Happy Audha Pooja

Pav Baji

Thanks to our friend Nanda for this recipe.

Need
Hotdog buns/Dinner rolls/Plain burger bread- Any white variety of bread would do. I used hot dog buns
Onion - 1 1/2
Tomatoes -2
Green chillies - 3
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp

Potatoes - 2
Capsicum -1
Cauliflower - 1/2 head
Carrot -1
Beans - 5 or 6

Unsalted Butter - 1/2 stick(do not use the sweet cream variety)
Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp

Pav Baji Masala - 3 tbsp
Turmeric , Chilli powder, Salt- as required



How to

• Chop the vegetables to small chunks and boil them in pressure cooker for 3 whistles.
• Once cooked, mash the vegetables and take care not to make them into a paste.
• In a kadai, heat oil and add ginger garlic paste.
• Add one of the choped onions to it, once they are cooked add the tomatoes.
• Cook the tomatoes till you see the oil coming out.
• Add turmeric, chiili powder, salt and the Pav Baji masala with little water.
• Once the curry sets well, add the vegetables to it and mash them again to blend well with the masalas.
• Taste and add more masalas as necessary.
• Top it off with a spoon of butter and a drop of lemon juice.

• Serve hot on bread with raw chopped onions.

Toast the bread with a little butter before serving.