Thursday, June 26, 2008

Pav Bhaji( Spicy Vegetables and Buns)



Pav Bhaji is a very popular street food in many states across India. I recently made Pav Bhaji following Susan's Pav Bhaji recipe. I just used potatoes, carrots , bell pepper along with onions and tomatoes to make the spicy vegetables. I think the key for the wonderful taste of this dish is to pressure cook the vegetables until soft.

Traditionally Pav Bhaji is served with a dollop of butter, so you can use
Soy Garden Natural Buttery Spread or Earth Balance® Margarine Natural Buttery Spread.

19 comments:

Devi Priya said...

Pav Bhaji looks delicious!

Anonymous said...

Its my most fav dish. Its been a while I've tasted it. Looks awesome.love your recipe.

Rajitha said...

yum!..one thing on pav-bhaji is it is basically vegan without that addition of butter the pav. If i get bakery fresh pav..i have always omitted the butter..it makes no difference to the yumminess,,,

Medhaa said...

I love Pav Bhajji, yours looks delicious

KALVA said...

Hey you should send this to Mansi's helathy event!!!

Madhavi said...

My all time fav, yummy yummy pav-bhaji. Looks goooooooood!!!

notyet100 said...

wow,..pav bhaji always tasty...

Andréa said...

Yummy. I love spicy food.

ChocolateCoveredVegan said...

Mmm yay for spicy food! I need to get out my pressure cooker.

Aditi..............:) said...

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Anonymous said...

Hello, I'm an Australian vegan who may be living in Chennai for a few months to help with an aid project.
I was just wondering if you had any ideas about getting by and eating out as a vegan in chennai, what to bring, how to explain veganism, etc. Any info at all would be incredibly useful. thanks a lot, debra

Vaishali said...

Love pav-bhaji-and the fact that it's so easy to veganize. Yours looks delicious.

Kumudha said...

Debra,

It's great that you're visiting India!

If possible go only to vegetarian restaurants, as you can find numerous vegan options there. Talk to the managers of the restaurants, that you avoid milk and milk products such as ghee and butter-milk. In general don't eat any dish which is which in color. Most of the payasams(sweet puddingd) in southern iNdia is made with milk.

Big supermarkets like food world are great to shop for vegan stuff, as the staff can communicate in English.

You can explain about explain veganism by talking about the torture endured by the diary cows. Farmers in India inject their cows with oxytocin harmone. http://howrah.org/india_news/14710.html
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020623/himachal.htm#6

You can also talk about that the Mahatma Gandhiji refused to take cow's milk after he came to know about the cruel process known as

http://market.ap.nic.in/mkt/mkt/pca.htm
http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/Biography/gandhi/part5.chapter29.html
http://www.ivu.org/history/gandhi/experiments.html
http://www.weeksmd.com/articles/dairy/gandhimilk.php

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for your help and references. They're invaluable. I just discovered your blog and am really excited about all the wonderful photos and recipes. Thanks again!
- Debra

Kumudha said...

Debra,

You can find some tips here also...
http://vegan-fare.blogspot.com/2008/05/5-tips-for-vegan-travelers-to-india.html

Have a great time in India!

A_and_N said...

Looks great! And brings back sooooooooooooo many memories :)

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