Pau bhaji, Mumbai 's roadside meal on the go

Name: Pau bhaji, Mumbai 's roadside meal on the go
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: Makes 4 plates
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For the chilli - garlic paste : 👇 (makes 1/2 cup); 10-15 dry red chillies; 15-20 garlic; 1 t.sp oil; Salt to taste; For the bhaji : 👇; 2 tb sp butter; 1 tb sp oil; 1 t.sp cumin seeds; 1 cup chopped onions; 1/2 cup chopped capsicum; 11/2 cups chopped tomatoes; 1/2 cup boiled green peas; 11/2 cup boiled & mashed potatoes; 2 tb sp pau bhaji masala (Everest Co.); 2 t. sp red chilli pwd; Salt to taste; 2 t.sp Chopped coriander; For pau - bhaji : 👇; 8 ladi pau; 2 t.sp butter; 1 t.sp pau - bhaji masala; 1 t.sp chopped coriander; To serve : 👇; 1 cup chopped onions; 4 lemon wedges; 4 roasted papad; 4 t.sp butter; For garnish; Chopped coriander

Bina Samir Telivala @Bina_Samir

Pau bhaji more than a mere snack , it is a meal on the go as large portions of bhaji are made in advance & reheated. One has to only wait for pau to be toasted & served with oodles of butter , chopped onions & lemon wedges. One just tends to loose himself & the aroma of Pau-bhaji makes him forget himself as he dunks into it .
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Ingredients

30 minutes

Makes 4 plates

For the chilli - garlic paste : 👇 (makes 1/2 cup)
10-15dry red chillies
15-20garlic
1t.sp oil
Salt to taste
For the bhaji : 👇
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp oil
1t.sp cumin seeds
1 cupchopped onions
1/2 cupchopped capsicum
11/2 cupschopped tomatoes
1/2 cupboiled green peas
11/2 cupboiled & mashed potatoes
2 tbsp pau bhaji masala (Everest Co.)
2 t.sp red chilli pwd
Salt to taste
2t.sp Chopped coriander
For pau - bhaji : 👇
8ladi pau
2t.sp butter
1t.sp pau - bhaji masala
1t.sp chopped coriander
To serve : 👇
1 cupchopped onions
4lemon wedges
4roasted papad
4t.sp butter
For garnish
Chopped coriander

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Steps

30 minutes

1

For the chilli - garlic paste : Soak red chillies in warm water for 1 hour. Discard water & grind soaked chillies, garlic, oil & salt to fine paste. Remove in a bowl. Keep aside.
2

Bhaji : Heat oil & butter in a pan & saute cumin seeds. Add chilli -garlic paste.Than add onions, saute till pink. Add capsicum & saute well.Lastly add tomatoes & cook them till soft.
3

Add pau bhaji masala, red chilli pwd & coriander. Add salt.Mix well. Add 1/4 cup water & mix. Add green peas & potatoes & cook for 5 minutes so everything will merge very well. Mash a little.
Garnish with coriander.
4

Pau : Slit 2 pau horizontally.Take butter on the tawa. Add1/4 t.sp pau bhaji masala & coriander. Slit open the pau & place on hot tawa. Cook both the sides till butter, pau bhaji masala & coriander stick on the pau. The pau should be soft. Remove.
5

Assembling Pau-bhaji plate : Put 2 pau, bhaji, onions,lemon wedges & papad in a plate. Garnish with coriander. Serve immediately. Make 3 other plates the same way.