Pav bhaji/bread bhaji

I ate Pav bhaji at my uncle's house once and since then its been my favorite.is my very favorite. I was not sure how to make it that time. After marriage once I wanted to make pav bhaji as I had a lot of vegetables in my pantry. That time it turned out perfect, believe me it was very good .We can have it as much we like when we make home.
I use whole wheat bread instead of pav which we used to buy. Whatever bread available is good for toasting. If you have pav( a sweet dinner rolls) that would be the ideal situation.you can substitute chili powder with pav bhaji masala if you have some.

Preparation time:20 min(cutting and streaming the veggies)
Cooking  time:15 min
Serves:2-3


Ingredients:

• 2 potatoes( boiled).
• 1 1/2 carrot(Boiled).
• 15 heads of cauliflower(boiled).
• 1/4 cup peas(boiled).
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste.
• 2 medium tomatoes.
• 1 tsp chili powder.
• 1 onion .
• A pinch of  Turmeric.
• 1/2 tsp garam masala.
• 1 tsp lemon juice.
• 1 1/2 tsp oil.
• salt as required.

To temper:

•  few jeera/cumin seeds

To garnish:

• lemon
• coriander leaves.
• onion.

Toast:

• 10 whole wheat bread.
• butter for toasting.

Method:

• Chop and steam the veggies for 15 min or until they are mushy.
• If you use pressure cooker to cook, strain the excess water and mash them well.
• Chop coriander leaves,onion,tomatoes and prepare ginger garlic paste as well.
• Heat the saute pan with oil and temper it with fennel seeds.
• Add ginger garlic paste and saute it for a minute .
• Add chopped onion and saute it until translucent.
• Add chopped tomatoes and cook them until mushy.

• Add  chili powder(pav bhaji masala powder),turmeric and saute it until it blends.
• Add mashed cooked veggies and saute them for 4-5 minutes.If you need any water use the pressure cooked water if you have.
• Add garam masala and lime juice and make the flame very low .

• Toast the bread(pav buns) with butter and serve it with hot veg masala(bhajis).
• You can garnish with chopped coriander,onions and lemon wedges.
• You can add this bhajis to ur dosa,stuffing for bread as well.

Note:

• Add veggies of your choice that blends together ,but don't miss potatoes (that is the base).
• You can add 1/2 tsp chili powder and 2 green chilies ( i missed green chilies and i used more chili powder)

Sending these recipe to family foodie event :healthy snack happening at Eatyourveg and bangermash