Misal pav recipe | Maharashtrian Misal pav
 
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Misal pav recipe | Maharashtrian Misal pav is spicy, lip smacking and popular sprouted lentil curry. It's a famous maharashtrian street food or breakfast meal
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Recipe type: Breakfast/Snack
Cuisine: Maharashian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • Oil – 2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Handful of curry leaves.
  • Red chili powder – 2 tbsp
  • Haldi | Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
  • Onion chopped – 1
  • tomatoes – 1 (chopped)
  • Potato, (boiled & mashed) – 1
  • Soaked & drained poha – ¼cup
  • Chopped green chillies 2
  • Sprouted mix beans, like whole green gram( moong beans), Matki(moth beans), dried white peas(safed vatana) – 1 Cup
  • salt to taste
  • Misal masala powder – 1 tbsp
  • lime juice – 1 tbsp
  • Fresh Dhania | Coriander Leaves to garnish
  • For making Kat/Gravy :
  • Onion – 1 finely chopped
  • Tomatoes – 2 (finely chopped)
  • Dessicated coconut – 2 tsp
  • Haldi/ Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Lalmirch powder/ Red chili powder – 2 tsp
  • Maharashtrian Goda masala – 2 tbsp
  • Curry leaves – A few as per choice
  • Lemon juice – 2 tsp
Instructions
  1. To make sprouts and lentils curry:
  2. Pressure cook the sprouts with salt to 2 whistles. The sprouts should be cooked but not mushy. Keep aside.
  3. In a deep pan put oil. Add mustard seeds. When it starts spluttering, add curry leaves, red chili powder, haldi, & chopped onions. Saute for a while.
  4. Add chopped tomatoes, mashed potatoes, soaked poha, green chilies, sprouted & boiled moth beans, some salt, misal masala powder.
  5. Give a gentle mix. Before switching off the flame put lemon juice. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
  6. To make the Thick Kat/gravy :
  7. In a pan put oil. Add chopped onions. Brown it on low to medium flame. Add desiccated coconut.
  8. Add chopped tomatoes. Put haldi, salt, lal mirch powder, Goda masala powder. Now add curry patta for flavour. Mix nicely. Add lemon juice. Gravy has to be made thick. If required add very less water.
  9. To Serve Misal Pav :
  10. Once the misal is ready, serve it in layers in a bowl. Start off by adding the sprouted beans curry. Add the kat/rasa on top.
  11. Garnish it with chopped onions and some fresh coriander leaves, lemon slices and farsan/mixture/sev. Serve hot with pav/dinner rolls.
  12. Serve extra tari/rassa/kat/gravy on the side.
Recipe by at https://yummytalesoftummy.com/misal-pav-recipe-maharashtrian-misal-pav/