Pav Bhaji

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 5 to 7

Ingredients:

• 2 packet pavs(approx. 16 pav)
• 5 potatoes boiled and mashed
• 1 carrot finely chopped
• 1 capsicum finely chopped
• 1 cup peas boiled
• 2 onion finely chopped
• 2 tomatoes finely chopped
• 2 green chilies finely chopped
• 1tsp garlic minced
• 1tsp ginger minced
• 1/2tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2tsp jeera
• salt as per taste
• red chili powder as per taste
• 1 pinch hing(asafoetida)
• 1/2tsp garam masala powder
• 4tsp pav bhaji masala powder
• 1tbsp coriander leaves chopped
• 2tbsp butter
• 2tsp lime juice
• Butter for garnish and toasting pav

Steam carrots and capsicum. Heat the butter in a wok, add jeera, ginger-garlic paste. Fry for a minute and add chopped onions. Cook till onions turn pale, add turmeric powder. Mix well and add the tomatoes and green chilies. Season with salt and chili powder. Add hing and cook till tomatoes are done and oil separates. 

Add the potatoes and rest of the veggies. Mix well and add little water if the bhaji seems too dry. Add the garam masala and pav bhaji masala. Mix well and use a potato masher or hand blender to mash the bhaji. Add lime juice.

Garnish with butter and coriander leaves. Slice the pav into two and toast them with butter on a tawa. Serve hot with onion rings. Enjoy!!!