Instant Pot Pav Bhaji | Pav Bhaji recipe in Instant Pot
Instant pot Pav Bhaji is a quick, delicious take on the popular Indian Street food. Served with warm dinner rolls / pav and garnish for a sumptuous brunch, snack or dinner.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- Knife and Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 200 grams veggies I used shredded cabbage, carrot, pea,french beans, cauliflower florets
- 2 onions minced fine
- ¼ cup bell pepper minced
- 50 grams beetroot peeled and diced
- 1 large potato peeled and cubed
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds shahjeera
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 2 tablespoon table butter sub with oil, for vegan or use vegan substitutes
- 4 tomatoes ripe, large
- 2 teaspoon Pav bhaji masala store bought or homemade
- 1.5 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon kasuri methi crushed fine
- 1.5 teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder
Garnish:
- ½ cup Onion minced fine
- 2 lemon quartered
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 3 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped
Serving Suggestions:
- Homemade dinner rolls / laadi pav indian pav buns
Instructions
- Set Instant Pot (IP) Inner Pot to SAUTE HIGH
- Take the oil and half the butter and add to the pot when hot
- Add caraway seeds, garlic, onions and saute well.
- After the onions turn slightly translucent, add the chopped tomatoes, saute well for 2-3 mins
- Add the washed, prepped veggies one by one and saute the veggies for 4-6 mins on high
- Add homemade veg stock / broth OR hot water, the salt, kashmiri chilli powder, pav bhaji masala.
- Close the IP to pressure cook for 7 minutes
- Once the cook is done, MANUALLY release the pressure.
- Using a pav bhaji masher or stick bender, puree the bhaji smooth.
- Alternatively, cool and puree in a mixer for 10-12 seconds. Transfer it to the IP Inner pot
- Now set SAUTE on IP, let it simmer for 2-3 minutes before you add the crushed kasuri methi
- Finish with remaining butter.
- Serve hot with warm pav buns / dinner rolls and garnish on the side.
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