> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://onesandwich.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Cheese Pav Bhaji - URL: https://onesandwich.com/cheese-pav-bhaji/ - Published: 2026-05-17T05:29:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-26T11:11:10.000Z - Description: Pav bhaji topped with grated cheese that melts into the hot bhaji. - Author: Andrew Lekashman - Tags: India, Split Roll Sandwiches, Pav Bhaji, #auto-imported **馃嚠馃嚦 India** 路 Family: [Pav Bhaji](https://onesandwich.com/tag/pav-bhaji/) 路 Region: Mumbai 路 Heat: Griddled 路 Bread: pav --- Ingredients pav 路 potato 路 onion 路 tomato 路 cheese 路 butter Cheese *pav bhaji* is the Mumbai street classic with one addition: grated cheese over the *pav bhaji* that melts into the hot *bhaji*. It belongs to the *pav*\-and-mash family of Mumbai street food, where soft rolls are the vehicle for a spiced vegetable mash. The angle is enrichment, a sharp dairy layer folded into an already buttery, tangy mash, with the *pav* doing the same scooping job it always does. The build starts from a finished *bhaji*. A mash of boiled potato, tomato, onion, peas, and capsicum is cooked down on a flat griddle with *pav bhaji* masala, chilli, and a generous amount of butter until it is thick, dark, and glossy. While it is still bubbling hot off the *tawa*, a heap of grated cheese is showered over the top so it melts down into the surface rather than sitting as a cold cap. The *pav*, soft square rolls, are split and toasted cut-side down in butter on the same griddle until the faces are golden. The plate is the cheese-topped *bhaji*, the buttered *pav*, and the usual raw chopped onion and a lemon wedge on the side. Good execution has the cheese melting into the heat of the *bhaji* so it threads through each scoop, *pav* that is crisp and buttery on the cut face but still soft inside, and a *bhaji* thick enough to hold on the bread. Sloppy execution is cheese piled on a *bhaji* that has gone lukewarm so it stays in cold dry shreds, *pav* toasted dry without butter, or a thin watery *bhaji* that soaks the roll and drips. It is eaten hot and at once, the *pav* torn and used to scoop the cheesy *bhaji*, while the cheese is still molten and the rolls still crisp. The dish does not hold; cooling sets the cheese and softens the toasted faces. Variations turn on richness and load. Extra butter and a heavier cheese blanket push it toward the indulgent stall version; a *masala pav* treatment tosses the rolls in the *bhaji* itself; adding extra vegetables or a fried egg shifts it further. Plain *pav bhaji* and the related *masala pav* are the parent dishes and each deserves its own article rather than being crowded in here. What stays fixed is the move: grated cheese melted into hot *bhaji*, scooped with buttered *pav*. --- ## More from this family Other [Pav Bhaji](https://onesandwich.com/tag/pav-bhaji/) sandwiches in India: - [Jain Pav Bhaji](https://onesandwich.com/jain-pav-bhaji/) - [Kolhapuri Pav Bhaji](https://onesandwich.com/kolhapuri-pav-bhaji/) - [Mushroom Pav Bhaji](https://onesandwich.com/mushroom-pav-bhaji/) - [Paneer Pav Bhaji](https://onesandwich.com/paneer-pav-bhaji/) - [Pav Bhaji Classic](https://onesandwich.com/pav-bhaji-classic/) - [Pav Bhaji Masala Pav](https://onesandwich.com/pav-bhaji-masala-pav/) - [Pav Bhaji with Extra Butter](https://onesandwich.com/pav-bhaji-with-extra-butter/) - [Pav Bhaji](https://onesandwich.com/pav-bhaji/)