon crushed turmeric
1 spoon crushed coriander
1 spoon crushed cumin
1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/2 spoon crushed cardamom

For the pav bhaji

1/2 spoon good salt, positive much to taste
4 mean reddish potatoes (1 lb total), scrubbed
1/2 tiny caput cauliflower (8 ounces), chopped into ample florets
1 cupful frozen greenish peas
2 tablespoons neutral oil, specified arsenic vegetable
1 ample achromatic bulb (12 ounces), chopped, positive sliced bulb for serving
4 oregon 5 ample Roma tomatoes (1 lb total), chopped (see Substitutions)
1 tablespoonful unsalted butter
12 murphy rolls oregon 6 hamburger buns, lightly toasted
Lemon wedges, for serving

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1 cupful bhaji positive 2 rolls)

Calories
445
Fat
11 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
76 g
Sodium
643 mg
Cholesterol
5 mg
Protein
13 g
Fiber
8 g
Sugar
13 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “Amrikan” by Khushbu Shah (W.W. Norton & Co., 2024).

Tested by Joe Yonan.

Published June 7, 2024

Updated March 17, 2026