Cooking veggies for bhaji
1. Rinse, peel and chop the veggies. You will need 1 cup chopped cauliflower, 1 cup chopped carrot, 3 medium sized potatoes (chopped) and ⅓ cup chopped french beans. You can also add veggies of your choice.

2. Add all the above chopped veggies in a 2 litre pressure cooker. Also add 1 cup green peas (fresh or frozen).

3. Add 2.25 to 2.5 cups water.

4. Pressure cook the veggies for 5 to 6 whistles or for about 12 minutes on medium flame.

5. When the pressure settles down on its own, open the cooker and check if the veggies are cooked well. You can even steam or cook the veggies in a pan or pot. The vegetables have be to cooked completely. Keep the vegetables along with the cooked water (stock) in the cooker itself.

Making Bhaji For Pav Bhaji
6. Heat a pan or kadai. You can also use a large tawa. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons butter. You can use amul butter or any brand of butter. Butter can be salted or unsalted.

7. Let the butter melt.

8. As soon as the butter melts, add 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera).

9. Let the cumin seeds crackle and change their color.

10. Then add ½ cup chopped onions.

11. Mix onions with the butter and saute on a low to medium flame till translucent.

12. Saute till the onions turn translucent.

13. Then add 2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste. You can also crush or 1.5 inch ginger and 5 to 6 medium garlic cloves, crushed in a mortar-pestle.

14. Mix and saute till the raw aroma of both ginger and garlic goes away.

15. Then add 1 to 2 green chilies (chopped).

16. Mix well.

17. Now add 2 cups finely chopped tomatoes.

18. Mix very well.

19. Then begin to saute tomatoes on a low to medium flame.

20. Saute till the tomatoes become soft and mushy and you see butter releasing from the sides. This takes about 6 to 7 minutes on a low to medium flame. If the tomatoes start sticking to the pan, then sprinkle some water and mix well.

21. When the tomatoes have softened, then add ½ cup finely chopped capsicum (green bell pepper). Sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. If the mixture starts sticking to the pan, then you can sprinkle some water. You don’t need to cook the capsicum till very soft. A little crunch is alright.

22. Add 1 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder.

23. Then add 2 to 3 tablespoons Pav bhaji masala powder. depending on how strong is the aroma and flavor of pav bhaji masala, you can add it less or more in the pav bhaji. Add 2 tablespoons if the pav bhaji masala is strong, intense and flavorful. For a less aromatic pav bhaji masala you can add 3 tablespoons of it.

24. Mix very well.

25. Add the cooked veggies.

26. Mix well.

27. Add all of the stock or water from the pressure cooker in which the veggies were cooked.

28. mix very well.

29. Then season with salt as per taste.

30. With a potato masher, begin to mash the veggies directly in the pan.

31. You can mash the veggies less or more according to the consistency you want in the pav bhaji. For a smooth mixture mash more. For a chunky pav bhaji, mash less. Now you can add more water if the bhaji looks thick.

32. Keep on stirring occasionally and let the pav bhaji simmer for 8 to 10 minutes on a low flame.

33. If the pav bhaji becomes dry and then add some more water. The consistency is neither very thick nor thin.

34. Do stir often so that the bhaji does not stick to the pan. when the pav bhaji simmers to the desired consistency, check the taste. Add salt, pav bhaji masala, red chili powder or butter if required.
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