Sunday, May 29, 2011

Pav Bhaji.



Indian cravings call for a spicy mashed vegetable curry (bhaji) served with "buttered" bread (pav). Pav Bhaji is a popular street food in Mumbai which is a potato based curry that is mashed up with a variety of veggies, spices and tomato until it becomes thick and saucy. I like to leave some of the vegetables chunky in mine. The recipe I use calls for cauliflower as one of the ingredients but I didn't have any so I used a 1/2 bag of "mixed vegetables including lima beans" that I found in my freezer. Worked in a pinch with the potatoes and 1/2 bell pepper I had. The curry is eaten with buttered buns which I didn't have (shame!) so I made do with pita breads spread with Earth Balance vegan margarine. I served it with mango ginger chutney, chopped red onion and a squeeze of lemon. This was SO DELICIOUS. I have to remember next time not to wear a white shirt when eating this!

Here's a link to the recipe. Don't forget to sub Earth Balance for the butter!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That looks really good and it does sound so delicious. I'm now craving Indian food, YUM!
xoxo, Pi Nuan:)

PixieRoseDresses said...

i could eat that for my breakfast!! yumeeeeeee

Glue and Glitter said...

That looks delicious!

Bethany said...

WOW...that looks incredible!!

Sara said...

Mmm looks good!

Get Skinny, Go Vegan. said...

Amazing looking.