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Description
Pav bhaji is a fast food or a famous Street Food from Maharashtra, India, consisting of a thick vegetable curry - bhaji fried in butter and served with a soft bread roll or pav with dollops of butter and raw onion salad.
Cooking Time
Preparation Time : 15
Cook Time : 15
Total Time : 30
Ingredients
Serves 4
Pav (buns) 4-6 nos
chopped cabbage 1 cups
Medium potatoes 4 nos
Capsicum chopped 1/2 cups
chopped carrots 1/2 cups
Chopped cauliflower 1/2 cups
Geen peas par boiled (adjust to suit your taste)3/4cups 3/4 cups
Butter or oil 1 tbsp
Medium onions finely chopped 2 nos
green chilli 1 nos
red chili powder 1/2 tsp
turmeric 1/4 tsp
paav bhaji masala powder 1 1/2 tbsp
ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
medium tomatoes 3 nos
salt or to taste 1 tsp
Additional butter for pav 1 tbsp
For garnish: Lemon wedges 1 nos
chopped onions 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves chopped 1 tbsp
butter 1 tbsp
Directions
Make a paste of tomatoes in a blender.
Boil cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes and carrots by adding half glass of water and little salt for two three whistles in a pressure cooker or until cooked.
Boil peas separately in another pan by adding a pinch of salt and sugar each to retain the green color.
Add butter or oil to a pan and heat.
Add onions and fry till they turn translucent, add ginger garlic paste and fry till it gets fragrant.
Add capsicums and saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
Add tomato paste and fry till u get a nice red colour .
Add chilli powder, turmeric powder salt and pav bhaji masala powder. mix thoroughly for another 2 minutes.
Add boiled veggies, and mash well with the masher.
Pour water just enough and cook until it reaches a desired consistency.
Slit the pav buns horizontally.Heat butter on a pan.
cook the buns one by one in butter till u get nice golden colour.
If you like to make it more spicy, sprinkle some paav bhaji masala powder on the inner side.
Garnish pav bhaji with onions, coriander leaves, butter and a dash of lime juice
Serve hot ,Enjoy!