Paav Bhaji

Its raining here though it is peak summer. Raining on and off makes the mood clumsy and crave for spicy foods.One of ever green favourite for all chat lovers is Paav Bhaji. Special talent of my beloved friend help to satisfy spicy craving and this is one of those. Yes today we will be sharing the recipe to do Paav Bhaji, the famous Mumbai street chat foods.

The recipe is so simple except the preparation of Bhaji masala, which is bit time consuming. Neverthless all efforts are so worth for end result with flavourful Paav. For Paav Bhaji Masala, I used the recipe of Sharmis Passions.You can also use MTR paav bhaji masala and give a sure try. Lets jump to the recipe. On Short note, this will be another guest post by my friend. Dedication from her to this blog.

 Ingredients :

 Paav Bun - 2

 Potato -2 big

 Mixed vegetables (Chopped Carrot, Peas, beans) - 3/4 cup

 Onion - 1 big (Finely chopped)

 Tomatoes - 1 big (Finely chopped)

 Bell pepper (Green and Red chopped) - 1/2 cup

 Green chilli - 2 

 Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

 Red Chilli powder - 3/4 tsp

 Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

 Paav Bhaji Masala powder - 2 tsp

 Butter - 4 tbsp

 Oil - 2 tsp

 Lemon juice - 1 tsp

 Salt to taste

 Corriander leaves to Garnish

 Method :

In a pressure cooker, Wash, peel the potato skin and cook it till it mash (May be for 2-3 

whistles. Dont make it as gooey as we will mash it later on). Pressure cook other mixed  

vegetables with a pinch of turmeric powder, till it become soft. Mash cooked potatoes and vegetables, keep it aside.

In a pan, add butter and oil, followed by adding onion, green chilli and Ginger - garlic paste. Saute till it become transparent. Now add choped tomatoes and saute till it become mushy. Later add chopped bell peppers with the spice powders (turmeric powder, red chilli powder, paav bhaji masala powder). Mix it well.

Finally add mashed vegetables-potatoes and add little water to get desired thick consistency. Add salt to taste & allow it to boil for anothe 1-2 mins in low flame. Finally squeeze lemon drops and garnish with corriander leaves. Bhaji for Paav is ready.

Serve hot with Paav buns. It can go well with Rotis and white rice too.

Once again, thanks to my friend for Yummy recipe from my kitchen. Blessed to taste :)))