Bombay style Pav Bhaji with Vraj
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Pav Bhaji |
Ingredients
1 cup cubed potatoes - 3 medium or 2 large½ to ¾ cup green peas or matar
½ to 1 cup cauliflower or gobi
½ cup capsicum chopped
1 to 2 tbsp butter or oil (2 tbsp. suggested)
2 medium onions (¾ cup finely chopped )
1 green chili (optional)
½ to ¾ tsp red chili powder
¼ tsp turmeric or haldi
1 tbsp. paav bhaji masala powder (use more if your potatoes are large)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 large tomato or 2 medium chopped
½ tsp kasuri methi (optional)
Additional butter for pav
4 to 6 Pav (buns)
for garnish (optional)
Lemon wedges as needed
Chopped onions as needed
Coriander leaves
1 tbsp butter
Instructions
Prepration of bhaji
Boil or pressure cook cauliflower, potatoes and peas until cooked fully. Mash up well when the pressure comes down. You can also cook these in a pot.Add butter or oil to a pan and heat up. Add onions and fry till they turn translucent, add ginger garlic paste and chili. Fry till it gets fragrant. Fry capsicums for 3 to 4 minutes.
Add tomatoes, salt. Fry till tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
Add chili powder and pav bhaji masala powder. Mix and fry for another 2 minutes or until the raw smell of the mixture goes away.
Add boiled & mashed veggies.
Pour water just enough to bring to a consistency.
Cook for 3 to 5 mins until the bhaji thickens. Add kasuri methi if using and cook until it reaches a desired consistency.
Making pav bhaji
Slit the pav buns horizontally leaving one edge intact.
Heat butter on a pan. Open the buns and sprinkle some masala on butter. Place the pav & toast it for a min or two.
Garnish pav bhaji with onions, butter and serve it hot or warm with love.
