Bhaji (curry for pav bread)

About this Recipe...

Pav Bhaji is a indian fast food dish originated in Mumbai. Though it’s considered as a snack but for me it's a satisfying meal.
Pav is a kind of indian bread and the bhaji is a vegetable curry which is made with mashed vegetables and loads of butter and the combination of Pav and Bhaji together is divine dish.
Whenever I had been to Mumbai Juhu beach, had this tasty delight from the stalls, the best place for this. Every time I had it and I have fall in love with it. Making this Mumbai Pav Bhaji at home is really fun when the taste is totally similar with the road side vendors.

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp Butter
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 2 Onions finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp Ginger-garlic-green chili paste
• 1/2 Bellpepper finely chopped
• 3 Tomatoes finely chopped
• Salt as per taste
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 2 Potatoes boiled and mashed
• 1/2 Cup Cauliflower florets boiled and mashed
• 1/4 Cup Frozen Green peas
• 3 Tbsp Pav bhaji masala
• Finely chopped cilantro
• 2 Tbsp Lemon juice

Directions

1. Heat some butter on a pan and add cumin seeds.
2. When cumin seeds starts crackling add chopped onion and sauté it till translucent.
3. Now add the ginger-garlic-green chili paste and fry it till oil separates.
4. Now add the finely chopped bell pepper and mixed it well. Fry it 2-3 minutes.
5. Next add chopped tomatoes, salt and red chili powder. Sauté it till tomatoes get soft.
6. Cover with a lid and cook everything 10-15 minutes.
7. Now with the help of a masher, mash the mixture well so that there is no chunks of vegetables.
8. Now add boiled and mashed potatoes, cauliflower and green peas, mix well and mash it with the masher again.
9. At this moment, if you feel the mixture is too thick, then add little water to balance the consistency of the curry.
10. Now add the pav bhaji masala powder and mix well with the curry.
11. Cook it for few more minutes and finally add lemon juice and chopped cilantro leaves. Stir it once again and your bhaji is ready to serve with pav.
12. Toast the pav with butter and serve with this hot bhaji. Garnish with some onion rings and lemon wedges.