Pav Bhaji
You get to see many varieties of chat items in India. One among them is the delicious 'Pav Bhaji', just by saying the name mouth starts to water. The main ingredients of Bhaji are onion, tomato, potato and the masalas and the rest is your choice, you can add vegetables of your choice like cauliflower, green peas, carrots, etc. Let's go into the details.
Ingredients: (serves 4-5)
Boiled Potatoes: 5
Tomato: 3
Onion : 3
Cauliflower: 100g
green peas: 1/4 cup
capsicum: half capsicum
Kasuri Methi : 1 tbsp
Dhaniya powder : 2 tsp
Red chilli powder : 1.5 tsp
Saunf powder : 0.5 tsp
Jeera powder : 0.5 to 0.75 tsp
Green chilli : 3
ginger : 1 inch
garlic : 7-8
Garam masala : 1.5 tsp
Cooking butter : 50g
Groundnut Oil: 4-5 tbsp (you can add less or more)
Sugar : 1 tsp
Turmeric : rich
Fresh coriander
Salt to taste
Method for Bhaji:
1. Heat butter in a pan or kadhai, add the chopped onions and saute for a minute or two.
2. Grind the green chillies, ginger and garlic into a paste and add it into the pan.
3. When onion starts to brown, add little chopped coriander, saute for few seconds and add chopped tomatoes.
3. Add sugar, little salt and turmeric, mix well and close the pan with a lid.Let it cook till tomatoes become soft and mushy. Add some oil as required.
4. Add chopped cauliflower and green peas. Mix well and add some water and let it cook with closed lid till vegetables are cooked.(check and stir in between to avoid burning)
5. Add half the 0.5 tbsp kasuri methi, red chilli powder, coriander powder, Jeera powder and saunf powder. Mix very well and again close with lid for a minute.
6. Add capsicum mix well and close with lid for 1-2 minutes.
7. Add garam masala and mix well. Add boiled potatoes, mix and then mash the gravy well with a masher.
8. Add remaining kasuri methi, salt and fresh coriander. Mix well and close it with lid for a minute. Switch off the flame.
Note: Add oil as required in the above steps.
For the Pav (buns):
9. Cut the buns (Pav) into halves and saute the buns with butter on a pan/tawa. Flip them and remove them from pan as they turn golden brown.
Garnish the bhaji with some finely chopped onions, sev, little chopped fresh coriander, little butter, squeeze few drops of lemon into it and enjoy the delicious Pav bhaji.
Ingredients: (serves 4-5)
Boiled Potatoes: 5
Tomato: 3
Onion : 3
Cauliflower: 100g
green peas: 1/4 cup
capsicum: half capsicum
Kasuri Methi : 1 tbsp
Dhaniya powder : 2 tsp
Red chilli powder : 1.5 tsp
Saunf powder : 0.5 tsp
Jeera powder : 0.5 to 0.75 tsp
Green chilli : 3
ginger : 1 inch
garlic : 7-8
Garam masala : 1.5 tsp
Cooking butter : 50g
Groundnut Oil: 4-5 tbsp (you can add less or more)
Sugar : 1 tsp
Turmeric : rich
Fresh coriander
Salt to taste
Method for Bhaji:
1. Heat butter in a pan or kadhai, add the chopped onions and saute for a minute or two.
2. Grind the green chillies, ginger and garlic into a paste and add it into the pan.
3. When onion starts to brown, add little chopped coriander, saute for few seconds and add chopped tomatoes.
3. Add sugar, little salt and turmeric, mix well and close the pan with a lid.Let it cook till tomatoes become soft and mushy. Add some oil as required.
4. Add chopped cauliflower and green peas. Mix well and add some water and let it cook with closed lid till vegetables are cooked.(check and stir in between to avoid burning)
5. Add half the 0.5 tbsp kasuri methi, red chilli powder, coriander powder, Jeera powder and saunf powder. Mix very well and again close with lid for a minute.
6. Add capsicum mix well and close with lid for 1-2 minutes.
7. Add garam masala and mix well. Add boiled potatoes, mix and then mash the gravy well with a masher.
8. Add remaining kasuri methi, salt and fresh coriander. Mix well and close it with lid for a minute. Switch off the flame.
Note: Add oil as required in the above steps.
For the Pav (buns):
9. Cut the buns (Pav) into halves and saute the buns with butter on a pan/tawa. Flip them and remove them from pan as they turn golden brown.
Garnish the bhaji with some finely chopped onions, sev, little chopped fresh coriander, little butter, squeeze few drops of lemon into it and enjoy the delicious Pav bhaji.
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