Pav Bhaji Masala Recipe

Homemade pav bhaji masala powder | Make Mumbai style pav bhaji with this wonderful spice mix
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Recipe / food styling / photography by - Sunayana Gupta





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Pav Bhaji Masala is an essential requisite to make delicious Pao Bhaji. Here we share with you a very simple recipe to make Pav Bhaji Masala at home.

This Homemade Pav Bhaji Masala lends a very spicy flavor, color and enticing aroma that is sure to enlighten your sences making your Pao Bhaji finger licking as never before.

Who doesn’t loves to have a hot plate of Pao bhaji? We have already shared you the recipe to make Mumbai style Pao Bhaji at home. But one thing we all must admit that you can never get that authentic tongue tickling taste and aroma if using masala from the market. So make a batch of Pav Bhaji Masala at home and then see how wonderful and drooling your Bhaji turns out!

Besides adding this masala to your Pav Bhaji, you can also add it to variety of dishes to bring out a new flavor like -

Aloo Gobi Adraki

Jeera Aloo

Tawa Paneer

Masala Bhat

Soya Chunks Pulao

Instant Vegetable Pulao

But before you begin to make this Pao Bhaji Masala, here are few points to consider inorder to make the most flavorful and aromatic masala -

*Use fresh variety of whole spices and not the ones lying in your pantry for months, since they lack aroma, flavors and using them won’t give you good results.

*Always ‘Roast’ whole spices before making into powder. This enhances the aroma and flavors.

*But before ‘Roasting’ check that there should not be any moisture in your whole spices. You can roast them under sun for 1-2 days or simply put in oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes or till the moisture is completely gone.

Also do remember that -

*Don’t make this masala in too much quantity since with time the flavors and aromas are gone doesn’t matter how properly you store.

*To retain the aroma and flavors for maximum time, after grinding store this masala in an air tight container and not an ordinary one.



This Homemade Pav Bhaji Masala is strong in flavors and you just need to add 3 teaspoon for 5 servings of bhaji. But however, if prefer spicy flavors then add some more.

We have got more recipes to make some wonderful and easy Spices at home to make your cooking even better. Do try -

Thandai Masala Powder

Sambhar Powder

Homemade Ghee

Flaxseed Chutney Powder

Chai Masala Powder

Andhra Paruppu Podi for Idli & Ghee Rice



Pav Bhaji Masala

Pav Bhaji Masala is an essential requisite to make delicious Pao Bhaji. Here we share with you a very simple recipe to make Pav Bhaji Masala at home.

Preparation Time :
Cooking Time : 25 minutes

Category : Spices
Cuisine :
Servings : 0 servings

Author : Sunayana Gupta

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Recipe Ingredients

  • Oil - 1 tablespoon (Optional)

Whole Spices -

  • Coriander seeds (Khadi dhaniya) - 1/4 cup
  • Cumin seeds (Zeera) - 2 tablespoon
  • Dry red chilli (Sookhi lal mirch) - 10 broken
  • Nutmeg (Jaiphal) - 1 small or half if big
  • Fennel seeds (Sauf) - 1.5 tablespoon
  • Cloves (Laung) - 4
  • Black pepper (Kali mirch) - 1 teaspoon
  • Black cardamom (Badi elaichi) - 2
  • Bay leaf (Tej patta) - 2
  • Cinnamon (Dalchini) - 1 inch stick
  • Mace (Javitri) - Half piece 

Powdered Spices -

  • Dry mango powder (Amchur) - 2 teaspoon
  • Turmeric powder (Haldi powder) - 2 teaspoon
  • Black salt (Kala namak) - 1 teaspoon (Optional)

How to make Pav Bhaji Masala

To begin with making Pav Bhaji Masala at home take all the whole spices in a plate and remove the stones if any.

  1. Now heat oil in a wok. Though you can also roast spices without it, but I prefer roasting in ‘Oil’. You might omit adding oil if prefer.
  2. Add in all the whole spices and roast on low to medium heat while stirring after every minute to avoid burning. This also ensures that spices are roasted uniformally.
  3. When the spices gain a darker color, remove wok from heat and carefully transfer these roasted spices on a plate since the wok is still hot enough to burn them.
  4. Let spices cool at room temperature for 1-2 hours.
  5. Now transfer these spices in your mixer jar and add in the powdered spices too. Grind into fine powder or slight coarse to preferance.
  6. Pav Bhaji Masala is now ready to use when required. Immediately trasfer this in an air tight container to lock the aroma.





  • Name
  • Pav Bhaji Masala Recipe
  • Sub name
  • Homemade pav bhaji masala powder | Make Mumbai style pav bhaji with this wonderful spice mix
  • Category
  • Spices
  • Cuisine
  • Indian
  • Key ingredients
  • Whole and powdered spices
  • Cooking technique
  • Roasting
  • Technicality
  • Medium
  • Taste
  • Spicy & robust
  • Cooking time
  • 25 minutes
  • Servings
  • 0
  • Equipment used
  • Wok, mixer grinder
  • Steps
  • 0
  • Created date
  • 2019-01-04 05:57:07