Description
Indian fast food/ street food item. Pav- bun, bhaji- a spicy preparation of various mashed veges, served with a dollop of yummy butter!! :p hot and delicious! Together they taste perfect! Refrigerates well. We make a bigger than required batch for next day too!
Ingredients
- Potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Cauliflower Florets
- Green Peas
- Capsicum
- Carrots
- Onions
- Garlic Cloves
- Fresh Ginger
- Lemons
- Fresh Coriander Leaves
- Chili Powder
- Oil
- Turmeric Powder
- Buns
- Butter
- Pav Bhaji Masala
- Chili
- Coriander Seeds
- Cumin Seeds
- Black Pepper
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Black Cardamom Pods
- Mango Powder
- Fennel Seeds
- Star Anise
- Asafoetida Powder
Instructions
- For the masala:
- Roast for about 1 minute all the spices separately
- One after the other in same pan is ok
- Its just to dry them out fully and bring out their flavours
- Cool these completely
- Grind them together
- This may make more quantity of masala than needed for this recipe
- Store in air tight, dry containers
- For the gravy :
- Just blanch together peas, cauliflower, carrots
- Mash the potatoes
- Finely chop and de-seed tomatoes
- Finely chop capsicum
- Make a paste of ginger and garlic
- In a large thick bottomed deep pan heat oil
- Add cumin seeds
- Let them pop a little
- Add the ginger garlic paste, sautee for a minute
- Add chopped onions
- Add turmeric, asefoteda and chilli powder
- Also add half of the pav bhaji masala
- Sautee till the onion turns translucent
- Stir continuously to avoid sticking and burning it
- Drop in the blanched vegetables, tomatoes and potatoes and capsicum
- With a hand masher or the back of a big ladle, mash up all the vegetables inside the pan
- Add 1 cup water from the blanching
- Mash well
- Add some more water if needed to create a thick gravy consistency
- Mash to bring it all together
- Add salt and remaining masala
- Also add a dash of black pepper powder if you want more heat
- Check for seasoning
- Let it cook for 10 minutes approximately stir occasionally
- Put chopped coriander leaves and some butter
- Cover to keep its flavours
- Heat a flat pan
- Slit the buns horizontally
- But not completely keeping the two sides hinged to each other
- Generously butter the buns
- Place them on the hot pan till slightly golden changing to toast all the surfaces in turn
- It is a must to do this just before serving the dish as these do not taste as good if re-heated
- To serve:
- Put some bhaji, garnish it with some more coriander if you like, butter, and squeeze some lemon juice on top, place 2 pavs with it and some chopped onion to go with