Pav Bhaji is a dish relished for breakfast, snack or dinner. A mixed vegetable side dish served with Indian bread called “Pav” is a very popular street food in Maharashtra, India.
Cuisine: Maharashtra
Time Required: 30 Minutes
Ingredients:
250gms Potatoes
1 Big Capsicum
1 Big Onion
6 – 8 Garlic Pods
1 Cup Tomato Puree
1 Cup Beans and Carrots pieces
2tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala
1tbsp Red Chili Paste or 1tsp Red Chili Powder
2tbsp Butter
Salt to taste
To Serve:
8 Pav
Butter for toasting and topping the Bhaji
Chopped Coriander Leaves
Chopped Onions
Lemon slices
Method:
Boil Potatoes, Beans and Carrot separately and keep aside. Peel Potatoes and mash it along with Beans and Carrot and keep it aside. Chop Capsicum, Onion and Garlic finely and keep each vegetable separately.
Heat Butter in a pan and add Garlic and sauté for few seconds and then add Onion. Stir-fry until the Onion turn a light pink.
Now add Capsicum and sauté for a minute.
To this add Tomato Puree and stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add Pav Bhaji Masala, Red Chili Paste or Red Chili Powder, mashed Potato-Beans-Carrot and Salt and mix well.
If the mixture is very thick add more water.
Keep mashing the vegetables as you cook on low flame.
Add boiled peas and mix.
Remove to a serving dish.
To Serve:
Cut Pav into halves and apply butter on the sides and toast them.
Serve them with a Cup of hot Bhaji garnished with Coriander leaves.
Serve raw Onions and Lemon wedge along with it.
