Recipe 1: Pawachi Bhaji (Bread Preparation)

Pawachi bhaji (veggie made from bread)

Serves: 3

Prep. Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

Pao	4	Cut into small pieces or blended in a mixie (not very fine)
Brown bread slices	4	Cut into small pieces or blended in a mixie (not very fine)
Onions	4	Thinly sliced
Green Chillies	2 to 3	Diced vertically
Curry leaves (kadi patta)	10 to 12
Mustard Seeds (rai)	1 tbspn
Turmeric powder (haldi)	1 tbpsn
Sugar	1 tbspn
Oil	3 tbspn
Salt	To taste

Garnish

Coriander

Few twigs

Thinly chopped

Method

1.    Cut the bread in smaller pieces (or you can just put them in a mixie)

2.    Put some oil in a kadhai and put mustard seeds, green chillies, curry leaves for 2 minutes

3.    Add the onions and sauté it for a while till the onions turn translucent

4.    Add turmeric, salt and sugar to the kadai and stir for some more time

5.    Once when the entire mixture turns yellow (at this moment, taste a little to check for salt or spice; its easy to modify the taste at the stage)

6.    Add the bread (either pieces or blended) and keep stirring, till such time the bread soaks the flavor and colour (its worth tasting ur dish once more)

7.    Put off the flame & garninsh this with some coriander

8.    Serve hot

Note: You can use any bread of the following breads for the preparation – local bakery pao, white bread, brown bread. This dish can also made by left-over chapattis. You can also mix any or all types of breads

Coriander is a great garnish and has a unique rusty flavor. It can be used as garnish for most of the Indian preparations.

A simple deliciously tasty preparation. Takes very little time and is very easy to make.