Misal pav is a very famous spicy street food recipe from Maharashtra made using some basic ingredients easily available in your kitchen.
Ingredients:-Â ( Serve 10 )
MASALA
- 1 tsp Oil / Tal
- 2 tsp Cumin / Zeera
- 1 tbsp Coriander seeds / Dhaniya
- 1/2 tbsp Pepper corn / Salut Kali mirch
- 2 Anistar / Chakra phool
- 8 Cloves / Loung
- 12 Garlic cloves / Lasan
- 1 tbsp Sesame seeds / Safad Til
- 1/2 fresh grated Coconut / Nariyal
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder or 1 inch Cinnamon / Dalchini
- 2 tsp Fennel powder or 1 tbsp Fennel seeds / Saunf
- 3 tsp Red Kashmiri chilli powder / Kashmiri lal mirch
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 cup Water / Pani
PRESSURE COOKING
- 1 cup sprout Moth beans / Matki
- 1/2 cup sprout Green gram / Hara moong
- Salt to taste
- 3 cup Water / Pani
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric / Haldi
MISAL
- 4 tbsp Mustard Oil / Sarson Tal
- 1/2 tsp Cumin / Zeera
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds / Rai
- 2 Chopped Onion / Pyaaz
- 10-12 Curry leaves / Kadi Patta
- 1 tsp Ginger paste / Adrakh
- 1 tsp Garlic paste / Lasan
- 3 tsp Red Kashmiri chilli powder / Kashmiri lal mirch
- 1 cup Tomato/ Tamatar puree
- 1-5 litre Water / Panic
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Jaggery / Gud
- 1 tbsp Green Coriander / Hara dhaniya
SERVING
- Chopped Onion / Pyaaz
- Bombay mix or Farsan
- Bread roll bun / Pav
Method :-
- To make Masala Ii hot Oil roast all the spices over a low heat for 2-3 minutes and then add Coconut.
- Continue sauting till Coconut starts changing colour.Add red Chilli powder and within 30 secounds put off the stove.Let it to cool down.
- Grind it into a paste adding Water.
- Adding all the ingredients pressure cook Moth beans and Green gram for 1 whistle.
- Now in final stage to make Misal heat Oil adding all the whole spices over low heat and let them to crackle for few secounds.
- Next adding Onion sauté till translucent.Add Ginger-Garlic paste and curry leaves.Continue sauting for couple of minutes before adding Tomato.
- Keep on sauting till tomato changes colour and Oil starts oozing.
- Add Water,Salt and Jaggery.
- After it starts boiling put to simmer add Coriander,close the lid and put off the stove.
- Give it a standing time of 10-15 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Tips :-
- Instead of using Mustard Oil you can use any other edible Oil.