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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

BhajiPanv(भाजीपांव)

Bhajipanv is one of my favorite dish. I make it(only bhaji) frequently at my home as dinner.

It is one of the dish which you can cook with very few ingredients and in less time if you are in hurry or learning to cook.  These are the main key ingredients for this yummy dish are cauliflower,potato,peas and carrot(for vegetables) ; onion and  tomato(for gravy); panvbhaji masala, turmeric and salt(as spices) and oil .  Trust me it will be as delicious as mentioned recipe below.

Ingredients:-
(1). 2 cup cut cauliflower
(2). 1cup cut brinjal/eggplant
(3). 1 cup peas and cut carrots
(4). 2 boiled potatoes
(5).1 cup cut capsicum
(6). 1 cup chopped cabbage
(7). 1 finely chopped green chili
(8). 3 tablespoon oil
(9). 1 chopped tomato
(10). 1 chopped onion
(11). 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
(12). 2 teaspoon turmeric
(13). 2 teaspoon red chili powder
(14). Salt to taste
(15). 2 tablespoon (MDH) panvbhaji Marsala
(16). 1 teaspoon asafoetida
(17). 1 teaspoon Garam masala
(18).1 teaspoon mustard seed
(19).1 teaspoon cumin seeds
(20). coriander leaves
(21). 1 small cup melted butter or butter spread
(22). 1 cup cashew halves

Recipe:-
 Boil vegetables(from 1 to 6) in pressure cooker or in vegetable boiler. Make sure the vegetables are mushy and can be smashed easily.  In nonstick pan take 3 table spoon of oil and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When seeds starts cracking, add asafoetida ,onion and pinch of salt. Saute onion till it turns golden brown then add chopped garlic, green chillies,tomatoes, turmeric, garam masala and panvbhaji powder in it. Let it cook for  5 minutes on medium flame. Now in this gravy add boiled vegetable and mix them well, if required add half cup of water. You can use the water in which vegetables are boiled.  Add salt and red chili powder. and let it cook for another 8-10 minutes on slow flame. Turn off the stove. Garnish the Bhaji with chopped coriander leaves and cashew halves(optional) .

Heat up the skillet 2 spoon melted butter and toast Panv in it until both side become crispy and light golden brown. If you want spicer one then when you  melted butter , add 2 teaspoon garlic chutney and little chilly powder mix well  and then toast Panv in this Masala.

Serve BhajiPanv with some chopped onion and slice of lemon on side. You can also serve Bhaji with Pilaf or you can put Bhaji in the burger bun and serve as burger.


Tips:-  If you don't eat very spicy you can avoid using red chilly, garam masala, green chili.
If you don't have onion and tomato or just say you are getting lazy ; you can use pasta sauce(with garlic & herbs)(1 cup) for gravy as substitute.  You can make club sandwich using this bhaji as main filling.
I think it is really good way to introduce new vegetables to kids who are picky in eating, because in the end all vegetable will be smashed and hard to differentiate.