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    PavBhaji

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    A steel plate of pav bhaji with butter-toasted pav, chopped onion and lemon4,400+ cooks
    ★ 4.4
    • Total time:1hr 10min
    • Your hands-on time:15min you
    • Longest hands-free stretch:45min free

    How upliance makes pav bhaji, step by step

    Outside the jar · your stove
    CHOP
    STIR
    HEAT
    MASH
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    Pav bhaji. Done.
    15 min60 min
    1. upliance, upliance

      This cooks it.

      • CHOP
      • STIR
      • COOK
      • MASH
      +−What is it?

      upliance is a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen. It weighs, chops, sautés, stirs, cooks and mashes, and the screen tells you what to drop in next. Scroll to watch it make pav bhaji from above.

    2. You, 8 min

      Rough-cut the veg

      +−How rough?

      Trim and wash the cauliflower. Peel onion, garlic and ginger. Peel and cut potato, carrot, beetroot and capsicum into big chunks. Halve 2 tomatoes. The fine chopping is the jar's job, not yours.

    3. You, 30 s

      Drop 1 of 4

      +−What goes in

      Onion 90 g, peeled and cut in 4. 1 green chilli, stem off. 10 garlic cloves, peeled. 3 g ginger, peeled. upliance weighs each one as it lands.

    4. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 10 s

      Chops it fine

      +−No knife?

      No knife, no tears. Put the lid and crown on, and the blade turns the lot into confetti in about 10 seconds. Scrape the sides down once it stops.

    5. You, 15 s

      Drop 2 of 4

      +−What goes in

      2 tbsp refined oil and ½ tsp jeera, straight on top of the chopped aromatics.

    6. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 8 min

      Sautés & stirs

      +−Till when?

      Take the crown off the lid so the moisture escapes. upliance sautés the onion, garlic and ginger till golden, stirring by itself. Standing at the stove stirring for 8 minutes? Nah.

    7. You, 15 s

      Drop 3 of 4

      +−What goes in

      2 tomatoes, cut in half. Then pop the crown back on.

    8. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 5 min

      Cooks, then purées

      +−Then?

      upliance cooks the tomatoes down till soft and jammy, then blitzes them smooth in the same jar. Scrape the sides down when it stops.

    9. You, 1 min

      Drop 4 of 4

      +−What goes in

      Everything else, at once: cauliflower 80 g, potato 100 g, carrot 40 g, peas 30 g, capsicum 30 g, beetroot 40 g (for the colour), Kashmiri mirch ½ tsp, turmeric ¼ tsp, pav bhaji masala 1 tbsp, amchur 1 tsp, salt 1½ tsp, water 250 ml, butter 45 g, lemon juice ½ tbsp.

    10. upliance, 45 min

      Cooks & stirs itself

      45MIN FREEleave the kitchen
      +−What's the jar doing?

      upliance cooks the bhaji and stirs it every few minutes, so you don't. Go shower, catch an episode, call your mum.

    11. upliance, last seconds

      Mashes it smooth

      +−Really?

      The famous pav bhaji arm workout, done by the jar at the end of the cook. Chunky veg in, smooth red bhaji out.

    12. Butter-toasted pav on the plate
      You, 5 min

      Toast the pav

      +−How?

      Towards the end, warm a pan with 5 g butter, chopped coriander, ½ tsp Kashmiri mirch and ½ tsp pav bhaji masala. Toast the pav in it till the edges crisp. This part is all yours.

    13. You, 1 min

      Butter. Onion. Serve.

      +−Finish

      Spoon out the bhaji. Top with 10 g butter and chopped coriander, add chopped onion, and eat it with the hot pav.

    Your 70 minutes, split

    You: 15 min
    cut veg · 4 drops · toast pav
    upliance: 60 min45 free
    chop · sauté · stir · cook · mash
    upliance: a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen

    You: 15 min. upliance: 60 min.

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    Full recipeIngredients by drop, every step, nutrition+−

    Taste tested and approved by Mumbaikars, this Pav Bhaji is the real deal and must only be eaten with finely diced onion and butter-toasted pav.

    Maharashtrian, Mumbai street food. Veg snack. Serves 2. About 1 hr 10 min start to finish; about 15 min of it is you. Cooked 4,400+ times on upliance.

    Ingredients (2 servings)

    Drop 1chopped by the jar

    • Onion peeled, cut in 490 g
    • Green chilli top stem removed1
    • Garlic peeled10 cloves
    • Ginger peeled3 g

    Drop 2sautéd golden

    • Refined oil 2 tbsp
    • Jeera ½ tsp

    Drop 3cooked down, puréed

    • Tomato cut in 22

    Drop 4cooked ~45 min, mashed

    • Cauliflower trimmed, washed80 g
    • Potato peeled, cut in 4100 g
    • Carrot peeled, cut in 340 g
    • Frozen peas washed30 g
    • Capsicum deseeded, cut in 430 g
    • Beetroot peeled, cut in 640 g
    • Kashmiri mirch ½ tsp
    • Turmeric ¼ tsp
    • Pav bhaji masala 1 tbsp
    • Amchur powder 1 tsp
    • Salt 1½ tsp
    • Water 250 ml
    • Butter 45 g
    • Lemon juice ½ tbsp

    For the pavon a pan

    • Pav as many as you'll eat
    • Butter 5 g
    • Coriander leaves fine-chopped2 stems
    • Kashmiri mirch ½ tsp
    • Pav bhaji masala ½ tsp

    To serve

    • Butter 10 g
    • Coriander leaves fine-chopped4 stems
    • Onion chopped20 g

    Steps

    1. Prep (you, ~8 min). Trim and wash the cauliflower. Peel onion, garlic and ginger. Peel and roughly cut potato, carrot, beetroot and capsicum into big chunks. Halve 2 tomatoes.
    2. Drop 1 (you, 30 s). Put the onion, green chilli, garlic and ginger into the jar.
    3. upliance, 10 s. With the lid and crown on, it chops the aromatics fine. Scrape down the sides.
    4. Drop 2 (you, 15 s). Add 2 tbsp oil and ½ tsp jeera.
    5. upliance, 8 min. Take the crown off the lid. It sautés the onion, garlic and ginger till golden, stirring by itself.
    6. Drop 3 (you, 15 s). Add 2 halved tomatoes and put the crown back on.
    7. upliance, 5 min. It cooks the tomatoes down, then purées them. Scrape down the sides.
    8. Drop 4 (you, ~1 min). Add cauliflower, potato, carrot, peas, capsicum, beetroot, Kashmiri mirch, turmeric, pav bhaji masala, amchur, salt, 250 ml water, 45 g butter and lemon juice.
    9. upliance, ~45 min. It cooks the bhaji, stirring every few minutes, then mashes it smooth. This is your free time: about 45 minutes away from the kitchen.
    10. Pav (you, ~5 min, towards the end). Toast the pav on a pan with a little butter, chopped coriander, Kashmiri mirch and pav bhaji masala.
    11. Serve (you, 1 min). Top the bhaji with butter, chopped coriander and chopped onion. Eat with the hot pav.

    Nutrition per serving

    510 kcal · 32 g carbs · 5 g protein · 40 g fat.

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