Pav Bhaji has a humongous fanbase all around India. It has emerged to be a classic and favourite street food and people of all age groups love relishing this delicious dish. The invention story of pav bhaji is quite interesting and dates long back to the 1850s. To know more about this dish’s history and how it became such a popular food among Indians, read on.
Pav Bhaji & Foodies: Ek Prem Katha!
TasteAtlas, an online travel guide for traditional food, recently shared some fascinating details about this Maharashtra dish. In an Instagram post, the guide shared Mumbai’s pav bhaji has received a rating of 4.2.
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The perfect spicy vegetable curry, toasted pav, some onions, and a few drops of lemon juice are indeed one of the best street snack combinations. The bhaji has the perfect blend of savoury flavours and it pairs perfectly with soft pav. It is a very filling dish and keeps us full for a long time. In Maharashtra, you will find street food stalls, eateries, and restaurants serving this scrumptious dish.
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Interestingly, pav bhaji is going to become a 200-year-old dish after the next 2 decades. Feeling old, already? This delicacy came into existence long back in the 1850s and it has continued to rule everyone’s hearts since the very beginning.
From Textile Mill Workers’ Lunch To Famous Street Food!
The dish came into existence due to the demand of the textile mill workers of Mumbai back then. These workers did not have enough time during their lunch breaks to sit and eat an entire meal, according to a report by Pav Bhaji Hut. In fact, they wanted to eat light food only as they had to work very hard physically and a heavy meal could not help them with the activities. Also, they wanted to eat something healthy, pocket-friendly, and easy to cook. Listening to all these, a street vendor in Mumbai then cooked a recipe with leftover vegetables. Also, he served pav instead of rice. Soon, textile mill workers began enjoying it during the lunch breaks.
Slowly, its popularity saw a surge and everyone started enjoying pav bhaji. This is when restaurants in Mumbai also began serving the classic dish to customers. From being the meal of textile mill workers, today it is such a renowned food found in the entire India and many foreign countries as well.
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Do you enjoy relishing pav bhaji?
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