A healthy Maharashtra special curry prepared with sprouted white peas & moth beans & spiced up with goda masala. This is served along with Pav.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Soaking time8 hourshrs
Total Time9 hourshrs5 minutesmins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Maharashtrian
Keyword: easy Misal Pav recipe, Misal Pav, Misal Pav recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 235kcal
Author: Srividhya G
Ingredients
½cupMoth Dal
¼cupWhite Peas
¼tspTurmeric Powder
4cupsWaterfor soaking + 3 cups for pressure cooking + 1 cup for tamarind soaking/diluting
1tbspOil/Ghee
¼tspMustard Seeds
½tspCumin Seeds
1strandCurry Leaves - 1 strand
1tspGinger Garlic Paste
1Medium Sized Onion
2Medium Sized Potato
1tspTamarind Pasteor small gooseberry-sized tamarind
1tbspGoda MasalaI went with a store-bought one
¼tspGaram Masala
1tspCoriander Powder
1tspCumin Powder
1tspRed Chilli Powder
1.5 tspSalt
2tspsSugar - 2 tsps
2tbspsChopped Cilantro+ 1 tbsp for garnish
Chivda or farsan mix - as required
Instructions
How To Prepare Moth Dal Sprouts
This is how I prepared my home made sprouted moth dal,
Soak it in water for about 8 hrs. (Or overnight)
Drain the water and pat it dry.
Let it sit in colander in dark space for about 24 to 36 hours
After a day you will see small sprouts and it starts to grow gradually. You can leave it up to 2 days and then refrigerate.
Preparing White Peas
I soaked it overnight and let it sit for 8 hours in dark space. I didn’t let it sprout like moth dal. But you can let it sprout like moth dal.
Prep - Work
Chop the onions and reserve about ¼ for garnishing.
Similarly chop the cilantro and set aside about 1 tbsp for garnish.
Peel the potato skin and chop them roughly. I microwaved the potatoes and added them to the curry finally.
If you are using tamarind, soak small goose berry sized tamarind in 1 cup of water for 30 minutes and extract the juice and if you are using the paste dilute it in 1 cup of water and set aside.
Cooking the dals
Pressure cook the sprouted moth dal and white peas along with turmeric powder and 3 cups of water for unto 3 whistles.
Tell it cool and set aside.
Preparing the Misal
Heat the kadai or pressure pan and add oil or ghee.
Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
As they start to crackle, add the chopped onions and cook until the onion turns translucent.
Now add the tamarind water and let it simmer for 3 minutes.
At this stage add the salt, sugar, goda masala, cumin powder, coriander masala and red chili powder.
Cook until all the water is evaporated.
Add the pressure cooked dal and I added the cooked potatoes also.
Mix well and check for spice and salt at this level.
Cook until your desired consistency. I let it thicken and simmered it for 10 minutes in low flame.
Finally add the chopped cilantro and the farsan mix.
That’s it. Misal is ready.
Assembling the Misal Pav
Slit the pav buns in to two and slight toast with butter or ghee or oil.
Now add the misal mix and top it up with chopped onions, cilantro and more sev.
That’s it. Enjoy!!!
Notes
Adjust the spices as per your preference.
Tomatoes can be used while serving. But I didn’t use it.
Sugar is optional.
If you are using green chillies, pressure cook it along with the dal and remove them later.
Potatoes can be pressure cooked along with dal or as per your preferred way.