PAV BHAJI

 

 

 

 

 Pav-Bhaji

Pav-Bhaji Is a famous Mumbai snack which originated at street side snack at beaches like chaupati.The vegetables are boiled, mashed with a masher on big tawa and cooked with chopped onions, tomatoes, garlic and lots of spices. It’s served with pav bread along with lots of butter and lemon wedges. I’ve seen many combinations for pav bhaji.Here we use bottle guard to make a delicious pav bhaji and it’s an interesting way of feeding greens to your little ones to.

Ingredients:-

3-4 potatoes

350 grams cauliflower

350 grams bottle gourd

250 grams cottage cheese cut in small pieces

3 onions chopped

4 tomatoes pureed

Salt to taste

2 tbsp. pav bhaji masala

1 tsp. Red chilli powder

1 tsp. garam masala

½ tsp. turmeric powder

2 tsp. coriander powder

2 lemons sliced

2 tbsp. oil

50 grams butter

Pav bread

300 ml water

Coriander for garnishing

Method:-

• Cut and wash cauliflower, Potatoes and bottle guard and pressure cook it along with some water, oil and salt and turmeric powder. Keep aside.

• Heat oil in wok and saute onions. When onions turn brown add tomato puree. Add all the masalas and cook tomato puree till all the mixture is cooked and leave sides.

• Put the pressure cooked mixture (drain out water) in cooked masala mash it with masher and use the water remaining with boiled vegetables to adjust the consistency.

• Add half of butter and garnish it with chopped coriander and lemon slices.

• Slit pav bread and grill it on tawa or griller along with remaining butter.

• Serve hot with bhaji.