pav bhaji recipe, India's most popular street food adapted from Sanjeev kapoor's cook book

Author: SwasthiRecipe type: Main, snackCuisine: IndianYield / Serves: 4

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

1 cup chopped cauliflower(refer notes) 2 medium or 4 small potatoes ½ cup capsicum chopped ½ to ¾ cup green peas (adjust to suit your taste) 1 tbsp butter or oil (2 tbsp. suggested) 2 medium onions (3/4 cup finely chopped ) 1 green chili optional ½ tsp red chili pow ¼ tsp turmeric ¾ to 1 tbsp. paav bhaji masala powder 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 large tomato or 2 medium ¼ tsp kasuri methi / dried fenu greek leaves Additional butter for pav Pav (buns) 4 to 6

for garnish (optional) Lemon wedges Chopped onions Coriander leaves 1 tbsp butter

Instructions

1. Boil or pressure cook cauliflower, potatoes and peas until cooked fully.2. Add butter or oil to a pan and heat up. Add onions and fry till they turn

translucent, add ginger garlic paste and fry till it gets fragrant. Fry capsicums for 3 to 4 minutes.

3. Add tomatoes, fry till tomatoes turn soft and mushy.4. Add chili pow,salt and masala powder. mix and fry for another 2

minutes.5. Add boiled veggies, mash well.6. Pour water just enough to bring to a consistency. Add kasuri methi and

cook until it reaches a desired consistency.7. Slit the pav buns horizontally leaving one edge intact.8. Heat butter on a pan. Open the buns and toast it for a min or two. If

you like to make it more spicy, sprinkle some paav bhaji masala powder on the inner side

9. Garnish with onions, butter and serve hot or warm