Mumbai style Pav Bhaji

Recipe for Pav Bhaji

Preparation time : 35 minutes

Ingredients:

• Large potatoes 2
• Carrot medium size 2 
• Fresh or frozen green peas 50 gm
• Half of medium size cauliflower
• Chopped medium size onions 2
• Chopped green chillies 2
• Grated ginger 1 inch
• Grated garlic 2 tbsp
• Chopped medium size tomato 2 
• Chopped medium size green capsicum 1
• Chopped coriander leaves 1 tbsp
• Kashmiri red chilli powder 2 tsp
• Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp
• Lemon slices for garnish
• Onion slices for garnish
• Pav bhaji masala powder 1 tbsp (use any brand)
• Butter 4 tbsp
• Cooking oil 2 -3 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Pav (bread) 4 to 6

How to make Bhaji :

• Boil in pressure cooker potato, cauliflower, carrot, green fresh peas( if you use frozen peas then no need to boil, you can add directly)for 2 whistle on medium flame.
• Mash all the vegetables and keep in a bowl.
• Heat up a pan ,add 2 tbsp cooking oil and 1 tbsp butter.
• Add grated garlic,ginger and chopped green chilli. Fry till it fragrant  on medium flame.
• Then add chopped onion and fry till they turn translucent.
• Add chopped capsicum,green peas(if frozen) and fry it for 2 minutes on medium flame.
• Add chopped tomato,salt and fry till it turns soft and mushy.
• Add pav bhaji masala powder and kashmiri red chilli powder ,mix and fry for another 2 minutes.
• Add the boiled mashed vegetables and 1/2 glass of veggies stock or plain water,stir it . 
• Mash the vegetables with potato masher in a pan and cheak the consistency and add vegitable stock or plain water if needed.
• Add little salt,cover the pan and cook it  for 3 to 5 minutes on low flame until the bhaji thickens.
• Turn off the flame when Bhaji reaches a desired consistency.

How to make 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 and toast it for 2 minutes.
• Garnish Bhaji  with chopped onion and freshly chopped coriander leaves and 1 tbsp of butter.
• Serve Hot Bhaji with Masala Pav and slice onion &lemon.