Misal Paav

Ingredients:


For Usal:

• Sprouted Moth Beans (Matki): 2 Cups
• Small Sized Boiled & Cubed Potatoes: 2
• Peanuts: 1/4 Cup
• Finely Chopped Onions: 1 Cup
• Finely Chopped Tomato: 1/2 Cup
• Maharashtrian Garam Masala / Goda Masala / Kandyacha Masala : 1 tbsp ( as per taste)
• Red Chilli Powder: 1 tsp
• Shredded Jaggery: 1 to 2 tsp ( as per taste)
• Tamarind Pulp: 2 tsp ( as per taste)
• Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp
• Hing (Asafoetida) : 2 Pinch
• Few Curry Leaves
• Oil: 3 tbsp
• Salt to Taste
• Paav or Buns as required

For Garnishing

• Finely Chopped Onion
• Finely Chopped Tomato
• Finely Chopped Coriander
• Lemon Slice
• Thin Shev
• Pharsan

Procedure:

1. Wash sprouted matki. Drain water & keep aside.
2. In a heavy bottom pot add some oil. Fry peanuts & keep aside. Then in remaining oil fry matki for 5-6 minutes. Remove from pot & keep aside.
3. Add remaining oil in a pot. Heat oil. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. As they splutter, add asafoetida. Add chopped onions. When they turn transperent, add tomatoes. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Then add masala and red chilli powder. Cook for 2 minutes.
4. Then add peanuts, potatoes and matki. Mix all these ingredients together. Add 3 cups of warm water. Then add salt, jaggery & tamarind pulp. Mix it. Cover the pot with lid and cook till matki is cooked. Be sure to keep some extra rassa or kat or water in this curry.
5. Put some butter on a pan and roast paav (bun) or bread for 2 minutes.


6. In a bowl, pour some matki curry. Then sprinkle some pharsan, thin shev, onion, tomato, cilantro and squize the lemon slice. Serve this bowl with paav.

This is my entry for Ammalu's Kitchen's JFI- Sprouts event