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Pav Bhaji is a famous street food of India consisting of pav or dinner rolls either homemade or store bought together with bhaji made from curried mashed vegetables like potato, carrot, cauliflower, green peas and bell pepper.You can prepare Pav Bhaji using stove top or pressure cooker method for quick satisfying meal. This is a 2 step process, first vegetables are boiled until soft then mashed with potato masher or hand held blender. The texture is up to you either smooth paste of little chunky.In another pan, masala with onion and tomato is prepared , mashed vegetables are added to this masala. The spice blend is different from one household to another. The special ingredient was pav bhaji masala, am using ready pav bhaji masala that is available from Indian grocery store.Most people love the bright red color this masala brings without artificial coloring by adding kashmiri chili or red chili powder. Adjust red chili powder according to your preference. For natural deep red color, add a small piece of beetroot along with other vegetables.You can also use broccoli, french bean, brinjal, sweet corn, beetroot or raw banana.
PAV BHAJIServes 3-62 cups potato, sweet potato cubed1 cup cauliflower3/4 cup green peas1 carrot cubed1 tablespoon oil2 tablespoon butter1 small capsicum cubed1 big onion chopped1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste2 tomato chopped1 tablespoon chili powder1/4 tsp turmeric powder2 tablespoon pav bhaji masala1 -2 teaspoon lemon juicesalt to taste 1/4 cup coriander leaves chopped4 - 6 bunsFOR SERVINGButter as neededLemon wedgesChopped OnionDIRECTIONSIn a deep pot, boil item 1 -4 and salt in water until they turn soft. Water level should be above the vegetables. Mash with potato masher.Heat the oil and butter, add in onion and ginger garlic paste. Fry until onion is translucent. Mix in tomato and salt, cook until it turns soft. Add in chili powder, turmeric, capsicum and pav bhaji masala, cook until oil floats on top.Mix in mashed veggies together with the water. Check salt and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add lemon juice 1 -2 teaspoons, stir well and sprinkle with coriander leaves. Heat the butter, sprinkle with pav bhaji masala, fry the slit buns on both sides. Serve with chopped onion, lemon wedges.
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