Monday 28 May 2012

Pav bhaji- Snack item

Preparation time : 30min
Servings - 5

Ingredients :

Pavs - 10

Potatoes - 1/2 kg
Tomatoes-5
Onions - 4 (Medium )
1/2 cup of Carrot,Gobi,Cabbage,Beans,Spring onions,Ghobi
Capsicum- 1cup
1 cup of green peas
Butter - 150gm
Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp
Ginger-garlic paste -1 tbsp
Pav Bhaji Garam Masala powder - 2 tbsp
Dhania -Zeera powder - 3tbps
Salt to taste
Garlic (optional) - 3-4 
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Lemon juice - 2tbsp



Time to cook :

1) Pressure cook the vegetables(Potatoes,Green peas,Gobhi,Cabbage,Carrot,Beans) with a 1 tbsp of salt.

2) Sqeeze the water from vegetable.Add a spoonfull of butter to the pan and add Zeera let them pop.


3) Add chopped onions,tomatoes,Capsicum,minced garlic and fry them till they get soft.Now add Ginger-Garlic paste ,Vegetables (Potatoes,Carrot,BeansGhobi).


4) Gently mash them add pinch of Salt,1 spoonfull of sugar,Red chilli powder, 2 spoons of Pav bhaji garam masala powder,half a spoon red chilli powder and fry them till the oil floats on the top.

5) Dish out the curry (Bhaji ) and add lemon juice to it.For seasoning add Spring onions.Its ready to serve with Pav.



For the Pav.

6) Split open the Pavs in the middle and apply butter inside.Place them on the pre-heated frying pan .When they golden brown color.Take off and serve hot with Bhaji...



 My way of serving is different:

     For extra taste place the curry in split open pavs cover it up with finely chopped onions,tomatoes,pinch of  salt(optional)
                   
                        Squeeze Lemon Juice on the top.

         
     I surely can say that the last touch(Lemon Juice) will take you into spicy and tangy world....