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Masala Pav (Spicy Bread)

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Masala Pav (Spicy Bread) is very famous classic mouthwatering Mumbai street food. Masala Pav is really tasty and easy recipe with using butter and some species. If you haven’t tasted Masala Pav, you have missed a lot. When your taste buds tickle you for something spicy, Mumbai’s mouth-watering Masala Pav not only thrill the taste buds, but also makes the breakfast more palatable. Masala Pav is an easy snack to prepare when you want to cook something quick and yet filling. Its tasty too. The recipe can be doubled or tripled and makes for a great party snack too.

Pav Bhaji and Masala Pav are our favorite street food snacks which are not restricted to Mumbai itself but are made in almost every household across the country.

Masala Pav is tasty and fun to eat. Masala Pav, whoever invented bread will be awe-struck to see it being put to such good use! quick and easy, Masala Pav is made by stuffing spicy tomato-onion gravy inside butter-laden Pav. Sometimes, the Pav is just roasted on tava with butter, loads of coriander and Pav Bhaji masala.

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Ingredients

• Pav/Bun
• 2 cup Boiled and Mashed Potatoes
• 1 cup Finely Chopped Onion
• 1 cup Finely Chopped Tomato or Puree
• ½ cup Grated Capsicum
• 1 tbsp Garlic Paste
• 2 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala
• Salt
• Butter
• 2 tsp Red Chili Powder
• 1 Lemon

For Garnishing

• Chopped Onion
• Chopped Coriander Leaves

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Method:

1. Heat butter in a deep pan; add garlic paste and stir for few seconds, then add onion and saut till onion becomes golden brown.
2. Now add grated capsicum and saut for 2 minutes on low medium flame till it becomes soft, then add tomato in it, stir it and mix well.
3. Add salt, Pav Bhaji masala, red chili powder and mix it well, then mash mixture using potato masher till mix well on medium to high flame.
4. Now reduce the flame and add mashed potatoes, mix well with masher and add ½ cup water, mix well.
5. All mixtures saut for 4-5 minutes till it becomes fine smooth masala, squeeze the half lemon juice, mix well and keep aside.
6. Slit the Pav into halves and heat griddle, add/rubs ½ tsp butter on it and sprinkle some Pav Bhaji masala, then roast the Pav on butter mixture on medium flame till slightly golden brown. Use same process for remaining Pav.
7. Place the roasted buttery Pav on a plate and spread prepared masala in Pav.
8. Masala Pav is ready. Now garnish it with chopped onion- coriander leaves, lemon wedge and enjoy Mumbai street food Masala Pav at home.

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Masala Pav Photography
Binjal Pandya

Masala Pav (Spicy Bread)

4.50 from 2 votes
Masala Pav (Spicy Bread) is very famous classic mouthwatering Mumbai street food. Masala Pav is really tasty easy recipe with using butter & some species. If you haven't tasted Masala Pav, you have missed a lot.
Course: Streetfood
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
  

  • Pav/Bun
  • 2 cup Boiled & Mashed Potatoes
  • 1 cup Finely Chopped Onion
  • 1 cup Finely Chopped Tomato or Puree
  • ½ cup Grated Capsicum
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Paste
  • 2 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala
  • Salt
  • Butter
  • 2 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1 Lemon
Garnish
  • Chopped Onion
  • Chopped Coriander Leaves

Method
 

  1. Heat butter in a deep pan; add garlic paste and stir for few seconds, then add onion and saut till onion becomes golden brown.
  2. Now add grated capsicum and saut for 2 minutes on low medium flame till it becomes soft, then add tomato in it, stir it and mix well.
  3. Add salt, Pav Bhaji masala, red chili powder and mix it well, then mash mixture using potato masher till mix well on medium to high flame.
  4. Now reduce the flame and add mashed potatoes, mix well with masher and add ½ cup water, mix well.
  5. All mixtures saut for 4-5 minutes till it becomes fine smooth masala, squeeze the half lemon juice, mix well and keep aside.
  6. Slit the Pav into halves and heat griddle, add/rubs ½ tsp butter on it and sprinkle some Pav Bhaji masala, then roast the Pav on butter mixture on medium flame till slightly golden brown. Use same process for remaining Pav.
  7. Place the roasted buttery Pav on a plate and spread prepared masala in Pav.
  8. Masala Pav is ready. Now garnish it with chopped onion- coriander leaves, lemon wedge and enjoy Mumbai street food Masala Pav at home.

 

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23 Comments

  1. 4 stars
    Looking very nice..

  2. Arun Jolly

    5 stars
    Nicee

  3. pinned and yummed…
    so trying this week <3

  4. Love these chaat recipes.. These are very tempting and super awesome. Great share

  5. The masala pav looks mouthwatering… as usual, beautiful pics… always in love with your pics…

  6. I am bookmarking this .. Looks scrumptious !

  7. I am drooling on the screen BInjal…. Loved it.

  8. I’m drooling Binjal, what a gorgeous pic and masala pav is so tempting. Your photography simply allures me <3

  9. L Jaysree

    All your recipes are simple and are in detail, easy to prepare

  10. smitha nair

    Hi Dear,
    I came across your site now and could stop writing it to you that all your receipes are amazing and beautifully presented.All receipes are explained so well and in a simpler manner.I am going to try most of them.

    Could you also please send me the link to pani puri receipe.
    Thanks a lot,!
    cheers and happy cooking!!

    • Binjal's VEG Kitchen

      thank you so much Smitha Nair!!
      i will post pani-puri recipe as soon as possible. thnx again!

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