Recipe- Street Style Masala Pav

Masala Pav is a spicy and delicious Mumbai street food. I first tasted Masala Pav at a popular restaurant here in Coimbatore but the raw smell of tomatoes did not allow me to enjoy after that I was little hesitant to try it out at restaurants.Still my craving for masala pav kept increasing so after a year or so when we went to a exclusive North indian hotel ordered masala pav again, and the same problem so I decided not to order masala pav hereafter in restaurants / hotels.

Ingredients

4 nos pav buns
1/2 tsp jeera
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 cup onion finely chopped
3/4 cup tomato finely chopped
1/2 cup capsicum finely chopped
2 tsp butter + 1 tbsp butter for toasting
1/4 cup water as needed

Spice powders:

1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp pav bhaji masala powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder

For garnish:

2 tbsp coriander leaves
2 tbsp raw onion finely chopped

Method

- Get all your ingredients ready. Heat dosa tawa add 1 tsp butter let it melt add jeera let it crackle, add ginger garlic paste.

- Saute for a minute then add onion, salt saute till transparent.

- Add tomato, capsicum saute until mushy and raw smell of tomato leaves. Then add turmeric, chilli and pav masala powders. Saute well for a minute.

- Add water, mash well with potato masher until it becomes a thick masala. Mix it well.

- Finally add 1 tsp butter, coriander leaves, mix well then push the masala to one side of the dosa tawa. Add butter on other side, slit pav buns and toast slightly on both the sides. Spread the masala.

- Spread on top, center and the sides generously. Add raw onion, coriander leaves and serve hot with lemon wedges! Repeat to finish other bun too.