How To Make Pav Bhaji Healthy – Pav Bhaji is an Indian recipe that can be served in breakfast, lunch, or dinner. This Indian cuisine is popular as a street snack in many Indian states. The word Pav means bun and Bhaji is a mix of mashed boiled veggies like tomato, potatoes, cauliflower, peas, capsicum, etc, and flavored with tangy spices and topped and garnished with fresh coriander.
The main ingredient that adds flavor to pav bhaji is butter, thus this dish isn’t suitable for every person especially someone who is on a diet. But, we can always experiment and try to make things work for us. So in this post, we have tried to bring you a healthier version of pav bhaji, so do not think twice to try this pav bhaji recipe at home.
So let’s know healthy pav bhaji ingredients and healthy pav bhaji recipe.
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How To Make Pav Bhaji Healthy
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 raw bananas chopped
- 1 cup – Carrot
- 1/2 cup – Green peas
- 1/2 cup – French beans
- 1 capsicum, diced
- 1/2 cup cauliflower chopped cauliflower florets
- 1/2 beetroot
- 1/2 cup – onion, finely chopped
- 1cup – tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves
- 1 Lime
- salt to taste
- Water as required
- Whole Wheat bread
Instructions
- Boil the vegetables in a pressure cooker or a steamer.
- In a stainless Tawa or a pot, heat vegan butter and add cumin seeds, ginger-garlic paste, and cook for a minute.
- Now add onions, capsicum, tomatoes, french beans and mash it well.
- Now add boiled vegetables, salt, and pav bhaji masala and mix well.
- Mash the vegetables and blend them with spices. Add water and mash again.
- Keep adding water as required to cook well. Keep cooking like this until a bhaji-like consistency is achieved.
- Lastly, add dried fenugreek leaves and cook for a minute.
- Once the mixture is cooked properly, turn off the flame and take bhaji out on a serving plate.
- Place lemon juice, onions with bhaji, and garnish with vegan butter and fresh coriander leaves on top.
- Eat pav bhaji hot with whole wheat bread or pav.
How To Make Pav Bhaji Healthy
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 2 raw bananas chopped
- 1 cup - Carrot
- 1/2 cup - Green peas
- 1/2 cup - French beans
- 1 capsicum diced
- 1/2 cup cauliflower chopped cauliflower florets
- 1/2 beetroot
- 1/2 cup - onion finely chopped
- 1 cup - tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves
- 1 Lime
- salt to taste
- Water as required
- Whole Wheat bread
Instructions
- Instructions
- Boil the vegetables in a pressure cooker or a steamer.
- In a stainless Tawa or a pot, heat vegan butter and add cumin seeds, ginger-garlic paste, and cook for a minute.
- Now add onions, capsicum, tomatoes, french beans and mash it well.
- Now add boiled vegetables, salt, and pav bhaji masala and mix well.
- Mash the vegetables and blend them with spices. Add water and mash again.
- Keep adding water as required to cook well. Keep cooking like this until a bhaji-like consistency is achieved.
- Lastly, add dried fenugreek leaves and cook for a minute.
- Once the mixture is cooked properly, turn off the flame and take bhaji out on a serving plate.
- Place lemon juice, onions with bhaji, and garnish with vegan butter and fresh coriander leaves on top.
- Eat pav bhaji hot with whole wheat bread or pav.
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