Indian street food | How to make Pao bhaji | how to make Pao bhaji at home | simple pao bhaji recipe | Potato bhaji recipe The simple po...
Indian street food | How to make Pao bhaji | how to make Pao bhaji at home | simple pao bhaji recipe | Potato bhaji recipe
The simple potato and tomato dish made famous on the side streets of Mumbai ( Bombay) the city that loves to eat out. Mainly a poor man's late-night meal, but now it has universal appeal and famous in all around India. |
| Pao bhaji | Bhaji |
4 Buns
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Cooking time: 10-12 minutes
PREPARATION
- THE POTATOES: Boil, cool, peel and dice.
- THE REMAINING VEGETABLES: Remove stems, wash, slit, diced and chop green chillies. Scrape, wash and chop ginger. Wash and chop tomatoes. Clean, wash and chop coriander.
- THE RED CHILLIES: Pound with a pestle.
- THE BUNS: Cut into half , horizontally.
- Heat ghee on a large tawa or wok (kadhai) , add green chillies, ginger and tomatoes, saute over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, add red chillies and potatoes, reduce to low heat and with a metal spatula mash and stir for 5 minutes.
- Whilst stirring keep sprinkling the ginger and garlic paste, dissolved in 90ml/6 Tbs of water.
- Adjust the seasoning.
- Increase to medium heat, add two-thirds of the butter and stir constantly until the butter is mixed well.
- Sprinkle garam masala, coriander and lemon juice, stir.
- 675g/ 1½ lb Potatoes
- 100g/½ cup Ghee
- 4 Green Chillies
- 15g/5 tsp Ginger
- 250g/ 1 cup Tomatoes
- 4 Whole Red Chillies
- 5g/ 1 tsp Ginger paste
- 5g/ 1 tsp Garlic paste
- Salt to taste
- 75g/5 Tbs Butter
- 10g/2 tsp Garam Masala
- 20g/⅓ cup Coriander
- 30ml/2 Tbs Lemon juice
- Apply the remaining butter on the bun-halves , place them on the tawa ,without scraping of pan or tawa and grill the bun until golden brown.
- Remove the bhaji to a dish and serve with the buns.
