Street food recipes: Misal Pav and Mirchi Vada

Get cooking with these recipes shared by Executive Chef Avinash Kumar of Novotel Imagica, Khopoli. 

Misal Pav

Ingredients:

• 30 ml oil
• 3 gm cumin seeds
• 50 gm onions, sliced
• 30 gm dry coconut, grated
• 2 gm coriander seeds
• 1 gm cloves
• 1 gm peppercorns
• 2 gm cinnamon stick
• 2 dry Kashmiri red chillies
• 2 gm garlic
• 30 gm onions, chopped 
• 40 gm tomatoes, chopped 
• 2 gm turmeric powder
• 20 gm moth beans (matki), sprouted 
• 20 gm dried white peas
• 20 gm whole green mung beans (moong)
• 15 gm black eyed beans (chawli), sprouted 
• 2 gm chilli powder
• 2 gm coriander, chopped
• Salt to taste
• Mixed farsan
• Pav
• Lemon wedges

Method:

For the misal masala: 

• Heat oil in a broad non-stick pan. Add onions, coconut and dry roast on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add all the remaining ingredients and saute on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the flame and allow to cool completely.
• Once it is cools, blend in a mixer to a smooth powder without using any water. Keep aside

For the misal curry: 

• Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When the seeds crackle, add onions and saute on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add misal masala and saute on a medium flame for one more minute.
• Add tomatoes, turmeric powder and a little water (approx. 1 tbsp), mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
• Add matki, white peas, moong and chawli sprouts and mix well. Add water if required. Cook until the peas and sprouts get tender. Serve it hot with farsan, pav, chopped onions and lemon.

Mirchi Vada

Ingredients:

• 200 ml oil
• 3 Bharwan mirchi
• 1 gm fennel seeds, crushed
• 2 gm asafoetida
• 1 gm coriander powder
• 2 gm chilli powder
• 2 gm dry mango powder
• 2 gm green chilli, chopped
• 2 gm fresh coriander
• 2 gm turmeric
• 80 gm potatoes, boiled
• Salt to taste

For the flour batter:

• 100 gm gram flour
• 30 gm rice flour
• 2 gm turmeric
• 2 gm deggi chilli powder
• 1 gm baking soda

Method:

• Mash boiled potatoes and cook. Add powder masalas and asafoetida.
• Slit Bharwan mirchi and de-seed it. Fill it with the mashed potatoes masala and set aside.
• Make a batter of gram flour by mixing all the ingredients to a desired consistency.
• Dip the filled Bharwan mirchi in the batter and deep fry it until golden brown in colour. Serve hot with mint chutney and saunth, a sweet chutney.