PAO BHAJI

PAO  BHAJI:
INGREDIENTS:    (serves 7-8 )

The delicious bhaji served with buns, is really relishing as well filling.
250  g (3 big) potatoes-boiled
4  tomatoes- chopped
3  onions- chopped finely
2  tbsp  pao-Bhaji masala
50  g butter
4-5  tbsp oil
1-1/2 tsp salt, or to taste
1  tbsp  chopped coriander leaves
Pressure cook together
2  cups chopped cabbage
1/2  cup shelled peas
1/2  cup chopped cauliflower
1/2  cup chopped brinjals any variety
1  cup chopped carrots
Grind to a paste
1"  piece ginger
4-6 flakes garlic-optional
2-4  green chillies
To serve
Pao (buns)- cut into halves
Butter -enough to spread
1  onion- sliced finely
Yogurt minty dip
MEHOD:

• Chop all vegetable. Mash boiled potatoes roughly.
• Pressure cook all vegetables together with 1/2 cup water to give one whistle. Remove from fire.
• Grind ginger, garlic and green chillies to a paste.
• Heat oil.  Add onions and cook till transparent.
• Add ginger paste and cook for 2-3 minutes on low flame.
• Add pao-bhaji masala and salt.
• Add tomatoes and cook covered for 6-8 minutes. Mash them well.
• Add pressure cooked vegetables and potatoes . Cook for 6-8 minutes, mashing them continuously. Keep aside till serving time.
• At serving time heat the bhaji.  Add butter and chopped coriander leaves.
• Mix the finely sliced onions in yogurt minty dip and keep aside.
• To serve, cut buns into half. Spread some butter on them on the cut side and press lightly on a hot tawa till heated well.
• Serve hot pao-bhaji sprinkled with fresh coriander leaves and a dollop of butter, along with hot buns and some onions in chutney.