Popular street food, spicy and flavorful, mashed vegetables best served with a dollop of butter. Yummy!!!!
Ingredients
1 large onion finely chopped
3 large tomatoes finely chopped
1 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 potatoes boiled
2 capsicum chopped
1/4 cups peas
( Can add cauliflower and carrots as well)
11/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp tumeric powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1 1/2 – 2 tbsp Pav Bhaji masala powder
2 tsp kasuri methi
Lime juice as per you taste
Coriander leave for garnish
Chopped onions for garnish
3 tbsp butter
Salt as per your tasteWater as per consistency
Red edible colour optional
For toasting
Pav
1 tbsp butter
Instructions
In a pan heat 1 tbsp butter, add the veggies ( potatoes, capsicum and peas, stir it in for 2 mins. Add water, salt to taste, about 1/2 cup , cover and cook completely. Once done ,mash the vegetables and keep it aside.
Heat 2 thsp of butter add the chopped onions and saute,. Add ginger, garlic paste and tomatoes, saute it until the tomatoes are soft and mushy. Now add the powdered masala and kasuri methi.
Once the masala is fried well, add the mashed vegetables.
Give it a good stir and let it cook for about mins.
Add coriander leaves and lime juice.
Add food coloring if you prefer.
Add water as per the consistency you need and let it cook for about 5 to 10 mins. Check for seasoning if needed. Last add coriander leaves as garnish.
Cut the pav into half, in a pan add butter and 1 tsp of pav bhaji mix . Place the bread and fry untill its crisp.
Serve the pav bhaji with a spoon of butter, coriander leaves and chopped onions.
