Ingredients:
2-3 Rice Papads
½ cup Onions finely chopped
½ cup Tomatoes finely chopped
½ cup Roasted Peanuts
1 tsp Chilli Powder
½ cup Scraped Coconut
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves for garnishing
Green Chutney (Spicy), Red Chutney (Sweet and Sour) as per taste.
Method:
Roast or fry the rice papad, crush it, put it in a bowl. Add all the ingredients, toss well and garnish it with coriander.
Note: Consume immediately before the papads gets soggy.
Ingredients:
For The Chilli-Garlic Paste (Makes Approx. 1/2 Cup)
5 to 6 whole dry Kashmiri red chillies, deseeded
8 to 10 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
For the Bhaji:
2 tbsps butter
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp cumin seeds (jeera)
3/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped capsicum
1 1/2 cups finely chopped tomatoes
1 1/2 tbsp Pav bhaji masala
2 tsp chilli powder
Salt to taste
1/2 cup boiled and lightly mashed green peas
1 1/2 cups boiled, peeled and mashed potatoes
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
1 cup boiled mixed vegetable (cauliflower, carrot), optional…
For The Bread
8 Bread
8 tsp butter for cooking
1 tsp pav bhaji masala
For Serving
1 cup finely chopped onions
4 lemon wedges
4 roasted papad
4 tsp butter
For The Garnish
4 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
Method
For the chilli-garlic paste
Soak the red chillies in enough warm water for at least an hour.
Drain the chillies, add the garlic and blend in a mixer till smooth, adding little water. Keep aside.
For the bhaji
Heat the butter and oil in a kadhai and add the cumin seeds.
When the seeds splutter, add the chilli-garlic paste and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the onions and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the capsicum and sauté for 1 more minute.
Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, mash well using a masher.
Add the salt, pav bhaji masala, chilli powder and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add the green peas, potatoes, mix well and cook along with 1/2 cup of water for 1 to 2 minutes. Keep on mashing till the vegetables blend well.
Add the coriander, mix well and cook for 1 minute.
Make the bhaji little thicker.
For the Bread:
Shape the bread as per your choice.
Heat a large flat pan, add 2 tsp of butter and place the bread on it.
Cook on a medium flame till it turns light brown and crisp on both the sides
Place ¼th of bhaji on the bread, green chutney, sev and serve immediately.
Note:
You can also add finely chopped onions, crushed papad on the bread. Now press lightly. Serve hot..
Pav bhaji masala is a spice blend, which is readily available under different brand names at most grocery stores…
Ingredients:
1 tbsp roasted Jeera (Cumin) powder
1 ½ tsp rock sugar
3 tbsp milk
Method:
In a pot boil water, add cumin powder, rock sugar and mix well. Let it boil for 4 to 5 minutes. Then add milk and boil again. Strain and serve hot.
Ingredients:
1 cup curd
1 cup water
Salt to taste
A handful of Mint leaves
Roasted cumin seed powder
Method:
Blend curd and mint to a smooth consistency. Add water and other ingredients and blend again. Pour in glass and garnish with mint leaves. Serve chilled……
Note:
To spice up the Mint Lassi, you can add in green chillies when you blend the curd and mint.
Ingredients:
2 cup Potato cut into wedges, (marinate with Red Chilli Powder and Salt)
2 Cup Green Peas (Mutter)
1 or 2 Green Chillies (according to the spicy)
7 to 8 Curry leaves
1 tsp Cumin seeds
Salt to taste
½ tsp dry Mango Powder, (Amchoor Powder)
Oil for frying
5 to 6 Cherry Tomatoes (for garnish)
Method:
Heat sufficient oil and deep fry the potato wedges till golden brown. Drain and place them in an absorbent paper and keep aside. Make the paste of peas and green chilly. Now, in another Kadhai, heat oil and add some jeera (cumin seeds, curry leaves. Add the peas paste, salt and dry mango powder. Add little water and simmer. Cover the kadhai with a lid until the peas cooked. Now add fried potatoes, simmer for another 2 minutes.Garnish with cherry tomatoes.
Note:
This is also a Jain Preparation. Else we can also add onion and tomato and sauté till the oil separates from the gravy. Later, we can add the pea’s paste.