Pao Bhaji

Recipe Ingredients

500		Boiled potatoes - peeled and diced
1 cup	110g / 3.9oz	Small cooked mixed vegetables -
		(carrots - beans, peas, cauliflower)
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Chopped onions
1/2 cup	118ml	Ghee
4		Green chiles - slit and chopped
1/2		Ginger - sliced finely
250		Tomatoes - chopped
1 teaspoon	5ml	Red chile powder
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ginger garlic paste
		Salt - to taste
5 tablespoons	75ml	Butter
1 teaspoon	5ml	Garam masala
1		Fresh coriander leaves - chopped
2 tablespoons	30ml	Lemon juice
		Lemon wedges - for garnish
4		Pao buns - halved

Recipe Instructions

Heat ghee in a pan. Reserve 3 tsp. chopped onions for garnish and fry the remaining until light brown. Add green chiles, ginger and tomatoes and saute over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Reduce heat, then add the red chile powder, mixed vegetables and potatoes.

With a metal spatula, simultaneously mash and stir for 5 minutes. While stirring, keep sprinkling the ginger garlic paste, dissolved in 6 tablespoons water. Add salt and two thirds of butter. Increase the heat and stir well.

Sprinkle garam masala, coriander leaves, lemon juice and remove from heat.

Garnish with remaining chopped onions.

Apply the remaining butter on the bun-halves, place them on a pre-heated frying pan. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Serve with the bhaji and a lemon wedge.

Source:
Martha Rose Shulman

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