Thursday, January 13, 2011

Pav Bhaji

Ingredients
Potatoes – 250 gram
Peas – 100 gm
Carrot – 3
Cauliflower – 250 gm
Beans – 100 gm
Tomatoes – 3 big
Onions – 2
Capsicum -  2 medium sized
Brinjal – 250 gm
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Ginger – ½  inch piece
Garlic – 6 flakes
Butter – 50 gm
Sugar – ½ tsp
Coriander leaves for garnishing – ½ cup
½ cup sliced onion for garnishing
Salt as per taste

For pav bhaji masala
Coriander seed – 1 tbl.sp
Red chilli – 3 whole
Green chilli – 2 whole
Onion – 1 small
Black pepper seed – 7
Aniseed – 1 tsp
Cumin seed – 1 tsp
Roast all these ingredients in a pan with ½ tsp oil and then grind to a fine paste with water.


Method
Chop all the vegetables into small pieces, except potatoes and peas. Boil potato, peel and mash. Cook all the vegetables except capsicum. Make a paste of ginger and garlic. Chop tomatoes finely and keep aside.
Heat butter in a pan, add onions and fry. When it is golden brown, add ginger, garlic paste to it and fry. Add tomatoes and fry till it is mashed properly. Add mashed potatoes, boiled vegetables and capsicum. Add salt, turmeric powder, little sugar, ground paste of pav bhaji masala. Pour enough water to make thick gravy. When it is boiling, take ladle and mash the vegetables. When the gravy becomes thick, Serve hot with lime and coriander leaves and sliced onion.
For pav
Cut bun horizontally into half and apply butter on both the sides. Heat on a pna and serve with bhaji.

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