Mumbai x Japan
Pav bhaji okonomiyaki
Mumbai chowpatty and an Osaka griddle walk into a pan. Everybody wins.
45 minTime
15 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original501kcalsame
15 gproteinsame
8 gfibresame
45minutessame
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
6 steps- 1Cook the peas, capsicum and half the onion in 1 tbsp butter on medium heat 5 minutes. Add the mashed potato and pav bhaji masala and mash together.
- 2Whisk the maida, eggs, water and salt into a smooth batter. Fold in the cabbage, the bhaji mash and the rest of the onion.
- 3Melt 1 tbsp butter in a nonstick pan on medium heat. Spoon in a quarter of the mix and shape a 2 cm thick round. Cover and cook 5 minutes.
- 4Flip with a wide spatula, press lightly and cook 4 to 5 minutes more on medium heat until set through. Repeat with the rest.
- 5Stir the ketchup with the soy sauce and a squeeze of lemon. Brush over each pancake, then pipe thin lines of mayo across.
- 6Scatter coriander, spring onion and nori, and serve with lemon wedges.
Serve it like this
Slide each pancake onto a flat plate, sauce side up with mayo stripes running diagonally. Pile coriander and nori in the centre and set a lemon wedge and a butter pav alongside.
