Pav bhaji is a fast food dish native to Maharashtra and is popular in most metros in India. In Marathi  pav means bread and bhaji means a curry and vegetable mix. The serving of pav bhaji consists of the bhaji (a potato based curry) and the pav (bread) garnished with coriander and chopped onions. Pav is a meat-less dish, which is high in carbohydrates and fats (if served with butter) and bhaji is high in carbohydrates and proteins.

Due to low cost and high nutritional value, it can be consumed as a part (of sole meal of) breakfast, lunch or dinner meal, particularly for individuals in western India.

Sanjay Dutta played the role of a pav bhaji vendor in the Hindi movie Vaastav.