Pav Bhaji

Most of the time we see left over vegetables in our fridge and we dont know what to do some times with those vegetables.Most of the time we do mixed vegetable curry and to make it different or to have some snacks its easy to have pav bhaji. Pav bhaji is a fast food item for maharastrians and is mostly popular in all metropolitan cities in India.Pav in Marathi means bread.Bhaji is a term for curry and vegetable dish.Pav bhaji consists of the bhaji(a potato based curry)and the pav,garnished with coriander and chopped onions.

We can also prepare pav in our house only,but I never prepared pav in my house.I want to try it and surely I will post the receipe in my blog after trying.

Ingredients

• 8 pavs(we can buy pav from super markets)
• butter to fry it to light brown.

For Bhaji

• 1 capsicum
• 3 onions
• tomatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1/2 cup cauliflower
• 3-5 potatoes
• 1/2 cup beans
• 1/2 cup cabbage
• 2 tsp butter
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 2 tsp pav bhaji masala
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• water
• small pieces of lemon
• coriander leaves

Directions to Cook

• Boil potatoes seperately till done.
• Peel the skin and mash the potatoes and keep it aside.
• Finely chop all the vegetables.
• Pressure cook the vegetables except onions,tomatoes and capsicum till well done.
• Mash them coarsely after draining.
• Heat butter in a kadai.
• Add ginger garlic paste,capsicum,onion,tomatoes and fry for 2-3 mins till very soft.
• Add pavbhaji masala,coriander powder,chilli powder,salt,sugar,turmeric powder and leave it for 2mins.
• Add mashed potatoes and other vegetables.
• Add water if needed and let it boil.
• Simmer till gravy is thick,stirring in between.
• Add lemon juice and mix it well.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

For pavs

• Slit pavs into two halves leaving one edge attached(it looks like an open book)
• Apply butter and roast open on a pan till hot and soft with surface crisp on both sides.
• Serve hot with bhaji,piece of lemon and chopped onions.