- Recipe Servings: 3
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 25 Minutes
- Total Cook Time: 40 Minutes
- Difficulty Level: Easy
Pavbhaji is a spicy blend of mashed veggies. To make bhaji, we first boil the veggies and then cook them with onion, tomatoes, garlic, ginger and a special blend of spices known as pav bhaji masala. You may add any vegetable you want to your bhaji but potatoes form the base of bhaji.
Ingredients
- Paneer
- Onions
- Tomatoes
- Grind
- Almonds
- Cashew nuts
- Oil
- Shahi Paneer masala
- Cream
- Salt
Preperation:
Cut 500g Paneer in triangular pieces of 4 cm. base. Make paste of 100g onions and 120g tomatoes separately. Also blanch, peel and grind 10 almonds into a fine paste adding ¼ cup water. Alternately cashew nuts can also be used. In a flat pan heat 50g edible oil and cook onion paste till light pink for 10 min. Add tomato puree and 15g Shahi Paneer masala. Cook for 5 min. Add the almonds paste, 1 cup water and Paneer pieces. Simmer for 5 minutes till right consistency. Check seasoning. Serve with 1 tspn. cream poured on top.
(Tip : Paneer pieces can be lightly fried, strained and separated from oil before cooking onion paste and added at the last stage.)
