21 November 2007

Pav Bhaji ...... my style :)


Ingredients:

  • Potatoes (Basic ingredient :D and must cannot be skipped in any given case ) 5 big ones
  • Onions 4 big ones
  • Spring onions 1 (optional)
  • Green Capsicum 3 big ones
  • Carrot 2 in nos
  • Grean Beans 4 to 5 (can be skipped if not preferred)
  • Green peas (matter) 1 bowl
  • Cauliflower 1 big
  • Tomatoes 8 big ones
  • Red beans(rajma) 1/2 small bowl soaked overnight
  • Chole (kabuli channa) 1/2 small bowl soaked over night
  • Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp
  • Green Chillies (according to your taste buds)
  • Salt to taste
  • Pav Bhaji masala 2 spoons
  • Butter - 300 gms
  • Tumeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Asteofida (Hing) - 1 tsp
  • Corriander powder - 2 tsp
  • Fresh corriander leaves finely chopped (1 bowl)
Method:

Pre-prepration:
  • Soak rajma and kabuli channa overnight in a bowl
  • Now pressure cook this rajma and kabuli channa with salt for 3 whistles. It should become tender enough.
  • Boil potatoes, peel them and mash them
  • Take cauliflower, soak it in diluted water (water + vinegar).
  • Chop the onions along with green chillies and keep it aside. Along with it puree the tomatoes and keep aside.
  • Chop the cauliflower,carrot, capsicumand beans fine.

Once the pre-preparation is done it comes to cooking time :)

Cooking Method:

  • Take a wok (kardaahi or deep pan) and put approximately 150 gms of butter to it. Saute the onions in it along with green chillies. Saute well
  • Once onions are half done add ginger garlic paste to it and cook till golden brown.
  • Now add the vegetables (cauliflower + beans + capsicum + Carrot+ green beans) to it and cook till it's tender
  • Once the vegetables are fried well add tomato puree to it. Add tumeric powder (haldi),asteofida, corriander powder,Salt and pav bhaji masala.
  • Simmer it and cook till the tomatoes are properly cooked and it starts leaving butter.
  • Once done add the potatoes, 50 gm of butter, rajma and cholley to it.mix well. Now add 1 glass of water to it. and let it cook on simmer.
  • As everything is chopped things fine, we do not require the masher, but still you can use your masher in between.
  • Add 1/2 cup of coriander to it , cover it and cook for 2 mins It's done now

Serve it with Pav's
Cut the Pavs into two equal halves and roast on the griddle (tawa) with butter on both sides.

Serving:

Take bhaji in a plate, put some fresh corriander leaves, some chopped onions and a lump of butter, put two pavs on the side and serve hot.

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