Find yourself craving a tangy treat, but don’t want to break your diet? Try this homemade pav bhaji recipe which will satiate your desire for some chatpata street food while ensuring you stay within your daily calorie consumption count.
Just a few pointers – this should be had as a meal, not snack, since it is carb-heavy (owing to the pav). Healthy because it incorporates so many vegetables, note that I’ve used more pumpkin than potato to keep it light. Also, avoid butter.
If you don’t want to have bread, try a multigrain roti instead.
Pav bhaji
Ingredients
2 carrots
1 potato
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1/2 capsicum
200 gm French beans
100 gm cauliflower/broccoli
½ cup peas
1 cup pumpkin
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 green chillies, chopped
Fresh coriander for garnish
1 lemon
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp rai (mustard seeds)
1 1/2 tbsp pav bhaji masala
1 tbsp dhania (coriander) powder
Salt and red chilli powder to taste
Method
- Chop all the vegetables and put them in a pressure cooker (keep onion, tomato and chilli aside to fry later). Add 1 cup water or whatever quantity is required to fully immerse the vegetables. Add salt, and pressure cook till vegetables become soft. Usually it takes around 10-12 minutes.
- Mash all the cooked vegetables using a masher.
- While the vegetables are being pressure cooked, heat olive oil in another pan, fry the onion and then add green chillies and tomatoes. Cook till soft. Add pav bhaji masala and dhania powder, and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the mashed vegetables to the onion mix and cook on high flame for a minute. If the gravy is not thick enough then reduce the flame and simmer until it gets thick. Serve with hot whole wheat pav and lemon wedges.
Nutritional value (for 1 katori bhaji + 1 pav) is 150 calories
Protein 3.3 gms
Fat 2.4 gms
Carbs 29.5 gms
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I had pav bhaji for first time on recent trip to India and treated my 70 year old mother her first time too,
we both loved it and it was our evening meal. This healthier version looks great we will try and let you know 🙂
Thank you for the best pav bhaji recipe ever!?
Looks delicious!!Thank you for the excellent sharing Heena!!
Most welcome Abhijit! Will be sharing some more interesting recipes soon.