Pav Bhaji - Recipe by Archanas Kitchen

Wednesday, 12 December 2007 17:03

Spiced up potatoes and vegetables, simmered in butter and some spices, served with pav buns has been a favorite road side food for many many decades. Go to any street fast food, pav bhaji is sure to stand out as a main item in the chaat menu. The chaal meal has to be finished with a pav bhaji for an untimate satisfaction to the tummy.

Serves: 4 persons Cooking time: 20 minutes Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients 12 pav buns (ham burger buns could be substituted) 1 cup peeled and cut potatoes cup diced carrots cup cut beans cup chopped cabbage 1 cup cut cauliflower florets cup finely chopped capsicum/green bell peppers

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cup finely chopped onion 1 cup finely chopped red ripe tomatoes 1 teaspoon minced garlic/garlic paste 2 tablespoons pav bhaji masala (I have used Badshah Pav Bhaji Masala) 1 tablespoon chaat masala 1 teaspoon garam masala cup cooked green peas 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons butter and more to spread on pav buns 2 tablespoons chopped coriander 1 teaspoon Vegetable/Sunflower oil Salt to taste

Method

Cook the potatoes, beans, carrots, cauliflower, and cabbage until very soft and mushy. The vegetables can all be cooked together either in a pot or a pressure cooker. Once cooked, mash the vegetables well until nice and mushy.

Cook the peas and keep it aside as whole peas for garnishing towards the end.

Heat oil in a frying pan; add onions, garlic and saut until tender.

Add capsicum and saut until tender; add tomatoes and saut until soft

Add pav bhaji masala, chaat masala and garam masala and saut for a few minutes

Add the mashed vegetables, salt, butter and lemon juice and saut well for 5 minutes. Be cautious will adding salt as all the masalas contain some amount of salt.

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Garnish with peas and coriander

Toast the pav buns on the griddle with butter

Serve the bhaji with hot pav buns

Alternative Tasty Tip

This bhaji can be used as a spread on a wheat bread and make a healthy and delicious school snack for children or packed work lunch

Stuff the bhaji in crisp puris (the ones used for pani puris); sprinkle some sev and onions and serve as a starter/appetizer

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