Tuesday 27 January 2015

Pav Bhaji

I love junk food, specialy the ones served on stalls at Juhu beach or Chowpatty.Pani puri, bhel, dahi wada, dosas, pavbhaji, kulfi, gola, the list is endless.Today I thought of cooking my all time favourite stall food pavbhaji in the hygenic environment of my own kitchen.
I make pavbhaji in two variations, one which is loaded with calories and the other which is equally yummy but a diet version.
Today I have cooked the earlier version but I'll also be sharing the recipe for diet version here!!!

INGREDIANTS
100gms Peas
100gms Cauliflower florets
200gms Potatoes cubed
1 tspn Haldi
Salt to taste
2 Onions finely chopped
2 Tomatoes puree
2 Capcicum made to puree
2 tbspn Garlic chopped
1 tbspn Redchilly powder
2 tbspn Pavbhaji masala
3 tbspn Oil
3 tbspn Amul butter
2 tbspn Tamrind paste

METHOD
Step1-In a pressure cooker add potatoes, peas, cauliflower, haldi, salt and ginger garlic paste.Cook for 2-3 whilsthes.Strain the veges and mash them.keep the stock aside to be used later.
Step2-Heat oil and butter in a pan and add garlic, when garlic begins to turn gold add in the redchilly powder followed by chopped onions.Cook till onions and soften.
Step3-Now add the tomato and capcicum purees followed by pav bhaji masala, cook on high flame, add stock to keep the masala from sticking on pan.Cook till oil seprates.
Step4-Now add in the mashed veges and tamrind paste.Cook on high flame.
Step5-Apply butter on loaf bread and grill it on a pan.
Garnish with a dollop of butter, onion and lime and serve super hot!!!!

In the diet version substitude oil for olive oil, nutralite butter for amul butter, brown bread for loaf bread, And in vege mash include vegetables like doodhi, carrot, brocolli and french beans.

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