
Recipe
Prep time:
15 minutes
| Cook time:
35–40 minutes
| Serves:
6–8 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup cauliflower
- 1 cup potato
- ½ cup green peas
- ½ cup carrot
- ½ cup capsicum
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ½ cup chopped tomato
- 2 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 slit green chillies
- 1½ tbsp Black Bhaji / Pav Bhaji Masala
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder (for deep color)
- ½ tsp black cardamom powder (optional but 🔥)
- 1 tbsp butter (at the end)
Method
- Pressure cook or boil all vegetables with salt and turmeric until very soft. Mash lightly and keep aside.
- Heat oil + butter in a pan. Add cumin seeds.
- Add onions and sauté till dark golden brown (this is key for the black color).
- Add ginger-garlic paste and green chillies.
- Add tomatoes and cook until oil separates.
- Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, pav bhaji masala, garam masala, black cardamom powder.
- Roast well on low flame till aromatic and dark.
- Add mashed vegetables and mix well.
- Add water as needed and cook for 10–15 minutes, stirring and mashing continuously.
- Add butter, coriander, and a squeeze of lemon.
- Mash once more—bhaji should be thick, dark, and glossy.
- Slit pav, toast on tawa with butter till crisp and golden.
