misal pav recipe | mumbai misal pav recipe | usal – misal pav recipe

misal pav recipe | mumbai misal pav recipe | usal – misal pav recipe

Prep time  :20 mins
Cook time : 40 mins
Total time : 1 hour
Serves: 3 Servings
 
Ingredients

for pressure cooking sprouts:

• 1 cup moong sprouts (whole green gram) / matki
• 2 cup water
• salt to taste
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• for misal masala recipe:
• 1 tsp oil
• ¼ onion, sliced
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 inch ginger
• 2 tbsp dry coconut / kopra
• water as required, for blending

For misal recipe:

• 2-5 tbsp oil (if you are not diet conscious use 5 tbsp oil)
• ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
• few curry leaves
• ¼ onion, finely chopped
• 1-2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder, adjust to your spice level
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• ¼ tsp garam masala powder
• 1 tomato, finely chopped
• 2-3 cups water, adjust to required consistency
• salt to taste

For serving: 

• 6 pav
• 1 cup farsaan / mixture
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• few coriander leaves, finely chopped
• few lemon wedges

Instructions 

• pressure cooking sprouts recipe:
• in a pressure cooker, take a cup of moong sprouts.
• add 2 cups of water, salt and turmeric powder.
• pressure cook for 1 whistle or till sprouts get cooked well.

 

Misal masala recipe:

• In a kadai add a tsp of oil, along with sliced onions.
• Also add garlic cloves and ginger. saute till the raw smell of ginger and garlic disappears. takes approx. 3-4 minutes.
• Then add dry coconut / kopra and continue to saute till you get aroma from coconut.
• Cool the masala completely and then blend smooth adding required water.

Misal recipe:

• In the same kadai add oil along with jeera. allow to splutter.
• Then add few curry leaves
• Also add finely chopped onion and saute till they sweat.
• Next add all the spices like kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder. fry till the spices gets infused into oil.
• Then add tomato and saute till they start releasing oil.
• Once the tomatoes are cooked, add prepared masala and fry for a minute or 2.
• Add cooked sprouts and give a good mix.
• Boil for 10 minutes on medium flame. keep mixing in between so that it doesn't get burnt from bottom.
• Then add 2-3 cups water, adjusting the consistency. you need to keep watery consistency as we will be boiling further.
• Add salt to taste.
• Boil further for 10 minutes on low flame so that spices get absorbed by sprouts.

Serving preparation:

• In a serving bowl, add some farsan.
• And then pour prepared misal.
• Top with 2 tbsp of mixed farsaan, chopped onions and coriander leaves over it. 
• Serve immediately with pavs and lemon wedges.