Name: Pao Bhaji recipe by Pinkle Sachdev at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 carrots; 25 pieces of beans; 1/2 of a small cabbage; 1/2 cup green peas; 1/2 small bottle gourd; 4 potatoes; 1/2 tbsp butter; 1/2 tbsp olive oil; 3 big sized onions, chopped; 2 big sized capsicum, finely chopped; 1 and 1/2 " ginger; 10-12 Garlic Cloves; 3-4 dry red chillies (deseeded and soaked); 5-6 tomatoes (finely chopped/pureed); 1 tbsp kasturi methi; Salt to taste; 2-3 tbsp Pao-Bhaji Masala (Badshah); 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tbsp amchoor powder; 1 and 1/2 tbsp dhaniya/ coriander powder; 1/4 tsp garam masala; Chopped Coriander- a handful; 1 lemon

Ingredients Serving: 6

3 carrots
25 pieces of beans
1/2 of a small cabbage
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 small bottle gourd
4 potatoes
1/2 tbsp butter
1/2 tbsp olive oil
3 big sized onions, chopped
2 big sized capsicum, finely chopped
1 and 1/2 " ginger
10-12 Garlic Cloves
3-4 dry red chillies (deseeded and soaked)
5-6 tomatoes (finely chopped/pureed)
1 tbsp kasturi methi
Salt to taste
2-3 tbsp Pao-Bhaji Masala (Badshah)
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp amchoor powder
1 and 1/2 tbsp dhaniya/ coriander powder
1/4 tsp garam masala
Chopped Coriander- a handful
1 lemon

Instructions

Wash and chop the vegetables into medium sized pieces.
Pressure cook these veggies and green peas with 1/2 cup of water. Let it cook till 1 whistle blows. Wash, boil, cool and peel the potatoes separately.
Grind the ginger, garlic and soaked chillies together to form a fine paste.
Heat oil and butter in a pan/kadai. Add the chopped onions and saute till it turns light pink in colour. Add the ginger/ garlic/ chilli paste and cook for 2-3 mins on a low flame.
Next add the capsicum and stir fry for 2 mins. Then add the tomatoes and cook till the oil separates from the masala.
Add a little crushed kasturi methi, salt, pao bhaji masala, red chilli powder, amchoor powder, dhaniya powder and garam masala. Cook it for another 2 mins.
Add the pressure cooked and mashed veggies, potatoes to the masala. Mash it with the help of a potato masher. Cover and cook for 5-7 mins.
Garinsh it with chopped coriander and butter.
Serve it hot with pao accompanied with chopped onions, lemon wedges and roasted papad.

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