Pav Bhaji Recipe - it is a fast-food dish from the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a vegetable-based curry served with a soft bread roll called pav.
Ingredients
Potato - 3 Nos
Carrot - 3 Nos
Green Peas - 1 Cup
Cauliflower - 1 No.
Salt - As Per Required
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp
Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder - 3 Tsp
Water - 2 1/2 Cups
Unsalted Butter - 100 Gms
Oil - 2 Tbsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp
Onion - 3 Nos
Green Chilli - 3 Nos
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 Tsp
Tomato - 3 Nos Chopped
Pav Bhaji Masala - 4 Tsp
Capsicum - 1 No.
Preparation
Take potatoes, carrot, green peas and cauliflower in a pressure cooker.
Put salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder with them and add 2 cups of water.
Pressure cook till 4-5 whistles on medium flame and mash the veggies. Keep it aside.
Take unsalted butter in an iron tawa. Add oil and cumin seeds. Saute.
Add onions and saute on high flame until they are golden brown in colour.
Add green chilies and ginger garlic paste. Saute till the raw smell is gone.
Add tomatoes. Let them soften and add salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and pav bhaji masala powder.
Mix well and add capsicum. Cook for 3 mins.
Add cooked and mashed veggies. Add 1/2 cup water and mix well.
Mash the bhaji again. Add salt or water if required.
Apply butter on a pan and place the pav buns on it.
Roast the pav buns on both sides.
Serve the street style Pav Bhaji piping hot with lemon, chopped onions, chopped coriander and butter.
