If you’re following me through this blog since a long, then you must be wondering why there aren’t any chat recipes in this space. The reason being not that I dislike those street foods, but it’s because I couldn’t click the pictures as I they are emptied in no time. Majority of chat recipes rock my family as we all love them to the core.
So my debut of chat recipes in this space starts with pav bhaji recipe which has no onion and no garlic in it. When I went through a list of potential chat recipes to post this year, every one voted for pani puri recipe but it couldn’t get the chance to appear here first just because the pictures didn’t come as expected. The draft is still in the pipeline to get posted with new, awesome photos.
Pav bhaji is the simplest of it’s kind chat recipe that has the flavors of pav bhaji masala primarily. The tangy tomatoes give this chat a nice red color and potatoes give good volume plus thickness to it. I loved the addition of capsicum to pava bhaji while the crunchy onions are missing. The green peas popping in and out from pav bhaji are surely a taste enhancer.
Pav bhaji powder that I am currently using has enough spiciness in it which is why I skipped adding red chilly powder. You can surely add half a tea spoon of it if you are a kind of person who loves spicy chats.
Pav Bhaji Recipe |No Onion | No Garlic
Ingredients
- Potato- 4 nos.
- Tomato- 4 nos.
- Capsicum- 1 no.
- Green peas- Handful
- Coriander leaves- Handful
- Ghee- 2 tsp
- Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
- Pav bhaji powder- 2 tsp
- Salt- 1 to 1.5 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
- Pav- 6 no.
Instructions
Preparation
- Rinse the potatoes and scrape to remove the mud sticking on the skin. Cut them in to half and pressure cook till it is soft and mushy.
Method
- Chop the tomatoes and capsicum to very fine pieces. Keep the potatoes ready by peeling the skin off and mashing it well.
- Heat ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds. As they splutter include fine capsicum pieces. Saute for 2 minutes. Then include green peas and saute. Next include tomatoes and stir. Let it cook for about 5 minutes.
- When the tomatoes turn soft and pulpy combining with all veggies, add turmeric powder, pav bhaji powder and salt. Mix well. Next include mashed potatoes and a cup of water. Let it cook till the thick gravy consistency is reached. Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Heat a non-stick pan and roast the pav with some butter. Serve pav bhaji as tea time snack with a piece of lemon.
Notes
- Pav bhaji masala is the one that gives taste and flavor to this recipe. So use some good branded masala or home made one.
- You can add some red chilly powder, if the spiciness from your chosen pav bhaji powder is not enough.
- According to the desired consistency preferred, you can add water to the pava bhaji.
- Potato, tomato and capsicum are the recommended vegetables. As we are not using onion-garlic in the recipe, capsicum gives nice crunch.
Can you also suggest a good brand for pav baji masala
I use Eastern brand, Sangeetha.