Pav bhaji with homemade masala

 Hi friends,

Hope everyone is fine. We all have still a long way to go back to our normal routine.  Let's hope and pray that it gets better soon. 

Now getting back to our blog. 

Today I had a craving for chaat. Something spicy and tasty. So decided to do pav Bhaji for dinner. I didn't have pav Bhaji masala powder. Usually, during these times,I add homemade garam masala and aamchur powder and kala namak to make pav Bhaji.

Today i had a little extra time so I made the masala too.

Pav Bhaji masala 

Chillies  -  15 to 20

Coriander seeds  -1/4 cup

Cloves   -  6

Jeera   - 2 tbsp

Sombu   - 1.5 tbsp

Cinnamon - 1 stick

Cardamom - 2/3

Turmeric powder 

Aamchur powder  - 1.5 tbsp

Kala namak  - 1 tsp

Pepper   - 1 tbsp

Dry roast  in a kadai till its flavourful.  Once it cools , grind in a mixie. Pav Bhaji masala is ready.  Keep it in airtight container to keep it fresh.

Pav Bhaji

INGREDIENTS:- 

Cauliflower   - 1 small

Potato   - 2

Carrot    -  1

Capsicum  -  1

Onions   - 3

Tomato   -  2

Ginger garlic paste  - 1 tbsp

Pav Bhaji masala   - 2 tbsp

Chilli powder 

Turmeric powder 

Salt

Butter 

Coriander leaves 

 I like to keep it simple . So I pressure cook all the vegetables with very little water. This makes it easy while mashing. In a kadai, in a tbsp of butter, cook onion, tomato, ginger garlic paste till it becomes mushy. 

Then add chilli powder,salt and turmeric powder. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. 

Add the cooked vegetables to the kadai and let it cook for 5 minutes.  Mash the vegetable mixture so that all comes together. Once vegetable mixture is cooked ,add pav Bhaji masala and cook for 3 minutes.  

After 3 minutes, pav bhaji is ready.  Just before switching off the stove, add a tbsp of butter to make it rich.

Serve it hot with pav bun , chopped onions ,lemon and coriander leaves. 

We can also add chopped paneer to make paneer pav Bhaji. 

Also add grated cheese to the bhaji ,to make cheese pav Bhaji.

Please have a try.