PAU BAAJI

Ingredients:

Small buns- 12 to 15
Butter- 250gm
Finely chopped onion- 2
Big tomatoes [crushed]-3
Cauliflower florets- 100gms
Peas- half cup
Carrot [cut in to pieces]-1
Green chilli paste- 1 tbsp
Ginger paste- 1 tbsp
Chopped coriander- 1 cup
Garam masala- half sp
Garlic paste- 1 tsp
Lime juice- 1 tsp
Potatoes [cut in to small pieces]-500 gms
Salt to taste
Oil-3 tbsp
Turmeric powder- half sp

Procedure:

Cook the vegetables in enough salted water. Then drain the water and keep it up. Mash the vegetables. Heat a pan and add the oil along with 3 tbsp of butter. Add the onion and fry for some time. Add the pastes with the turmeric powder and cook for a while. Add the tomatoes and cook until it is mashed and the oil floats on the surface. Add the mashed vegetables with enough salt and cook for a few minutes. If needed, add the reserved water. Add the garam masala and cook for a few seconds. Sprinkle the lime juice and coriander leaves.
Cut the bun in to halves. Just before serving, melt some butter on the tawa and toast the buns on both sides. Again melt some butter and fry some prepared curry in it.

PAU BAAJI MASALA:

INGREDIENTS:

Red chillies-25
Coriander seeds- 3 tbsp
Peppercorn- 3 tbsp
Cumin seeds-3 tbsp
Cinnamon- 3 tbsp
Cloves-3 tbsp
Black cardamom-3
Fennel seeds-2 tbsp

PROCEDURE:

Dry roast the spices in a pan until a nice aroma floats on the air. When they are cooled, pound them in to a fine powder.