Pav Bhaji

Today, I spoke to one of my best friends in India and guess where she was??? The famous "Gokul Chat" in Koti.

That's it, at that very moment all the memories of India flashed in front of my eyes. And especially the tasty and savoury chat we used to eat at Gokul.

Hmm, can't get those days back now but I've decided to revive atleast few memories and the first step towards this was to eat "Pav Bhaji". This is one of my favourite snacks. I can eat it any time and anywhere, even if my stomach is full.

So, let's see the way to prepare it.

Ingredients:

1. Potato - 1 big, boiled and cut into small pieces

2. Tomato (canned and diced) - 1/2 cup

3. Butter - 4 tablespoons

4. onions - 1, cut into small pieces

5. Green Peas (frozen) - 1/2 cup

6. Chilli powder - 1/2 tablespoon or according to your taste

7. Salt - according to your taste

8. Chaat masala (store bought) - 1/2 tablespoon

9. Pav Bhaji Masala (store bought) - 1 tablespoon

10. Bread - 2 slices

Preparation:

Heat butter in a pan, add onions and fry until they are golden brown. Add tomato and mix well and let it sit on medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Once the butter starts oozing on top, add chilli powder, salt and green peas and mix well. Now let it simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes and use a spatula to mix occaisonally in order to stop it from burning.

Add boiled potato cubes and mix well so that masala is well coated on the cubes and now add chaat masala, pav bhaji masala and let it simmer on medium heat for 1-2 minutes.

Now, take a potato masher or a spatula and mash the potato cubes in the pan itself until the cubes become a paste like consistency.

Now, mix everything well with the spatula and cover the pan with a lid and let it simmer on low heat for atleast 3-4 minutes.

Add onion and coriander leaves for garnish if needed.

And for the bread, take two slices and toast it in the toaster or on the frying pan and then add a little bit of butter on both sides.

That's it. Pav Bhaji is ready.... Let's dig in. Can't wait to eat.