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Peanut Thecha Pav - Bread with Green Chillies

There's never a bad time to eat irresistibly Peanut Thecha Pav - Bread with Green Chillies. Hawaiian bread is one of my all-time favorite kinds of bread, and it’s absolutely perfect for this recipe. Additionally, you can also use brioche. The bread stays soft and tender in the interior and while the base of the sandwich.
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Appetizer, Side, Snack
Cuisine: Indian, Maharashtrian

Ingredients
  

  • 150 grams green chillies  (long, less spicy kind or jalapeno peppers)
  • 9 garlic cloves (peeled)
  • 1/3 tsp oil of choice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup raw peanuts, skinless
For Pav
  • 4 to 6 Hawaian rolls or any sweet bread, small (you can make several more with this quantity of thecha)
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter

Equipment

  • 1 pan
  • 1 mortar pestle

Method
 

  1. In a deep bottom pan or skillet, add in the green chillies on high heat. Also, add in the garlic cloves. Cook, stirring often, until the skins char and blister all over. Turn them to get all the sides evenly for about 4 to 5 minutes.
  2. Further add in 1/2 tsp oil and stir. Take out the garlic and set in a mortar and pestle or else it can burn quickly. Let the green chilies’ blister for another 3 to 4 minutes.
  3. Add in the salt and mix well. Turn off the heat and transfer the green chilies’, to a mortar pestle. Further on a pan dry roast the peanuts until fragrant on low -medium heat. Make sure not to burn them. They need to be slightly golden. Transfer the peanuts in a mortar and pestle grind them coarsely together with the green chilli and garlic mix. You can also  use a blender and grind for a few seconds, however, I prefer using a mortar and pestle. It provides more texture.
  4. For the Pav - Add 2 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp thecha is a pan. Mix well. Add 2 small open hawain rolls and cook on both sides until golden. You can keep repeating the process to make more. Store the remaning thecha in the fridge and enjoy with rice, roti, or bread.