Pav bhaji recipe

Ingredients

• 2 potatoes, boiled
• 1 cup cauliflower florets
• 1/2 cup green peas
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1/4 cup butter, plus more to serve
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 3 tomatoes, finely chopped
• 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
• 2 1/2 tbsp pav bhaji masala
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 8 soft bread rolls (pav)
• Chopped onion, coriander and lemon wedges to serve

Method

1. Boil the cauliflower, peas and carrot until very soft and mash with the potatoes.
2. Melt the butter, cook the onion until soft, then the bell pepper and ginger-garlic paste for 3 minutes.
3. Add the tomatoes, chilli and pav bhaji masala, and cook until mushy, mashing as you go.
4. Add the mashed vegetables, salt and about 1 cup water. Simmer and mash for 10 minutes until smooth and thick. Add lemon juice.
5. Split the pav, toast on a buttered pan with a pinch of pav bhaji masala, and serve with the bhaji, more butter, onion and lemon.