Pav bhaji

Name: Pav bhaji
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 medium size potatoes, peeled and chopped; 1 cup chopped cauliflower; 1 cup chopped carrot; 1/2 cup french beans(optional); 1 cup green peas; 1 cup chopped cabbage; 3 onions finely chopped; 2 teaspoon ginger garlic and chilli paste; 1/2 cup chopped capsicum; 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes; 3 cup water; 5-6 tablespoons butter; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon turmeric powder; 1 teaspoon red chilli powder; 3 teaspoon Pav Bhaji Masala; to taste Salt; 3-4 Lemon slices; 8 Pav / 16 Bread; 6 teaspoon butter; 2 tsp Coriander leaves- finely chopped

Anu Sarda @cook_251979

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Homemade Pav Bhaji is full of protein and nutrition as the vegetables used are cauliflower, cabbage, peas carrot, capsicum, french beans and dhoodi(lauki). I have used dhoodi instead of potatoes to make it more healthier. It can be made more healthier by using wheat bread instead of pav.

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Ingredients

45 min

4 people

For Bhaji
3medium size potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 cupchopped cauliflower
1 cupchopped carrot
1/2 cupfrench beans(optional)
1 cupgreen peas
1 cupchopped cabbage
3onions finely chopped
2 teaspoonginger garlic and chilli paste
1/2 cupchopped capsicum
1/2 cupchopped tomatoes
3 cupwater
5-6 tablespoonsbutter
1 teaspooncumin seeds
1 teaspoonturmeric powder
1 teaspoonred chilli powder
3 teaspoonPav Bhaji Masala
to tasteSalt
3-4 Lemon slices
For Pav /Bread
8Pav / 16 Bread
6 teaspoonbutter
2 tspCoriander leaves- finely chopped

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Steps

45 min

1

COOKING VEGETABLES FOR BHAJI.
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Assemble all the chopped cauliflower, carrot, potatoes, peas and french beans
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Put it inside the pressure cooker.Add two cups of water
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Pressure cook the veggies for 5 to 6 whistles on medium flame.
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When the pressure cooker settles down, open the lid.
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Keep the vegetables in the cooker itself with the cooked water
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MAKING BHAJI FOR PAV BHAJI.
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Heat 3 tsp butter in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let them crackle.
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Then add chopped onions. Saute them on low medium flame till they change their colour.
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Then add ginger garlic chilli paste. Saute them for 1 min till the raw smell goes away
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Then add chopped tomatoes. Saute them for 2 -3 min on low medium flame till they become soft and butter starts releasing from it's sides.Sprinkle some water if the tomatoes stick to the pan.
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Add capsicum and saute for 2-3 min. Capsicum should NOT be cooked till soft
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Now add chilli powder, turmeric powder and pav bhaji masala. Mix well.
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Add the cooked vegetables along with water from the pressure cooker.
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Add salt as per taste
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Mash the vegetables with a potato masher directly in the pan.
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TIP: Mash more for a tasty bhaji.
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Add more water if the bhaji looks thick.
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Keep on stirring occasionally and let the pav bhaji simmer for 8 to 10 minutes on a low flame.
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Add more water if the consistency is thick.
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Add 1 teaspoon of butter on top.
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Our yummy bhaji is ready to be served
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FOR FRYING PAV.
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Add butter on a tawa.
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When the butter melts add pav bhaji masala.(You can skip this step)
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Place pav on the butter and roast it. I have used bread instead of pav.
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SERVING PAV BHAJI.
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Serve pav bhaji with some chopped onions, coriander, lemon and a cube of butter.