Misal pav is a popular dish from Maharashtra. Misal is a spicy dish usually prepared with moth beans and served with pav buns. As misal is usually spicy, it is served with buttermilk. Misal pav can be had as a snack or breakfast or as a light lunch. Today we will learn how to make misal pav following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
How to make Misal Pav
Prep Time : 15 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves: 4
Recipe Category: Street Food
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed Dry Moth beans/madki – 1/2 cup
Pav Buns – 4
For Grinding
Onions – 2 medium size
Dry coconut – 1/2 cup (flat)
Garlic – 5 cloves
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tbsp
Hing – a generous pinch
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Tomato – 2 big
Spice Powder
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Kolapuri Misal pav masala powder – 2-3 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
For the seasoning
Oil – 3-4 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds – 3/4 tsp
For Garnishing
Chivda/mixture
Coriander leaves
Onion finely chopped
Fresh Lemon Juice
Preparations
Wash and soak 1/2 cup moth beans overnight. Then wash again the next morning, drain the water completely and leave it to sprout. Check
how to sprout beans.
Now add salt, turmeric powder, a cup of water and pressure cook the moth sprouts for 2 whistles.
Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and strain the water from the cooked moth beans. Keep the water/stock and the cooked sprouted moth beans aside.
Heat 2 tsp of oil and saute the dry coconut until it turns golden brown. Remove from the pan and keep it aside.
Heat another 3 tsp of oil and saute onion, ginger, garlic until onions turn light brown. Then add coriander seeds and cumin seeds and saute until they get roasted.
Once the mixture cools, grind it to a smooth paste with little water along with chopped tomato, turmeric powder, hing and few coriander leaves.
Our masala paste is ready.
Method
Heat 3-4 tbsp oil (yes, you need this much oil for making this gravy), add cumin seeds and mustard seeds, when it splutters, reduce the heat to low, add red chilli powder and misal pav masala powder (available ready made). Mix well and cook for a few seconds.
Add the ground masala paste.
Add salt and cook stirring until it leaves oil.
Add garam masala powder.
Now add the cooked moth sprouts and mix well so that it is well coated with the masala.
Add the reserved stock and another cup of plain water.
Boil well on medium heat for few minutes.
How to serve misal pav
In a bowl, add the sprouts alone from the prepared gravy.
Top it with finely chopped onions and coriander leaves.
Top it with chivda/mixture.
Now add the spicy water of misal. Then top it again with more chopped onions and coriander leaves.
Squeeze juice of lemon as needed and enjoy it with pav buns. Dip the pav in that gravy and enjoy it. If preferred you can toast the pav with butter.
Note – If you cannot get moth beans, you can try with moong beans/green gram.
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Is it neccesary to use moth only? can't we go for moong? do reply. By the way misal pav is looking so yummy.