Tuesday 6 October 2015

Pav Bhaji : A typical Mumbai Favorite Snack

About Pav Bhaji
Pav Bhaji is a typical West Indian breakfast which is most favorite among all Indians. Apart from West India if you want to have it you have to either go for a South Indian restaurant or you have to make it in your home.

Now the part comes to availability and affordability of this dish. If you are opting to have it in a restaurant you can not have it on regular basis , the most common reason is it's price. In a good South Indian restaurant it costs Rs.120/- to Rs.150/- per plate , if you take extra Pav you have to pay Rs.25/- to Rs.40/- extra which is not affordable for a common men on regular basis and this is he most common things why i wanted to share the preparation of this dish at home.

Ingredients

6 medium sized potatoes

1 cup peas

4 carrots peeled and chopped.

3 cups of chopped cauliflower(ful gobi)

3 capsicum(shimla mirch) chopped

6 tbsp oil, 6 tbsp butter, 4 onions finely chopped.

3 tbsp ginger - garlic paste.


4 tbsp pav bhaji masala.

1/2 tbsp turmeric powder(haldi)

Method of Preparation

1. Make potatoes wet first, microwave it for 5 minutes or boil it for 10 minutes in pressure cookware.

2. Put carrots, peas, cauliflower or capsicum in a micro proof dish , put 1 cup water , cover it and microwave for 8 minutes then mash with a potato masher.

3. Put oil, onion , ginger -garlic paste , 4 tbsp pao bhaji masala and haldi powder. Mix it well in a dish and then microwave it for 8 to 9 minutes.

4. Then add tomato puree, roughly mashed vegetables with potatoes, butter and salt. Add 2 cup water, cover it and microwave it for 6-8 minutes. Mash once in between.

Cooking Time

Prep time: 15 min Cook time: 35 min Ready in: 50 min Yields: Serves 8 people

2 tbsp salt, 1 cup of tomato puree

2 tbsp chopped coriander.

Now your dish is prepared and you can make it presentable as per you like .

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: One Cupcake
Calories 400
Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value *
Fat 16 g 25%
Saturated fat 8 g 40%
Unsaturated fat 12 g
Carbohydrates 64 g 21%
Sugar 37 g
Fiber 1 g 4%
Protein 2 g 4%
Cholesterol 20 mg 7%
Sodium 389 mg 16%
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.

I hope i have served my purpose of sharing this dish, any further comment or suggestion will help me to improve me for the future posting.





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