Misal Pav

Misal pav is one of the street foods available in Mumbai. This street food is very popular amongst maharashtrians and some people equates maharashtrian cuisine with Usal Pav and Misal Pav. (which is not true). This recipe require loads of oil, but you may indulge in such an off-diet food once in a while.

Lastly, special thanks to my wife for clicking these wonderful snaps..And further this has won a runner-up prize in the MasterChef India 2 contest!

Ingredients :

To make paste for gravy / Sauce 

2 tbpn oil

1 tspn ginger paste

1 tspn garlic paste

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped tomato

3/4 cup grated coconut

To make gravy / Sauce ('Kat' in Marathi)

3 tbpn oil

Spice Paste (as above)

Salt to taste

1 tspn red chilly paste

1 tspn garam masala

1/2 tspn turmeric powder

1 tspn cumin-corriander powder

1/2  tspn cinnamon & clove powder

3 cups Water  (or as required to adjust the consistency)

To make usal 

3 tbspns oil

1 tspn garlic paste

1 tspn ginger paste

1/2 tspn hing (asafoetida)

1 & 1/2 cups  steamed matki (moth) (soaked overnight)

1 cup boiled potato (cut into square pieces)

1/2 tspn turmeric powder

1 tspn garam masala

1/2 tspn cinnamon-clove powder

1 lime juice

3 cups water (or as required)

Salt to taste

For Garnishing :

Chopped onion

Mix dry farsan 

Chopped Corriander

To serve with :

Paav

Slice of lemon

Preparation :

To make paste :

Heat oil in a pan

Add ginger paste, garlic paste and chopped onion

Saute till the onion is transculent

Then add chopped tomatoes and grated coconut

Mix well and saute it for few minutes

Allow the mixture to cool

Grind it into smooth paste

To make gravy / sauce ('Kat'in Marathi) :

Heat oil in a pan

Add the ready paste into oil and saute it for 2 minutes

Then add salt, red chilly powder, garam masala, turmeric powder, cumin-corriander powder, clove-cinnamon powder and mix it

Then add water in it

Cook till the mixture starts leaving oil

Trasfer it in a bowl and keep it aside

To make Usal :

Heat oil in a pan

Add ginger paste, garlic paste and asafoetida

Saute it for a minute

Then add soaked & boiled sprouts and potatoes 

Mix it

Then add salt, turmeric powder, garam masala, clove-cinnamon powder and lime juice.

Add water to it

Cook it for 8-10 minutes

Transfer it in a separate bowl

To make Misal :

Take a serving bowl

First pour ready usal in the bowl

Then pour the red gravy over it

Thereafter, add finely chopped onion, farsan to the mixture

Garnish it with chopped corriander

Serve it with pav and a slice of lemon

Notes :

1. You may also take mix sprouts to make usal

2. The farsan can be substituted with Chivda 

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