Pav Bhaji (Mix Veg with Burger Bread)

Very popular street get together dish in Indian household.

Ingredients:

  • 12 Pav buns (burger bread or bread rolls)
  • 2 Onions
  • 5 tomatoes
  • 1/2 tomato tin
  • 2 small to Medium Potatoes
  • 1 cup peas
  • 2 small to medium carrot
  • 1/2 pointed cabbage (Sweet Heart)
  • 3/4 cup capsicum (pepper)
  • 1/2 medium cauliflower
  • 2′ inch ginger
  • 4 big cloves of garlic
  • 2 green chilli finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp chopped green garlic
  • 2 tbsp Pau Bhaji masala Powder (Shop bought)
  • 5-6 cloves
  • About 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp salt (or to test)
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 2 tsp lemon juice (for Serving)
  • Onion 1 finely chopped (for Serving)
  • 3 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (1 tsp for garnish)

Recipe:

  • Make pure of fresh tomatoes, tomato tin and red pepper and green chilli.
  • Boil all the other vegetables separately. Once cooked mash them roughly with masher.
  • Heat a pan with oil and add the onions. Fry till almost brown. Now add ginger garlic paste and cook it for a few seconds. Remove cloves and cinnamon.
  • Add tomato puree, salt and turmeric now cook this gravy until the oil separates. Keep stirring in between. Now add pau bhaji masala and cook for a few more minutes. Add all the mashed vegetables to the gravy. With a potato masher finish off mashing the mixture.
  • Let it cook until everything is mixed well. (Add 1/2 cup of water if the dish is too dry.) This will take about 10 minutes or so. Add coriander and green garlic and cook for another 2 – 3 minutes. Add lemon juice to test.
  • To serve first sprinkle with finely chopped onion, chopped coriander and lemon juice then serve with shallow fried pav / burger bread (if used bread roll, cut them in 1/2 and shallow fry with little butter till little crispy.)