Name: Tiger Pav Bhaji
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 large onion, finely chopped; 2 tsp salt; 690 g (1 lb 8 oz/3 cups) tomato passata (strained tomatoes) or canned tomatoes; 14 g (4½ tsp) fast-action dried yeast; 75 g (2⅔ oz/⅓ cup) extra butter, for toasting the buns; 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 2 tbsp Garam Masala; 2 tbsp sugar; 2 green cardamom pods, seeds crushed; 150 g (5¼ oz) sweet potatoes, peeled and roughly cubed; 30 g (1 oz/¼ cup) skimmed milk powder; 175 g (6¼ oz) red bell pepper, roughly chopped; 60 g (2 oz/¼ cup) unsalted butter, soft; 2 large tomatoes, finely chopped; 1 large red onion, finely chopped; 2 dried Indian bay leaves; 100 g (3½ oz/⅔ cup) frozen peas; 1 tsp soft dark brown sugar; 300 ml (10 fl oz/1¼ cups) warm water; 3 g (1 tsp) fast-action dried yeast; ¼ tsp salt; 50 g (1¾ oz/¼ cup) finely chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); 2-3 fresh chillies, chopped (optional); 4 large garlic cloves, minced; 100 g (3½ oz) carrots, roughly chopped; 2 tsp minced root ginger; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground fennel; 1 tsp ground cumin; 150 g (5¼ oz/scant ¾ cup) salted butter

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Sanjana Feasts

By Sanjana Modha

Published 2024

About

An ode to Mumbai’s iconic street dish, my take on pav bhaji is served with the sesame-crackled tiger bread reminiscent of the tea-time chip butties of school days. It’s a simple fact of life that tiger bread always tastes better with a thick smear of salted butter. Indian street-food law also dictates that when it comes to pav bhaji, butter is mandatory, use of cutlery is not. Roarsome.