Quick Pav Bhaji

The recipe of this Pav-bhaji is slightly different from the conventional recipe, where chopping, sauteing and mashing is required. Hence, the name is Quick Pav-bhaji. Also, my aunt use to serve pav-bhaji with red chilly-garlic chutney, which compliments pav-bhaji like anything. This method is suitable for making pav bhaji in bulk quantity.

Lastly, credit of making this pav-bhaji goes to my wife..

Ingredients :
Vegetables:
1 bowl roughly chopped onions
1 bowl roughly chopped tomatoes
1 bowl of chopped capsicum, cauliflower and green peas
4-5 medium sized boiled potatoes


Spices :
2 tbspns chilly garlic chutney
2 tspns pav bhaji masala
1 tspn kashmiri red chilly powder
1 tbspns ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste

1/2 cup oil
3-4 tbspns butter
Water for cooking vegetables
Corriander for garnishing

For Pav
Bread loafs (Pav)
Butter for frying bread

To serve with :
Red chilly-garlic chutney
Finely chopped onion
Butter
Roasted Pav (Bread loaf)
Grated processed cheese (Optional)

Preparation :
Pressure cook tomatoes, onions and vegetables (except boiled potatoes) till 3-4 whistles
Allow it to cool
Make fine paste of it in a blender
(If you do not like fine paste, then blend it with hand-blender to keep the vegetables chunky)

To make Pav-bhaji :
Heat oil and butter in a Kadai
Then add red chilly-garlic paste, ginger garlic paste and pav bhaji masala in the mixture of oil and butter
Saute it for 1-2 minutes
Then add the cooked vegetables paste in it
Cook it for 5-6 minutes
Then add mashed boiled potatoes to the mixture
Also add salt and red chilly powder (if you love spicy taste)
Cook it for further 5-6 minutes
(Add water if necessary)
At the end add fresh choppped corriander

To roast Pav (bread loaf) :
Cut bread loafs in the centre
Heat pan and grease it with butter
Roast bread on the greased pan from both the sides
Serve hot

Serving Pav-bhaji :
Take Pav-bhaji in a bowl
Garnish it with chopped onions and chopped corriander
Place a dollop of butter on the bhaji
Place buttered pav in the dish
Also serve Red chilly-garlic chutney and slice of lime with the pav-bhaji

Notes :
Carrots are also used in few pav-bhaji recipes
You may also add lime juice to ready pav-bhaji to give tangy taste
To make it more rich, immediately put grated processed cheese between two sides of bread after roasting
Also garnish pav-bhaji with processed cheese, fried cashews to give it a rich look

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