Pav Bhaji Recipe

 Pav Bhaji is a beloved Indian street food that combines a highly spiced, buttery vegetable mash with soft bread rolls.

 Ingredients:

For the Bhaji (Vegetable Mash):

•  4medium sized potatoes (boiled and mashed)
• 1 cup cauliflower florets (boiled and mashed)
•  half cup green peas (boiled)
•  2 medium sized tomatoes (finely chopped)
• 1 huge onion (finely chopped)
• 1 green capsicum (finely chopped)
• 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
• 2 teaspoons pav bhaji masala
• 1 teaspoons garam masala
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• half teaspoon turmeric powder
• Salt to flavor
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon oil
•  Fresh coriander leaves (chopped, for garnish)
•  Lemon wedges (for serving)

For the Pav (Bread Rolls):

•    8 pav buns
•    2 tablespoons butter
•    1 teaspoon pav bhaji masala

Instructions:

1. Preparing the Bhaji: 
• Add oil and some butter in a pan to heat it. Now, add chopped onions and fry it. Add ginger garlic paste and cook for some time. 
• Stir in chopped tomatoes, capsicum, turmeric powder, red chili powder and pav bhaji masala. Cook until the tomatoes turn soft.  Add the boiled and mashed greens (potatoes, cauliflower, and peas. 
• Mix properly and mash further the using of a potato masher. Adjust the consistency through including water as wanted. Cook for another 5 minutes. 
• Add some butter to the prepared bhaji.
2. Toast the Pav
• Heat butter in a flat pan. Sprinkle pav bhaji masala over the butter 
• Slice the pav buns horizontally and toast them within the buttered pan until golden and crisp.
3. Serve:
• Serve the hot bhaji with toasted pav, lemon wedges, and chopped onions and add some butter on top. 
• Enjoy the burst of flavors!

This recipe is certain to satisfaction and convey the vibrant flavors of Mumbai to their kitchens!