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Ingredients for cooking :

• 6-7 Medium size Potatoes.
• 1 whole Yellow Bell Pepper.
• ½ Red Bell Pepper.
• 1 cup Cauliflower florets.
• ¼ cup Green Peas.
• 250 gms. Cabbage.
• 5-6 medium size Onions.
• Ingredients for making paste :
• 10-12 Garlic pods.
• ½ red bell pepper.
• 4-5 whole non spicy red chilles.
• Spices :
• 2 tsp. salt.
• 1 tbsp. Red chilli powder.
• 1 tbsp. Green Mango powder ( Aamchur)
• 1 tbsp. Everest pavbhaji Masala.

Method

For cooking vegetables

1. Peel the potatoes and cut into halves and keep aside into the pan filled with water. so that potatoes won’t turn black.
2. Separates florets of Cauliflower and keep aside.
3. Roughly chop cabbage and keep aside.
4. Peel green peas and keep aside.
5. Roughly chop yellow bell peppers and keep aside
6. Chop one half of the red bell pepper and keep aside.
7. In a pressure cooker heat 1 cup of water with 1 tsp salt and add all above vegetables in it. Cook up to 3 whistles.
8. When pressure is released, open the lid. Strain water also known as vegetable stock keep aside for further cooking .
9. Mash all vegetables with the help of potato masher and keep aside.
10. Method for making paste.
11. Half red Bell Peppers, non spicy red peppers and Garlic pods grind into fine paste. Please remove the seeds from the peppers before grinding.
12. Method for making bhaji
13. Finely chopped onions.
14. Heat oil in a nonstick pan and saute onions till translucent.
15. Add the paste of peppers and garlic and saute till rawness of the paste turns aromatic.
16. Add salt, chilli powder, Pavbhaji masala and Aamchur powder. Saute for one more minute and add mixed mashed vegetables as well as vegetable stock.
17. Add 2 tbsp. of butter in it.
18. Close the lid and simmer for 3-4 minutes on slow flame.
19. Serve hot with butter roasted pav. Accompany with a piece of lemon, papad or potato chips or banana chips or as you wish but serve with love and smile.