
Description:
It’s a popular Maharastrian dish from India. Misal is spicy curry made of moth beans and pav is Indian bread (dinner roll)
Ingredients (Serving 4 People):
For gravy:
- 1 cup oil
- 1 medium size onion
- 4 tbsp grated coconut(fresh/dry )
- 1 tomato sliced
- 8-10 garlic pods
- 1 inch ginger slice
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp asafetida (hing)
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 2-3 green chilies chopped
- 3 tbsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp turmeric powder
- 3 tsp coriander powder
- 2 tsp cumin powder
- 2 tbsp gram flour (besan)
- 4-5 tbsp chopped coriander
- Water approximately, salt as per taste
- 8 Pav/ bun
For mataki (moth beans) sabji –
- 1 + 1/2 cup sprouted moth beans
- 1tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 5-6 curry leaves
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1-2 green chillies chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh coriander chopped
- Water approximately, salt as per taste
- Farsan (फरसाण)/ mix savories (Indian snack mix which consist of a spicy dried ingredients, such as fried lentils, corns, flaked rice and mainly chickpea flour gathia (shev))
Procedure:
Heat the pan over medium heat, pour oil, add onions and saute it until it becomes translucent, add in coconut, combine well and saute until it becomes golden brown in color. Now add tomatoes, garlic, ginger and sprinkle salt to get the tomatoes cooked quickly, saute it for another 2-3 min. Turn off the heat and let it cool then grind it into paste and keep aside.
Take another pan, pour oil, let it get hot on medium low heat, then add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds curry leaves. Once the seeds crackle add sprouted matki, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala, coriander powder, cumin powder, slitted green chilies and salt as per taste. Combine it well and saute for 2 min. Add water accordingly.(do not add too much water) Cover it and let it cook for a few min until water gets absorbed. Lastly add fresh coriander.
Take a deep pan, pour oil, misal gravy should have tarri (oil layer at the top), so add more oil, add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves. Now add grinded paste, combine it well while continuously stirring. Cover it, let it simmer (for 5-6 min). At this stage, add 2 tbsp gram flour (besan), turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala and slitted green chilies. Again combine it well and keep stirring until masala leaves the pan. Now add water accordingly and mix it well. Bring it to boil on medium low heat (10 to 12 min) now turn off the heat. You can see hot spicy gravy.
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