Misal pav is a popular dish from Maharashtra. It contains misal and pav. The final dish is topped with farsan or sev, onions, lemon, and coriander. It is usually served with bread.
Misal pav is a very famous street food in Maharashtra. I have never tasted this before I made this today for the South-North Challenge. This is my second month of participating in the challenge.
Our friend and fellow blogger Divya Pramil from you too can cook Indian food started this amazing challenge where she divided the whole of India into North and South.
Based on our culinary expertise, we are either in the North team or in the South team. I belong to the South team and that means that I have to make the dish that the North team challenges us to make and it works vice versa for the other team.
What is Misal Pav
So, a little description of the dish that I made today. Misal is a spicy curry made of sprouts or peas and chili gravy. Traditionally the Misal has two components to it, one is the thicker part ‘matki’ has cooked peas or sprouts in it and the other one is called the ‘kut’ which is the spicy, watery gravy.
Today though Meena aunty taught us an easier version that has both the matki and the kut together as gravy that is topped with crunchy farsan or hot mix. This dish is served with pav (Indian bread).
Since it is quite a spicy dish, I also served this with Lassi (sweetened buttermilk) to cool down the palate. Hope all of you enjoy this dish as much as I did.
Preparation time – 15 mins plus overnight to soak the peas
Cooking time – 1 hr plus time to cook the peas
Difficulty level – medium
Ingredients to make Misal Pav –
To grind together (base masala)
- Onions – 3 (sliced)
- Tomatoes – 2 (chopped)
- Green chilies – 2
- Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
- Coconut (grated or desiccated) – ¼th cup
- Oil – 1 tsp
For the Misal Masala
- Ground paste from above
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Red chili powder – 1 teaspoon (adjust based on spiciness level)
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Garam masala – 1 tsp
- Dhania/coriander powder – ½ tsp
- Dry mango powder/amchur powder – 1 tsp
- Oil – 3 tablespoon (got to be liberal for the taste)
- Salt – to taste
For the assembly/Misal pav –
- White peas/Vatana (white) - 1 ½ cups (soaked overnight)
- Pav Buns – as needed
- Butter /olive oil – to toast the buns
- Farsan – as needed
- Onion (for garnish) – 1 (chopped finely)
- Cilantro/coriander leaves – for garnish
- Lime wedges – a few (for garnish)
Procedure –
- Wash and soak the peas overnight in water. Next day, drain the peas, add fresh water, and cook in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles. The peas should be cooked soft, but they should not be mushy. Keep aside.
To make the ground masala -
- Sauté the onions until brown and translucent. Now add the green chilies and Ginger garlic paste and sauté for 2 more mins.
- Now add the tomatoes and cook until it softens.
- At the end add the coconut and fry for a couple of more minutes and take it off the flame. Cool down a bit and grind it into a smooth paste adding little water if needed.
To make the gravy -
- Heat the oil in the same pan and add all the dry masala powders with the cumin seeds and sauté for about a minute on low heat. Take care not to burn the masala.
- Now add the ground masala paste and sauté it well. Cook for a few minutes (for about 8- 10 mins) covered, until the oil starts to leave the side of the pan. It is important to fry the masala well to ensure the maximum flavor in the recipe. Do not add salt now because then it will splatter all over the place.
- Add the salt and the cooked peas and mix well. Add water to make it into gravy-like consistency. Let it boil for a few minutes (about 5-8 mins). Now the gravy is ready for assembly.
Assembly – Make it just before you are ready to eat
- Toast the pav buns either in butter or olive oil.
- In a bowl add the gravy and top it with about ¼ cup of farsan. Now add a little more gravy on top. Garnish with chopped onions and cilantro and serve with the toasted buns.
- I also served it with sweet lassi to cool down the palate from all that heat.
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Recipe
Misal Pav – A Delightful Maharashtrian Spiced Curry With Bread
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- pan
- spatula
- bowl
Ingredients
To grind together –
- 3 Onions sliced
- 2 Tomatoe chopped
- 2 Green chilies
- 2 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
- ¼th cup Coconut grated or desiccated
- 1 teaspoon Oil
For the Misal Masala –
- Ground paste from above
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder adjust based on spiciness level
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Garam masala
- ½ teaspoon Dhania/coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon Dry mango powder/amchur powder
- 3 tablespoon Oil got to be liberal for the taste
- to taste Salt
For the assembly/Misal pav –
- 1 ½ cups White peas/Vatana white - (soaked overnight)
- Pav Bun as needed
- Butter /olive oil to toast the buns
- Farsan as needed
- 1 Onion for garnish (chopped finely)
- Cilantro/coriander leaves for garnish
- Few Lime wedges for garnish
Instructions
- Wash and soak the peas overnight in water. Next day, drain the peas, add fresh water and cook in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles. The peas should be cooked soft, but it should not be mushy. Keep aside.
To make the ground masala -
- Sauté the onions until brown and translucent. Now add the green chilies and Ginger garlic paste and sauté for 2 more mins.
- Now add the tomatoes and cook until it softens.
- At the end add the coconut and fry for couple of more minutes and take it off the flame. Cool down a bit and grind it into a smooth paste adding little water if needed.
To make the gravy -
- Heat the oil in the same pan and add all the dry masala powders with the cumin seeds and sauté for about a minute in low heat. Take care not to burn the masala.
- Now add the ground masala paste and sauté it well. Cook for few minutes (for about 8- 10 mins) covered, until the oil starts to leave the side of the pan. It is important to fry the masala well to ensure the maximum flavor in the recipe. Do not add salt now because then it will splatter all over the place.
- Add the salt and the cooked peas and mix well. Add water to make it into gravy like consistency. Let it boil for few minutes (about 5-8 mins). Now the gravy is ready for assembly.
Assembly – Make it just before you are ready to eat
- Toast the pav buns either in butter or olive oil.
- In a bowl add the gravy and top it with about ¼ cup of farsan. Now add a little more gravy on top. Garnish with chopped onions and cilantro and serve with the toasted buns.
- I also served it with sweet lassi to cool down the palate from all that heat.
- Enjoy!!!
Viya says
Very tempting Misal!! thanks for sending this dish to the Herbs and spices event on my blog.
Sanoli Ghosh says
Very inviting and mouthwatering misal pav u made dear.
today's recipe:
https://sanolisrecipies.blogspot.in/2012/12/uzhunnu-vada-methu-vada-urad-dal-savory.html
shasan18 says
Thanks Sanoli!
shasan18 says
Thanks PJ! Glad that we all learned a new recipe!
Padmajha PJ says
It is indeed a delicious challenge. Good job Sandhya...
Sharanya palanisshami (sara's TASTY BUDS) says
nice presentation............
shasan18 says
Thanks Sharanya!
priya satheesh says
Very neat presentation and tempting clicks...Perfectly made!
shasan18 says
Thanks a lot Priya!
Janani says
Lovely clicks.It looks yummy and mouth watering.
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Janani! Was good to learn some new recipe through SNC 🙂
Amy says
wow!!mouthwatering!!
Very interesting recipe with nice clicks...
Thanks for sharing with event :Cook like a Celebrity Chef
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Amy !
Jaleela says
Nice Clicks.
https://cookbookjaleela.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-own-event-bachelors-feast.html
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Jaleela Akka !
Roshni says
one of my fav chaats.. thanks for linking
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Roshni!
Sanoli Ghosh says
Very perfect misal pav. Looks too tempting dear.
today's recipe:
https://sanolisrecipies.blogspot.in/2012/12/aam-ras.html
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Sanoli!
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My Cooking Journey says
Thanks, will take a look 🙂
Kitchen Queen says
yummy misal pav.
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks !
Tamilarasi Sasikumar says
Looks so yum...lovely gravy with pav...
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Tamilarasi !
Pallavi Purani says
My fav part is that extra gravy 🙂 Slurrpp
My Cooking Journey says
Agree pallavi, just mop the gravy with a piece of bread and slurrrppppp !!
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
This looks delicious! I can imagine how fragrant and tasty this is! Pinned to try 🙂 I found you via the RecipesUS Food Community Page on Facebook. I'm following you through GFC and FB .... Feel free to come check out my blog if you'd like - https://www.lovebakesgoodcakes.com/
My Cooking Journey says
Hi Jamie, Lovely blog and glad to be following you through GFC. Good to know you and thanks for visiting 🙂
Priya R says
wow super misal pav 🙂 you have done it so well 😛 wish i can do it this good really
My Cooking Journey says
i am sure you would do it really well too Priya.
sara's TASTY BUDS says
sandhya akka , lovely presentation and the colour of misal is tempting.................
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Sharanya! Color is from frying the masala really well 🙂
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
Nicely done!!! I am still on the planning phase of doing it!!! Yours is looking so tempting and delicious!!!
Sowmya
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My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Sowmya ! it was quite easy if we have all the things needed 🙂
Divya Pramil says
Yum looks so good dear 🙂 perfectly made!! Loved the presentation too 🙂 Wonderful work am so glad to see that you people are rocking 🙂 And serving lassi is really a good idea...Super tempting platter...
Manga Meen Kulambu / Raw Mango Fish Curry
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Divya ! In fact we are very appreciative of your idea for starting this challenge. It definitely opens up a lot of possibility to learn new cuisines and dishes that we have never made or tasted before.
Sowmya D.S.L says
wow... looks yummy yummy..!! thanks for step by step recipe.. u ll definetely deserve well explained award.. 🙂
My Cooking Journey says
Thank you so much Sowmya for your sweet comment ! Meena Aunty, Divya....Hint hint....:-)
cookcookandcook says
Yummylicious.. 🙂 Thanks for linking..:)
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks to you for a lovely event 🙂
Shalini Rajesh says
Wow!!! looks so delicious and yummy. Step by step pics are awesome.Commendable efforts and loved your idea of serving with buttermilk.
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Shalini! The lassi was really helpful, as the dish was little spicy..
Sangeetha Nambi says
Perfect... That's a new dish to me as well...
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My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Sangeetha ! Do give it a try 🙂
Sangeetha Priya says
First time here, beautifully done!!! mouthwatering...
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Sangeetha 🙂
Meena B says
oi meena aunty is seeing now
and wow u made it even better than me
and lassi wud certainly cool down the sensitive tummy. the dish is supposed to be spicy. i kept it mild for us but in interiors its very spicy. i had it once somewhere i cudnt eat at all. but wow u made it very good
see this month challenge is so easy all r doing fast fast
good na
and hope u loved it
great job
My Cooking Journey says
Thank you so much Aunty for a wonderful new recipe. Everyone in my house enjoyes it including my 7yr and 2yr old. We had this with parathas for dinner tonight. Did you read what Sowmya said in previous comment? Hint hint aunty 🙂 once again thanks for a great recipe. It is a sure keeper in my house 🙂
Meena B says
ye yes got the hint hehehe
My Cooking Journey says
Ha ha ha...Thanks Aunty !
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says
wow akka... superb work n am drooling here... i wish to have this now itself...
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Viji ! It was really good recipe and very different from what we are used to.
Ramya Krishnamurthy says
first time here.yummy pav.happy to follow you.southern team.check my space too
My Cooking Journey says
Just entered this dish in your event ! lovely event and space. happy blogging !
Ramya Krishnamurthy says
first time here.yummy pav.happy to follow you.southern team.check my space too
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Ramya !
Manjula Bharath says
awesome 🙂 misal pav looks yummm .. drooling !!!
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Manjula ! the recipe was really yummy..Had fun making it 🙂
Sireesha Puppala says
wow...drool worthy..nice step by step pics too..well done dear..
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Sireesha ! That was quick 🙂
Priya says
Well done, lovely platter and inviting misal pav, i wont get bored of this yummy street food.
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks priya ! I had never tasted the dish before, but now there is no going back...
Asiya Omar says
Looks yummy..Nice presentation.
My Cooking Journey says
Thanks Asiya 🙂