Pao Bhaji

Street food of Mumbai !! Yum Yum all I can say. The bhaji is made with all the vegetables that you have at home and it is eaten with Buns or pao. Yes,lots of butter gives it a delicious taste, but if you want to be conscious of your health, you could reduce the quantity of butter in this dish. I don't use a lot of butter in my recipe also. Usually the pao's or the buns are pan fried in the butter, so you could avoid that, and toast the buns with a little butter spread on it. Nevertheless, do make this dish, it's definitely a good change from the usual cuisines. It only takes six minutes in Instapot, but if you do not own an Instapot you can make this on stovetop in a pan and simmer the bhaji till it is cooked and then you can mash it with a potato masher, might take about 15 minutes.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Category: Main Course
• Cuisine: Indian
• Cooking Method: Instapot cooking

Ingredients

• 2 medium Potatoes (Roughly chopped)
• 1 medium Onion (Roughly chopped)
• 1 inch Ginger
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 small Green capsicum (Roughly chopped)
• 3 or 4 small florets Cauliflower
• 2 tbsp Shredded Cabbage
• 1 Carrot (Roughly chopped)
• 2 medium Tomatoes
• 1 tbsp Tomato sauce
• 2 Serrano Peppers (Adjust according to your taste)
• 2 tsp Pao bhaji masala (If you don't have this see recipe notes)
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 tsp salt (As per your taste)
• 1 tsp Red chili powder
• 2 tsp Lemon juice
• 2 tbsp Butter

Instructions

1. Plug in the Instapot and turn on to saute mode high 15 mins. Add 2 tbsp of butter to the pot.
2. Once the butter is melted add the chopped onions, ginger and garlic to it.
3. When the onions turn translucent add the chopped tomatoes.
4. After about 2 or 3 minutes add the chopped potatoes, chopped vegetables with the chili pepper, tomato sauce, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, pao bhaji masala and salt. Mix well and saute it for couple of minutes.
5. Cancel the saute mode, add 1/2 cup of water to the insta pot, close the lid turn the valve to sealing. Switch on the pressure cook mode, high for six minutes.
6. Once the pressure is done. Quick release the pressure.
7. When the pressure is out open the lid, mash the vegetables with a potato masher. Add lemon juice and 1 or 2 tbspn of butter if desired. Add some water to adjust the consistency of the bhaji.
8. Toast or pan fry the buns and garnish the bhaji with onions and cilantro. Serve hot.

Recipe Notes