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Masala pav recipe

By swasthi , on January 26, 2020, 2 Comments, Jump to Recipe

Masala pav is a delicious popular Indian street food made with butter toasted buns & a spicy onion tomato masala. “Pav” is the Indian name for dinner rolls or buns. These are topped with a generous amount of the masala and then garnished with coriander leaves & chopped onions. Street foods are immensely popular in India and a larger population enjoys them often.

Pav bhaji, Vada pav, misal pav and masala pav are some of the foods made with Indian dinner rolls. Each of one of these are so much flavorful, delicious and easy to make at home.

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For hygiene reasons, these are best prepared at home. I prefer to make all of these at home as my kids keep asking.

Making masala pav is the easiest of all these and just takes about 20 to 25 mins. Since these don’t need any chaat chutneys, they can be made instantly without any planning.

These are good to enjoy as a evening snack or brunch with some side dishes. I made these masala pav sometime ago on a weekend for our brunch along with dahi vada and Sev puri.

How to make

1. Heat butter on a pan or tawa. Then add onions and green chilies. Fry the onions until golden. Then ginger garlic paste and fry until it smells good.

sauteing onions in butter for masala pav

2. Add the tomatoes and sprinkle salt. Fry until the tomatoes turn mushy.

frying tomatoes

3. Then add capsicum and saute for a few minutes.

frying capsicum to make masala pav

4. Add red chilli powder and pav bhaji powder. Saute for 2 to 3 minutes until the masala smells good.

adding red chilli powder & masala powder

5. Then pour little water and cook until the masala is cooked through and turns soft. Cook until the masala turns aromatic. Mash it well with a spatula. Taste it and add more salt and masala if needed.

masala ready for making masala pav
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6. Then move it aside on the pan. Slit the pav. Spread little butter over the slit pav. Fry them until crisp and golden.

frying bread on a tawa

7. Then spread the masala on the pav. Place the other slice of pav over it. Top it with the prepared masala.

masala topped on toasted pav

Sprinkle some coriander leaves, lemon juice and chopped onions. Serve masala pav immediately.

masala pav
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Easy masala pav recipe

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Masala pav

A popular Indian street food made by topping butter toasted buns with spicy onion tomato masala. Serve it as a snack.
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Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Servings2
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )

  • 2 tbsps butter
  • 4 pavs (buns)
  • ¾ cup onions finely chopped
  • 1 cup tomatoes finely chopped
  • 1 green chilli finely chopped
  • ¼ to ½ cup capsicum finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • ½ to ¾ tsp red chili powder (adjust to suit your spice levels)
  • ½ to 1 tsp pav bhaji masala powder
  • Salt as needed
  • 1 lemon medium
  • 1 Handful coriander leaves chopped finely
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Instructions

  • Heat a tawa or a griddle with 1 tbsp butter on a high flame.
  • Saute onions & green chilli in the butter until lightly golden.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute tiill the raw smell goes away.
  • Add tomatoes and sprinkle salt.
  • Cook until they turn soft.
  • Add capsium, chili powder and pav bhaji masala.
  • Saute very well for 2 to 3 mins.
  • Add very little water and allow to cook the masala until soft.
  • Mash up very well with the spatula.
  • When the masala begins to smell good, add some coriander leaves and mix.
  • Move all the masala to one side of the tawa.
  • Add little butter and slit the pav. Toast them on both the sides.
  • Transfer the masala over the pav. Squeeze in some lemon juice and coriander leaves.
  • Smear some masala on the top as well.
  • Add some onions and coriander leaves on top.
  • Serve masala pav immediately.
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Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

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NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Masala pav
Amount Per Serving
Calories 419 Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Fat 15g23%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Cholesterol 30mg10%
Sodium 777mg34%
Potassium 605mg17%
Carbohydrates 60g20%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 14g16%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 1415IU28%
Vitamin C 45.8mg56%
Calcium 209mg21%
Iron 5.1mg28%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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I’m Swasthi shreekanth, the recipe developer, food photographer & food writer behind Swasthis recipes. My aim is to help you cook great Indian food with my time-tested recipes. After 2 decades of experience in practical Indian cooking I started this blog to help people cook better & more often at home. Whether you are a novice or an experienced cook I am sure Swasthi’s Recipes will assist you to enhance your cooking skills.
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  2. Simran says

    September 17, 2017

    5 stars
    Can you please give me a recipe of veg pizza which we would make on tawa

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    • swasthi says

      September 17, 2017

      Hi Simran,
      You can check the recipe of veg pizza made on tawa here. It is made without yeast but if you want to use yeast, then you can make the pizza dough from this veg pizza post but bake it on tawa.

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