BOMBAY PAV BHAJI

A perfect street style pav bhaji , every mumbaikar loves it...Mumbai Pav Bhaji is one of Mumbai’s hottest selling fast food and street food!
Across all streets and corners of Mumbai you will find pav bhaji stalls. Even while you clubbing late in the night. There are some stall and vendors who sell these delicious pav bhaji during the wee hours of night. What more can a person ask for?…. Most of people in Mumbai also eat pav bhaji as lunch Or dinner. As pav bhaji tends to be a heavy snack. It also depends how many pavs you gulp with the bhaji….

Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Potatoes- 2 medium
• Tomatoes - 4-5 medium
• Cauliflower- 1/4 cup 
• Carrot - 3 small
• Onions- 2 medium
• Beetroot - 1 small( Gives a really good color)
• Ginger 1 inch piece
• Garlic 8-10 cloves
• Green capsicum- 1 medium
• Green chilies 3-4
• Fresh coriander leaves 1/4 cup
• Green peas shelled- 1/4 cup
• Lemons-2
• Oil- 4 tablespoons
• Salt To taste
• Cumin seeds- 1/2 tbsp
• Red chili powder - 1 tbsp
• Pav bhaji masala- 1 & 1/2 tablespoons(a little extra for sprinkling on the pav buns after roasting)
• 1/2 cup water
• Butter- 4 tablespoon(a little extra for roasting the pav buns)
• Pav - 8 pieces

Method:

• Wash and dice all the vegetables (potatoes , cauliflower , carrot, capsicum, beetroot , green peas)
• In a pressure cooker , put the above washed and diced vegetables and cook till 3-4 whistles. Cool the vegetables a little, and mash them so that completely mixed together , and no big chunks of vegetables left .
• Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions. Saute till light brown. Add chopped green chilies and ginger garlic paste. Stir-fry for half a minute.
• Add chopped tomatoes , Add half of the pav bhaji masala, salt , red chili and cook on medium heat for three to four minutes, stirring continuously or till oil separates from the masala. Add the pressure cooked vegetables ,Bring it to a boil and simmer for ten minutes,
• Heat half of the butter in a thick-bottomed pan or a tawa. Slice pav horizontally into two and pan fry in butter for half a minute, pressing two or three times or till pav is crisp and light brown. Sprinkle a little pav bhaji masala on top of the roasted pav .
• Now take the rest of the butter and the pav bhaji masala , heat it up and temper the bhaji which has been cooking for 8-10 mins, now switch off the flame .
• Garnish the bhaji with chopped coriander leaves, remaining butter and serve hot with pav accompanied chopped onion and lemon wedges.

Happie cooking .