Pav Bhaji
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3
 
Ingredients
  • Unsalted butter – 3 to 4 tbsp, divided
  • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
  • Onion, slits – 1 no , divided
  • Potato, medium – 3 nos
  • Tomato, big, slits – 1 no
  • Green peas, cooked – ¼ cup (I used frozen peas)
  • Pav bhaji masala – 1 to 1 1 ½ tsp ( I used sakthi brand )
  • Salt as required
  • Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
  • Kashmiri chilli powder – ¼ tsp (optional)
  • Coriander powder - 1 tsp
  • Cilantro, finley chopped – 3 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Add enough water in a pressure cooker just to sink the potatoes and pressure cook for 2 whistles. Allow it to cool. Peel the skin and mash them using your clean hand or with a potato masher.
  3. Heat a flat pan and add 2 tbsp of butter. Add in cumin seeds when the butter starts to melt.
  5. Add ¾th of the thin sliced onions and sauté for few seconds until they turn translucent.
  6. Add the mashed potato and mix well. Add little salt at this stage.
  8. Now add thin sliced tomato into the mixture and saute well for couple of minutes or until well blended with potatoes.
  10. Add in cooked green peas and mix well.
  12. Add in pav bhaji masala and mix well. Saute them for a minute.
  14. And finally add in the rest of the masalas. Mix well until all the masalas are well coated. At this stage you could add some more butter if needed. Sauté and cook for another 5 minutes.
  16. Switch off the flame and garnish with finely chopped cilantro.
  18. Heat a small skillet and add very little butter. When the butter starts to melt, toast the pav ( I used Pepperidge wheat bread slider) on one side until they turn slightly brown.
  20. Serve the pav along with bhaji with a thin slice of butter on top. I like to have it with some onions on the side as well. Enjoy! 
Notes
1.You do not need to finely chop the onions and tomatoes for this recipe.
2.I used kashmiri chilli powder just for the color. You can totally skip that.
3.You can just have them by filling the bhaji on the middle of the sliders with some onions. I like to have them by just taking a piece of pav/bread and scoop some bhaji with some onions.
Recipe by MyEdibleCravings at http://myediblecravings.com/pav-bhaji/