Pav bhaji

pav bhaji

In Mumbai the most popular snack - a mixture of various vegetables are boiled, mashed and cooked with a spicy masala and served with butter fried bread(pav).

Ingredients

Potato, boiled and mashed                    4 medium

Tomato, chopped                                  4 medium

Onion chopped                                     2 medium

Green capsicum chopped                      ½ cup

Cauliflower grated                                  250 gm

Green peas shelled                                ½ cup

Ginger chopped                                     1 inch piece

Garlic                                                   8-10 cloves

Oil                                                        2 tbsp

Green chillies, chopped                          3-4

Turmeric powder                                    1 tsp

Cumin powder                                       1 tsp

Red chilli powder                                   1 tsp

Coriander powder                                  1 tsp

Pav bhaji masala                                   1 ½ tbsp

Salt                                                      to taste

Butter                                                   3 tbsp

Pav                                                      4-5

Fresh coriander leaves, chopped            ¼ cup

Lemon, cut into wedges                         2 medium

Method

Boil green peas in salted water till soft then drain and mash lightly and set aside.

Grind ginger and garlic to a fine paste.

Heat oil in a pan and add three fourth quantities of onions, sauté till light brown.

Add green chillies and ginger-garlic paste, stir-fry for half a minute.

Add half the quantity of tomatoes and cook on medium heat for 3 - 4 minutes, stirring continuously or till oil separates from the masala.

add tomato

Now add capsicum, mashed peas, cauliflower, potatoes and one and mix thoroughly.

Now add turmeric powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt then put some butter and cook, pressing with back of the spoon a few times, till all the vegetables are completely mashed.

add dry masala

mash all vegetable well

Add Pavbhaji Masala, butter and remaining tomatoes. Cook on medium heat for two minutes, stirring continuously.

at last add some butter and cook bhaji

Bhaji is ready.

bhaji

Now heat half of the butter in a thick-bottomed pan or a tawa.

Slice pav horizontally into two and pan fry in butter for 1 minute, pressing few times or till pav is crisp and light brown.

fry pav in butter

Garnish the bhaji with chopped coriander leaves, remaining butter and serve hot with pav accompanied with remaining chopped onion and lemon wedges.