It's a Pav Bhaji Day .....
I have made Pav Bhaji lots of times and my family is always ready for Pav Bhaji anytime. It is famous as street food in India. Specially eating Pav Bhaji on Mumbai chaupati is fun. Kids just love Pav Bhaji.
Whenever I go for shopping in market and hungry, I just want Pav Bhaji. It is very comfort food and filling , also I can find easily in any hotel. It is topped with the raw onions and fresh coriander leaves, squeeze a lemon on Bhaji, and forget yourself!
Pav means bun and Bhaji means mashed vegetable from potato, carrot, green pepper, cauliflower with pav Bhaji masala. I use Everest Pav Bhaji masala, it turned out like hotels pav Bhaji. I cant imagine Pav Bhaji without butter. Butter is most important ingredient for Pav Bhaji. I know some diet people wont go for it, but for me Diet is on holiday for Pav Bhaji. Hot Pav Bhaji with hot buns roasted on butter, it just yummmmm...!!!
1 large carrot, cubed
2 potatoes, cubed
1 capsicum, chopped
1 cup cauliflower florets, chop
1/4 cup green peas
2 onions, finely chopped
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
1 tbsp red chili powder
3 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsps. oil
1 tbsp butter
fresh coriander leaves for garnish
12 lightly toasted in butter, pav bread
For Serving
1 onion , finely chopped
4-5 lemon slices
1.Pressure cook potatoes, carrot, cauliflower along with 1 cup of water. Once all vegetables cooked, drain the water and keep the leftover water in bowl.
2.Mash all the vegetables with masher.
3.Heat oil in big kadhai or pan, add chopped onion and sauté them till they become translucent.
4.Add ginger-garlic paste. Saute them few minutes till their rawness goes away. Put chopped tomatoes into this mixture and let it cook for few minutes.
5.Add green peas and capsicum, mix well with onion and let them cook for few minutes till capsicum is soft.
6.Add chili powder, turmeric powder, pav Bhaji masala and salt as needed. If you want more spicy, you can add more chili powder. Mix masala very well.
7.Add mashed vegetables and put drained water into it. Mix it well with onion-tomato masala. Let it cook for 7-8 minutes. Once the gravy will become little thick ,turn off heat. Then, add lemon juice and butter. Garnish with coriander leaves.
8.Serve hot with butter roasted pav, chopped onion and dash of lemon.