It is hard to find any people who don’t like Indian street food pavbhaji, and that’s why this is an extremely popular dish for many ages. And we all know Mumbai pavbhaji is quite popular not only among the Indian people but also among people from all across the world who want to taste this mouth-watering item when they visit India. This is basically the king of Indian Street Food, is a combo dish of Pav (meaning bread) and Bhaji( meaning curried vegetables).

Best Mumbai Pav Bhaji- instant pot & stovetop recipes

Being the most famous Indian street item, you can find this almost in every part of the world. You can also simply make this at home with a little effort. First, you have to chop all vegetables like potatoes, cauliflower, peas, carrots, and capsicum and cook this together in the ginger- garlic, onion- tomato base. There are two ways by which pavbhaji is made, the stovetop method and the instant pot method. For the stovetop method you have to boil the veggies in the pressure cooker and mash all the vegetables, and then make the base gravy in a kadhai and combine them together,  for the Instant Pot method, make the base gravy and add all the vegetables together. Once the pressure cooker cools down, mash all of these with a blender or potato masher and after that, you have to add a special spice blend, called pavbhaji masala, for this you can buy this from the store where you find several brands, but if you want to make this at home this is also very easy to ready. You just need a few items like coriander seeds, cumin seeds, Kashmiri red chilies, fennel seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom, black pepper, etc, next you have to dry roast all of these ingredients and then cool down the spices and add amchur powder to increase the taste. The next thing you surely want to know is how to serve pavbhaji, the best way to serve hot pavbhaji is with warm buttery dinner rolls or buns and garnish it with diced onions, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.

Where to find the best pav bhaji in Toronto?

So Mumbai pavbhaji is quite popular all over the world as one of the flavorful and mouth-watering street food and in Toronto, you can also find this authentic Indian pavbhaji in Bombay Chowpatty restaurant. They offer many delicious recipes, and their pav recipe is quite popular among people. The use of special spices in pavbhaji served with bun bread and topped with butter surely leaves your taste buds in a pleasant mood.