Pav bhaji

What's cooking for evening? I just started sorting out. By the time kids ask me, mom what are you planning? It's street food relished by us, homemade bhajji tastes yum. 

Bhaji

Ingedients:

1 tsp jeera

2 tomatoes roughly chopped 

2 medium onions chopped 

1 bell pepper finely chopped 

1 cup green peas

1 beetroot 

3 small potatoes (boil and cubed) 

2 medium carrot 

A few florets of cauliflower

3 tablespoons of  pav bhaji masala

salt to taste 

11/2 teaspoon red  chilli powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2  tsp dried methi leaves 

1/2 tsp ginger/ garlic paste 

1 tbsp lime juice extracted

3 finely chopped green chillies 

4 tbsp ghee

Fresh coriander chopped 

3 tbsp amul butter 

  

Method:

*In a pressure cooker add  ghee/oil and add jeera allow it to splutter. 

*Now add  Pav Bhaji masala, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, green chillies and sauté  add the chopped vegetables like carrot, beetroot, cauliflower, peas, boiled potatoes and mix with well with the masala 

*It's time to add water 1 1/2 cups of it. A little salt and pressure cook for two to three whistles on medium flame. 

* Off the stove, keep the cooker aside let it cool down. 

*In a preheated kadai add ghee/oil butter to this gently mix in finely chopped capsicum and sauté then add  onions and sauté again till translucent. 

*Let's add the remaining pav bhaji masala,  Kasuri methi. 

* By this time the pressure cooked vegetables can be opened and mashed. .

*Add the mashed vegetables and mix in the prepared masala. 

 *Please remember to keep hot water, as you mash in the vegetables the pav bhaji masala becomes thick, add a little hot water and get the desired consistency. Adjust salt and cook for a few more minutes, off stove. We will now add chopped fresh coriander and lemon extract and mix them together. 

A few green non spicy  chillies tossed in little oil, salt, heeng and lemon juice can be prepared to be served with pav bhaji. 

In a non stick tawa spread a little butter, place a half cut pav, cook it till it becomes golden brownish. 

Serve with prepared bhaji, green chillies a little chopped onions on top of the bhaji, little butter on top, a slice of lemon.

PS :You can try adding fresh ground masala if you want that fresh aroma. 

Inspired by Ranu Kochaar in our group, Chef at large