PAV BHAJI

Street food made at home for breakfast today. Pav Bhaji, is essentially a dish from Maharashtrain cuisine with its origin in Mumbai and Goa. Pav means bread in Marathi and Bhaji means any cooked vegetable curry in its thick form. Here is my recipe for "Easy Mumbai style Pav Bhaji" 

Ingredients:

1. Pav - 4 pieces
2. Potato - 2
3. Carrot - 2
4. Green peas - half cup
5. Cauliflower - half cup chopped

6. Onion - 2 finely chopped

7. Tomato - 2 finely chopped

8. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

9. Butter - half cup

10. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

11. Fresh coriander - 3 tsp (chopped)

12. Pav bhaji masala - 2 tsp

13. Salt to taste

14. Oil - for making the bhaji - 2 tsp

Process:

1. In a pressure cooker, boil all the vegetables with a cup of water and pinch of salt. Mash them once they are properly boiled. Keep aside.

2. In a frying pan, heat oil and add cumin seeds. Add chopped onions, tomato and ginger garlic paste, salt and saute for 3-4 minutes. 

3. Add mashed vegetables, salt, pav bhaji masala. Mix well and saute for 2 minutes. Spread butter and coriander leaves. Bhaji is ready to serve.

4. In a frying pan / tawa, place the pav with piece of butter and fry both the sides.

5. In a serving plate, place the bhaji and pav, put a cube of butter above the bhaji.