How To Make Misal Pav Maharashtrian Recipe

How To Make Misal Pav Maharashtrian Recipe

Misal Pav is the Maharashtrian recipe. Which Can be as a breakfast or as a snacks. The pav give feeling of Pav Bhaji. We Prepare gravy ("Kat" in Marathi) and Usal, Seperately, then we assemble it. 

Ingredients

Servings For: 4

To Make Paste

2 Tbsp oil 

1 tsp ginger paste 

1 tsp garlic paste 

1 cup chopped onion 

1 cup chopped tomato 

3/4 cup grated coconut 

To Make Gravy/Kat In Marathi
3 Tbsp oil 

Spice Paste (as above)

Salt to taste

1 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp cumin-coriander powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon & clove powder

3 cups water (or as required to adjust the consistency)
To Make Usal
3 Tbsp oil 

1 tsp garlic paste 

1 tsp ginger paste 

1/2 tsp hing (asafoetida) 

1 1/2 cups steamed matki (White Peas ) soaked for 6 hrs 

1 cup boiled potato (cut into square pieces) 

1/2 tsp turmeric powder 

1 tsp garam masala 

1/2 tsp cinnamon-clove powder 

1 lime juice 

3 cups water (or as required) 

Salt to taste 

Method To Make Paste

• Heat oil in pan. 
• Add ginger paste, garlic paste saute till brown.
• Now Add chopped onion. Saute it till onion is transculent. 
• Then Add Chopped tomato and greated coconut.
• Mix it well and cook till tomato cook. Now allow mixture to cool and then grind that mixture into a fine paste.

Method To Make Gravy/Kat in Marathi

• Heat oil in deep pan or you can use curry pan.
• Now add above grind masala paste in to the pan saute for 2 min.
• Now add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, cumin and coriander powder, clove-cinnamon powder mix it well, Saute for min. 
• Now add water in to it and cook it until it start leaving oil. Now keep it aside.

Method To Make Usal

• Heat oil in pan. 
• Add ginger and garlic paste and then add asafoetida (Hing) saute for min. 
• Then add soaked and boiled matki (White Peas) and potato  mix it well.
• Now add salt, turmeric powder, cinnamon-clove powder and lime juice.
• Add water into it. Now cook for 8-10 min.

Method To Make Misal

• Take a serving bowl.
• First pour usal in bowl, then pour red gravy into it.
• Now add finely chopped onion , dry farsan.
• Garnish it with coriander.
• Server it with slightly toasted pav in butter or in oil and lemon.

Note
You can also use mix sprouts instead of boil and soaked peas to make usal.