Name: Pau Bhaji (Mixed Vegetable Curry with Buttery Bread Rolls)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: juice of half a lemon; 1 red onion, finely chopped; 200 g sweet potato, chopped into 1 cm cubes; 3 tsp crushed garlic, crushed; 200 g cauliflower, chopped into 1 cm cubes; 100 g carrots; 6 soft white burger buns; 50 g mangetout; 2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed oil; 50 g baby corn; 200 g fine green beans; 1 large white onion, finely chopped; 3 cloves; 1½ tsp cumin seeds; 1½ tsp mustard seeds; 200 g aubergine, chopped into 1 cm cubes; 2 lemons, each cut into 6 wedges; 1 tsp chilli powder; 2 tsp ground coriander; 2 tsp grated ginger; ½ tsp ground black pepper; ½ tsp granulated sugar; 100 g tomatoes, finely chopped; 50 g unsalted butter plus a little for the buns; 500 g tomato passata; 2 tsp ground cumin; 3 tsp salt; ¼ tsp cinnamon

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium

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Biting Biting

By Urvashi Roe

Published 2022

About

Juhu Beach in Bombay has wonderful street food. You could spend the day walking along the seafront stopping to eat different dishes, but it’s at night that the area really comes alive. My husband and I stayed on Juhu Beach and were treated to the legendary pau bhaji by our tailor. We had been put off by the queues so she sent her sales assistant to queue for us – I felt so bad but it tasted so good. This is my friend Pradeep’s recipe and is a great way of using up odds and ends of ve