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Usal Pav - Marathi

5 (3) Usal pav is traditional Maharashtrian street food. It is made from mixed legumes…

Ingredients

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1
Wash and sprout the legumes well.
2
Wash the sprouted legumes well and transfer them into a cooker.
3
Add turmeric powder, a little salt, water and mix well.
4
Close the lid and cook on medium heat until just 1 whistle. No need to cook longer.
5
Heat up oil in a pan.
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Add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
7
Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
8
Add hing, curry leaves, onion and mix well.
9
Fry onion on medium heat until it turns nice golden for about 7-8 minutes.
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Add tomato and mix well.
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Fry tomato until it cooked nice and soft for about 3-4 minutes.
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Add peanut powder and mix well.
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Peanut powder gives nice binding to this masala.
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You can add blended dry coconut, fresh coconut, or besan in place of peanut powder.
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Add ginger-garlic paste, kanda lasun masala, bedagi mirachi powder and mix well.
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Fry the masala for about 2-3 minutes until it begins to release oil.
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Add cooked legumes along with water, salt to taste, and mix well.
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Add salt carefully as you already have added salt while cooking the legumes.
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Add hot water to adjust the consistency if required. The usal should be a little runny.
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Simmer usal on medium heat for about 7-8 minutes.
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Usal is already. While serving usal pav, serve legumes first then some kat or tarri.
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Garnish with shev, finely chopped onion and coriander leaves.
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Serve with pav, some finely chopped onion, a slice of lemon.