Paw Bhaji : The famous street food of Mumbai

 Paw Bhaji

Pav bhaji is a quick meal dish from India. It consists of a thick vegetable curry served with a tender bread roll. Vegetables in the curry might also encompass potatoes, onions, carrots, chillies, peas, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Its origins are in the state of Maharashtra and it is the well-known street food of Mumbai. Variants of the dish might also use different bread varieties such as chappati, roti or brown bread.

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The dish originated in the 1850s as a fast lunchtime dish for fabric mill employees in Mumbai. Pav bhaji used to be later served at restaurants in the course of the city. Pav bhaji is now supplied at retailers from easy hand carts to formal restaurants in India and abroad 

Pav bhaji has many variants in elements and garnishes, however is really a spiced mixture of mashed greens in a thick gravy, normally cooked on a flat griddle (tava) and served warm with a soft white bread roll.

Variations on pav bhaji include:

• Cheese pav bhaji, with cheese on pinnacle of the bhaji
• Fried pav bhaji, with the pav tossed in the bhaji
• Paneer pav bhaji, with paneer cheese in the bhaji
• Mushroom pav bhaji, with mushrooms in the bhaji
• Khada pav bhaji, with vegetable chunks in the bhaji
• Jain pav bhaji, without onions and garlic and with plantains alternatively of potatoes
• Kolhapuri pav bhaji, the use of a spice combine common in Kolhapur
• White pav bhaji, with no garam masala and no chilli powder 

Recipe video of preparing Paw Bhaji