1.1 In a bowl add yeast, sugar and 100ml of luke warm water, mix and leave for 10 minutes.
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1.2 In the second bowl sieve the flour, add margarine/butter, 1tblsp olive oil, salt and mix.
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1.3 Add the yeast mixture after 10 minutes and mix well (the yeast mixture should have doubled in volume). |
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1.4 Add the remaining 225ml of luke warm water to the above and knead to a dough. |
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1.5 Once your dough is made knead it with 1 tsp of olive oil for 2 minutes. |
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1.6 Leave to rest for 5 minutes. |
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1.7 Using your palms roll the dough into a length of rolling pin, then using a knife cut 10-11 equal pieces. |

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1.8 Again using your palms roll each piece of dough into a ball then flatten and place on a greased tray. |
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1.9 Let the dough rise for ½ to 1 hour in a warm place. (Quick hint: warm your oven on a low heat for 10 minutes and turn the heat off and place the dough to rise.) |
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1.10 Bake in a preheated oven at Gas Mark 4-5 for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
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1.11 Take your rolls out of the oven and glaze the buns with milk. Leave to cool on a cooling rack.
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Method for Bhaji |
2.1 Using a chopping board finely cut the green and red peppers, dice the potatoes and cut the cauliflower into medium sized pieces.
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2.2 Cut the tomatoes into quarters and (chillies to preference) and blend using a food blender.
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2.3 In a saucepan add water and ½ teaspoon of salt, bring to the boil and add the peas and sweet corn, once boiled remove into a drainer and roughly mash. |
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2.4 In a pressure cooker or steamer cook the cauliflower and potato pieces. Once cooked remove on to a tray leave to cool for 5 minutes and then mash it quite thoroughly. |
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2.5 Heat a saucepan on a medium heat. Once hot add butter and let it melt. To the melted butter add ½ teaspoon of fenugreek seeds (jeeru).
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2.6 When the fenugreek seeds (jeeru) start to sizzle add the finely chopped peppers and stir for 1 minute.
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2.7 To that add the peas and sweet corn along with the mandvi masala, pau bhaji masala, salt and sugar. Let it cook for 4-5 minutes. |
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2.8 Add the tomatoes and water and let it boil for 5 minutes. (Till it starts to thicken a bit.) |
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2.9 At this stage you need to add the mashed potato and cauliflower and cook it for a further 5-7 minutes. |
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2.10 To finish the dish, garnish with finely chopped coriander.
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Preparing the Pau Bhaji |
3.1 Slice the rolls in half and spread with butter/margarine.
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3.2 Heat your non-stick pan on medium heat, once hot place the rolls on to the pan (buttered side down).
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3.3 Let the buttered side of the rolls get toasted till they become golden brown in colour. Remove from the pan.
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3.4 To Serve the dish place the rolls on a plate with the bhaji mix in a bowl and enjoy!
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