Ingredients:
Potatoes – 5
French Beans – 150 gm
Tomato – 3
Capsicum – 1 big
Carrot – 100 gm
Green Peas – 50 gm
Pav Bhaji Masala – 2 tbsp
Mirchi Powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
Salt – 1 1/2 tbsp
Lemon – 2
Onions – 2
Coriander – 2 bunches
Oil – 4 tbsp
Pav Bhaji bread – 20 pavs
Ghee or butter
Bhaji Preparation:
Boil potatoes in a pressure cooker and mash them and finely chop rest of the veggies except green peas and lemon. Heat a wide mouthed container and add oil. Add green peas, french beans, carrot one after the other and close the lid for a minute. Then add capsicum and tomato. After a minute add salt, mirchi powder and pav bhaji masala. Close the lid and let it cook for a minute or two. Then add mashed potatoes and let it cook for a miniute again. Now add 3 tea cups of water and let it cook. Keep checking and stirring every two minutes to make sure the Bhaji doesn’t get burnt and stick to the base of the container. Once done, switch the stove off and add coriander and juice of two lemons. Mix it well and the Bhaji is ready.
Pav Preparation:
Take a Pav bread and slit it horizantally. Make sure you do not slit into two halves, let thejoint remain at the end. See the image to get an clear idea. Now heat a tawa and add two teaspoons of ghee or butter. Now place the slit pavs on tawa and heat them. Once done switch it off and serve hot with Bhaji, chopped onions and a lemon wedge.
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