How to make Pav Bhaji

The Final Product: Delicious Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji is a famous street food all over Mumbai, India! If you have never had it, it is a mouth watering and tantalizing to your taste buds. The perfect end to a late night party ;) This dish is popular to young adults and kids alike. Each cook has their own variation to their Pav Bhaji reciepe, this one below is my favorite because it easy to cook and tastes amazing!

• Serves: 4
• Prepration time: 30 minutes
• Cooking level: Easy
• Want to make it Vegan? Replace Butter with Oil
• Want to make it Gluten Free? Just use GF Bread

Ingredients:

For Bhaji:

• 3 Medium boiled potatoes boiled and smashed
• 2 meduim chopped onion
• 2 Medium tomatoes crushed
• 1 and 1/2 cup Frozen Peas and Carrots smashed
• 1 Small green chilli
• 1 Small piece of ginger
• 2 Cloves of garlic
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1/2 tsp of Badshah Pav Bhajji masala
• 1/2 Cup of tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp oil or butter

For Breads:

• Stick of butter softened
• 1 tsp pav bhajii masla
• Chopped cilantro to garnish
• Lemon wedges

Time to Cook! How to prepare:

1. Chop Chop Chop!
In a handy chopper chop the onion, garlic, ginger and green chili. Take it out in a bowl. Set aside. Chop the tomatoes place in a bowl. Set aside.
Boil and smash the peas and carrots. Set aside.

2. In a wok or big pan on medium heat add butter. Add onion, garlic, ginger and chili. Sauté them. Soon onions will be translucent.

3. Add tomatoes and stir fry them till it cooks and changes the color.

4. Now add salt and Pav Bhajii masala and mix it properly.


5. Add boiled peas, carrots and potatoes. You may need to add 1/2 cup of water at this time.

6. Simmer for 3 minutes and add tomato sauce.

7. Simmer for 5-7 minutes and cover on low heat.

Bhajii should not be watery or dry so keep heating until the Pav Bhaji consistency is preferable to you.

8. The "Pav" in Pav Bhaji means bread on a skillet medium heat, add butter, add masla and roast the bread on both sides. Add cilantro for added flavor.

Let me know how your Pav Bhaji turned out in the comments!

Serve with a slice of lime for an extra zest!

Three Great Recipes That Use Carrots

This week we’re going to take a look at three great recipes that use carrots.

Beet Salad

Spring Rolls with Vegetables

Mung bean salad

Carrots add a unique, somewhat sweet flavor to a wide variety of dishes. Carrots don’t just have a great flavor; they also have some great health benefits. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene which helps to keep your eyes healthy. Carrots also help to fight cancer and they also keep your skin looking young. Carrots are great for you and they taste great, so try one of these recipes today. 

Vegetable Cutlets

Vegetable cutlets are popular everywhere.  As a child I always savored cutlets and look froward having it on the weekends.  My mother used to make it and I learned watching her as i grew up. Cutlets can be used in so many different ways. Here I tried basic method the way I learnt.

I use left over cutlet as a patties for veggie burgers. Sometime I use as  veggie balls with spaghetti. If you have not tried  it is must and you will sure enjoy making it and eating it.

Cooking Time: 50 minutes

Cooking Level: Medium with effort

Receipe Types

DF = Dairy Free, GF = Gluten Free

LS = Low Sugar, V = Vegan

Ingredients:

6 medium potatoes, boiled and smashed lump free

1 cup boiled and drained peas

1 cup boiled and drained cut french green beans small pieces

1/2 cup chopped onions

1/2 cup grated carrots

1/2 cup beets boiled and grated optional  i did not add

1 tsp salt or to taste

1 tsp green chili paste

1 tsp ginger paste 

1 cup chopped cilantro leaves 

1 tsp amchur powder 

1/2 tsp garam masala optional
Oil for deep or shallow frying
1-2 cups of bread crumbs
1/2 cup of all purpose flour

Preparation: 

1. Boil and smash the potatoes with out any lumps

2. Boil peas, french cut green beans and drain the excess water and keep it to side.

3. Add peas, carrots, french cut green beans and onion and all spices (salt, green chili, cilantro, amchur powder)

4. Mix all the contents and make a oblong shape potato mix.

5. In a small bowl, add all purpose flour and 1/2 a cup of water to make a thick batter

6. Dip the oblong cutlets into the batter and bread crumbs

7. Fry the cutlets according to your choice (deep or shallow).

Deep Frying
Heat 3 cups of oil in a pan and fry the cutlets turn golden brown in color on both the sides

Shallow frying
On a medium high heat, add 1/2 a cup of oil and fry the cutlets until they turn golden brown in color on both sides

Put the cutlets on a paper towel to absorb the excess of oil. Cutlets can be enjoyed with various chutneys such as cilantro or sweet chutney and ketchup. 

Various Chutneys