
Mumbai Bhurji Pav
Spicy egg or paneer scramble served with buttered pav buns — Mumbai street breakfast that wakes you up. Onion, tomato, ginger-garlic, green chilli all sizzling together.
Per serving
Ingredients
- 4Eggs (or 200 g crumbled paneer for veg)
- 4Pav buns, halved
- 3 tbspButter (for pav)
- 1 largeOnion, finely chopped
- 1 largeTomato, finely chopped
- 2Green chillies, finely chopped
- 1 tbspGinger garlic paste
- 1/2 tspTurmeric powder
- 1 tspRed chilli powder
- 1 tspPav bhaji masala
- 2 tbspCoriander leaves, chopped
- 1 tspSalt
- 2 tbspOil
- 2Lemon wedges (to serve)
Method
- 1
Heat oil in a pan on medium. Add chopped onion and green chillies, sauté until soft, 2 minutes.
- 2
Add ginger garlic paste, stir 30 seconds, then add chopped tomato. Cook until tomato is mushy, 3 minutes.
- 3
Add turmeric, red chilli powder, pav bhaji masala and salt. Stir for 30 seconds.
- 4
Beat the eggs in a bowl (or crumble the paneer). Pour into the pan.
- 5
Stir continuously on medium-low, breaking up the eggs as they set, until cooked through but still moist, 2 minutes.
- 6
In a separate pan toast the pav halves in butter, cut-side down, until golden.
- 7
Garnish bhurji with coriander leaves. Serve hot with buttered pav and lemon wedges.