Instant Pot Pav Bhaji Recipe
One Pot recipe for Mumbai's famous Pav Bhaji. How to make Pav Bhaji in Instant Pot.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- Stove Top Pressure Cooker for stove top Bhaji
- Knife
- Chopping Board
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Ladle
Ingredients
- 2 Potatoes(medium size)
- 1 Sweet Potato(small)
- 1-2 Carrots
- 1 Cup Cauliflower florets or as required
- ½ Cup Peas fresh/frozen
- 1 small Onion
- ½ Green Capsicum
- Small piece Beetroot peeled and finely chopped
- ½ Reed Bell Pepper chopped
- 3-4 Tomatoes
- ¼ cup Store bought Tomato Puree or Sauce optional
- 3-4 Garlic Cloves
- Ginger small piece
- 1+1 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala or as required
- ¼ tsp Sugar
- 2-3 tbsp Butter or as required
- 1 tsp Oil
For Garnish
- Butter as required
- Chopped Onions as required
- Finely chopped fresh Coriander as required
- Lemon Wedges as required
Instructions
Prepare Vegetables
- Peel and cube potatoes, sweet potato and carrot and finely chop beetroot.2 Potatoes(medium size), 1-2 Carrots, Small piece Beetroot
- Cut cauliflower in small florets. You can blanch florets and then use in the recipe.1 Cup Cauliflower florets
- Finely chop onion and (green) capsicum.1 small Onion, ½ Green Capsicum
- Make coarse paste of ginger garlic or use store bought.3-4 Garlic Cloves, Ginger
- Puree tomatoes with red bell pepper.3-4 Tomatoes
Prepare Bhaji in Instant Pot
- Plug-in the Instant Pot and set SAUTE MODE On for 10 mins.
- Add 1 tbsp butter and oil when the display shows HOT.1 tsp Oil, 2-3 tbsp Butter
- Add finely chopped ginger garlic paste, saute for 1 min. then add chopped onions.
- Saute till onions turn light pink. Add finely chopped capsicum and then saute for another 1 min.
- Now add tomato puree and store bought tomato sauce. Cook till it starts leaving oil.¼ cup Store bought Tomato Puree or Sauce
- Now add 1 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala and ¼ tsp sugar. It enhances the color and also balances the acidity of tomatoes.1+1 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala, ¼ tsp Sugar
- Cook the onion tomato masala till it starts to leave oil.
- Then add all the vegetables(potatoes,sweet potatoes, carrot, peas, cauliflower, beetroot).2 Potatoes(medium size), 1-2 Carrots, 1 Cup Cauliflower florets, ½ Cup Peas, Small piece Beetroot
- Add salt and about 1 cup water.
- Cancel the SAUTE MODE and then set PRESSURE COOK MODE ON FOR 10 mins.
- Once the timer is off, wait for 5-10 mins. then do QPR(if in rush) or you can let NPR(Natural Pressure Release). Open the lid when the pin drops.
- Check the consistency of bhaji. Take potato masher and mash the cooked vegetables coarsely. It should not be pasty smooth.
- Add some more butter and leftover (1 tsp) pav bhaji masala.
- Set again the SAUTE MODE ON for 2-3 mins. Let the bhaji simmer for 2-3 mins. . Take care it should not burn at the base of inner pot.
- Add some water about ¼-½ cup to adjust the consistency. Pav Bhaji should not be very watery. It also thickens when kept for sometime.
- Add more butter and serve hot with toasted Pavs.
Toast Pavs to serve with Bhaji
- Heat 1 tbsp of butter, add 1 tbsp bhaji or 1 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala on a gridle.
- Keep the heat to medium and toast pavs from both sides on the griddle.
Prepare Bhaji in Stove top Pressure Cooker
- Follow all the steps from making onion tomato masala to adding veggies in pressure cooker.
- After adding water, close the lid and cook bhaji for about 10 mins on low to medium flame.
- After 10 mins. switch off the gas and let the pressure release naturally.
- Check bhaji and mash it coarsely using a potato masher. You can also use hand held blend blend it pasty smooth
Serve Pav Bhaji
- Garnish Bhaji with chopped fresh coriander. Serve Pav Bhaji with chopped onions and lots of butter.Butter, Chopped Onions, Finely chopped fresh Coriander
- Squeeze lemon juice before serving, mix and eat with Pavs.Lemon Wedges
Notes
I used 1 sweet potato also in the recipe, you can skip it and add 1 more potato.
Do not add full beetroot. Add only half.
I don't add lot of onion in bhaji, only one small. You may add more if you want.
For Vegan friendly Bhaji skip butter, but the taste and the texture will differ.
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