Pav Bhaji

The famous street food of Mumbai and a favorite of the Mumbaikars which had a very humble beginning - food vendors used to combine together all the vegetable dishes with some spices and serve it with bread to the short-of-time factory and mill workers years ago. The tasty preparation later found a rightful place in the restaurant menus.  Gradually spread to other regions of India and traversed across seas to other nations too. 

Special bread called 'ladi pav' is toasted in butter and served along with the spicy bhaji, finely chopped onions and coriander leaves and lemon wedges.  

Ingredients:

for bhaji
250 gm boiled and mashed potatoes
1 cup finely chopped onions
250 gm chopped tomatoes
1 cup boiled peas
2 tbsp pav bhaji masala
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tbsp garlic paste
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste

for pav
ladi pav
butter

Method:

1. In a kadai, heat the butter and oil together.
2. Add the garlic paste and saute for a minute.
3. Add the chopped onions and saute until it changes colour.
4. Next put in the tomatoes and stir and mash to soften it.
5.Add pav bhaji masala, chilli powder, salt.
6. To this add the peas and potatoes, mix and mash well.

7. Add approximately 1/2 to 3/4 cup water and cook on medium flame, mash continuously. 
8. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from fire. Add coriander leaves and some more butter (optional).
9. Slit each pav, apply butter on both sides and toast on a girdle.
10. Serve the pav along with the bhaji, some chopped onions and lemon wedges.