- 1/2 cauliflower, florets removed
- 2-3 small carrots, cubed
- 1/2 cup french beans, chopped
- 2 potatoes, cubed
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen peas
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 green chili, finely chopped
- 1 medium sized capsicum
- 1 inch ginger ( half for making the ginger-garlic paste and half to be chopped)
- 5-6 medium sized garlic flakes
- 1/2 tbsp pav bhaji masala
- 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
- 1/4 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- a few sprigs of coriander leaves for garnish
- chopped lemon for garnish
- butter (preferably amul butter) or oil
- salt
- water
Method:Pre-chopped veggies, mainly taken from: cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, peas and beans and a good 3-4 times in running water to wash well. Keep these in a pan or cooker. Add water to the veggies.
Pressure cook or boil until they are veggies. Veggies Do not over cook. In the picture below, veggies are cooked. Veggies take the stress and broth.
In the meantime, the vegetables are cooking, onion, green pepper, ginger, tomatoes and chopped bell pepper.
Mortar and pestle to crush the remaining half the ginger and garlic cloves. Coarsely crushed it to you or to a fine paste. You can also use ginger garlic paste.
2 tbsp oil or butter in a kadai or a big tava heat around. I do not have a big tava ... So I was always in a kadai pav bhaji. Onion and fry until they are transparent.
Sliced tomatoes, ginger, green pepper and add the bell pepper. For 7-8 minutes, stirring in between Saute.
Add red chili powder and turmeric powder.
Powder for 1-2 minutes Mix and saute.
Ginger, garlic paste or crushed ginger, add garlic.
More than 2 minutes to mix it and saute.
Bhaji Add some butter 1-2 tbsp.
Add boiled vegetables.
Add Pav bhaji masala.
About 1 or 1.5 cups of broth or water, or add the broth + water. Gently mix the mixture.
Simmer for 10-12 minutes over a low flame. Keep checking in the bhaji.
Now add garam masala powder and gently mix with the rest of the bhaji.
Lastly, add chopped coriander leaves.
Your kada pav bhaji is ready. Tava or griddle with some butter and fry the slices on the pavs. Pav bhaji Serve hot pavs, butter with onions and topped with sliced lemon.
Enjoy spicy pav bhaji.
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