Ingredients

For the Bhaji:-

• 2 large Potatoes
• 4 Carrots
• 2 cup Cauliflower florets
• 1 cup Green Peas
• 2 large Onions (chopped finely)
• 4 large Tomatoes (chopped finely)
• 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
• 1 medium sized Green Bell pepper/capsicum (chopped finely)
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 2 tbsp Pav Bhaji masala (I used Everest masala brand)
• 1/2 tsp amchur powder
• 1/2 tsp Chaat masala
• Orange food color (optional)
• Salt (as per taste)
• Coriander (chopped finely)
• 1/4 cup Oil

To serve:-

• Butter (as required)
• 1 Onion (chopped finely)
• Lemon wedes (as required)
• Pav (see recipe notes below for recipe)

Instructions

• 1 Boil the carrots, potatoes and cauliflower (I put all 3 vegetables together in a cooker with sufficient amount of water and 1/2 tsp salt. Pressure cook for one whistle on HIGH heat, then lower heat and cook for another 10 minutes. Allow the pressure of cooker to get released naturally) . Then mash all the vegetables together in a bowl. Keep it aside.(Reserve the water that had been used during cooking the vegetables,we will use it later).
  
• 2 In a vessel, add oil. Fry onion till soft. Add the tomatoes, cook till tomatoes turn nice soft and mushy. Add ginger garlic paste. Fry for 2 minutes.
  
• 3 Next, add the capsicum. Cook till it turns soft.
  
• 4 Add the peas.(i used frozen peas so cooked faster). Cook till peas are done.
  
• 5 Mix in the mashed vegetables.
  
• 6 Add the chili powder, coriander powder and pav bhaji masala powder. Fry for 2 minutes.
  
• 7 Add the reserved vegetable water and additional 2 cups water.Cook on medium flame for 7-10 minutes. Add orange food color, chaat masala and amchur powder.
  
• 8 Add the coriander.
  
• 9 Serve bhaji with pav, butter , onion and lemon. (Pav have to be toasted on a tawa/skillet with some butter before serving).
  

Recipe Notes

Click here for Homemade Pav/Pao Recipe.