Misal pav - SNC challenge

SNC challenge

Divya Pramil of You too can cook Indian Food is the brain behind SNC challenge - recipe exchange where two teams challenge each other with their authentic recipes. The teams get a month’s time to prepare the recipe and post on their spaces. This is the 3rd event of the series and December month's challenge is posted by  Meena from random ramblings  (Northern team) and yours truly ( South team). 

It is nearly the end of the month, I know. But this time of the year I am usually busy with friends and more so at work too. Appologies for the late entry Meena  and Divya. But I made it :-)

Misal pav is mumbai street food, which is a bit spicy and full of flavour. For those of u who follow my blog probably know by now how much I luv street food. I had only praises when I tried and posted Bhel puri. Misal pav is one such flavour packed soul filling food that u guys ought to try, if u haven't already. The original recipe asked for white peas. I couldn't get hold of it,hence the use of chick peas.

Thanks Meena ji for such a kidilam (superb in malayalam slang :-D ) recipe.

This is how I did it.

Ingredients

1- White peas / Chick peas - 200 grams ( pre-cooked from a can)

2 - Big onion - 2
Tomato paste - 1 tbsp
Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Ginger paste - 1tsp
Green chillies - 1
Coconut - 1/4 cup, dessicated (pre-soaked)

3 - Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Dry mango powder / Amchoor powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste

4 - Oil - 5 tsp

5 -Mixed farsan / Sev / Mixture - I used chin-chin mixture - to taste (lots and lots in my opinion :-) )
Pav buns - as required - I used ciabatta rolls - shop bought.
Big onions - 1, finely chopped
Coriander leaves - as required, chopped

Method

- Make a paste of (2) and keep aside

- Heat a pan and add 3 tsp of oil. Splutter cumin seeds and add the ground paste, stirring well.

- Add rest of (3) and mix well on low flame.

- Add water from the can and cook till gravy thickens.

- Add the cooked peas and stir well.

- Garnish with (5) and serve with pav / rolls

Yummmmm!!