Misal Pav (Misal Recipe)

For cooking sprouts

• 2 cups moth bean sprouts (matki sprouts) or mixed bean sprouts or moong bean sprouts - I used about 1 cup of moth beans to prepare the sprouts
• 2 potatoes small to medium - cubed in 1.5 to 2 inches
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 cups water or as required

For the usal (sprouts curry)

• 1 onion medium to large - finely chopped
• 1 to 2 green chilies - chopped
• 1 to 1.5 teaspoon ginger garlic paste or 3 to 4 garlic cloves + 1 inch ginger- crushed in a mortar-pestle to a fine paste
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 10 to 12 curry leaves
• 1 to 1.5 tablespoon Goda Masala or kala masala
• ½ teaspoon red chili powder
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1.5 teaspoons tamarind - soaked in ⅓ or ½ cup water or 2 to 3 kokums
• ¾ to 1 cup water or add as required
• 3 tablespoons oil
• salt as required

For the misal pav

• 8 to 10 Pav (bread rolls) or bread slices as required
• ½ cup finely chopped onions
• ½ cup finely chopped tomatoes optional
• ½ to 1 cup thick sev or farsan (chiwda), fried savory snack mixture
• 1 lemon or lime quartered or diced
• ⅓ cup chopped coriander leaves
• ½ cup curd or yogurt, beaten, optional