I am a big lover of street food.Pav bhaji tops the list.Misal pav is a nutritious recipe.Misal means sprouted beans.Toasted buttery pav served with missal gravy topped with sev namkeen.simply delicious and healthy.Here I have served with bread slices.

Ingredients:

For Pav:

Pav Buns - 4
Butter for toasting.

Misal Gravy:

Sprouted cooked mixed beans - 1 cup (I used green gram,red and white black eyed peas,rajma)
Potatoes -1 boiled and crumbled
onion - 1 finely chopped
Tomatoes - 1 finely chopped
chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
jeera powder - 1/2 teaspoon
garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon
channa masala - 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
salt required
oil required.
For garnish:

Sev
Butter
lemon wedges
raw onion finely chopped
coriander finely chopped.
chaat masala.


Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.once hot add chopped onion and fry till transparent.
2.Add tomatoes and GGpaste.Cook till raw smell goes .Add all the dry masala powders and little water(u can add cooked beans water).fry till raw smell goes away.
3.Add cooked sprouts and allow it to boil for some time and oil seperates.If u prefer can mash it.
4.Toast the pav buns with butter.
5.Grnish the misal gravy with sev,raw onion,coriander leaves,lemon wedges,chaat masala and a dollop of butter.
6.Serve with Pav bun.
7.Delicious misal pav is ready to eat.
 

Ingredients:

Sandwich Bread - 4
Boiled Potatoes - 2
mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Onion - 1 finely chopped
Tomato - 1 finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
chilli powder - 1 teaspoon.
salt for taste
lemon juice - 1 teaspoon
oil required
Butter to toast the bread.
Green chutney spread (optional)

Method:

1.Heat oil in a pan.Temper mustard seeds.
2.Once mustard splutters,add chopped onion and fry till transparent.
3.Add chopped tomatoes ,ginger garlic paste and required salt for the dish and mix well till the raw smell of GG paste goes and tomatoes are mashed.
4.Add mashed potatoes,chilli powder and mix well.
5.Keep mixing till the raw smell of chilli powder goes and potatoes gets fried and incorporates.
6.Add coriander and lemon juice.switch off the stove and keep it aside.
7.Apply butter on bread.Apply green chutney if you prefer.
8.Fill a bread slice with the potato mixture and close it with other slice.
9.Toast it in sandwich maker and serve with tomato ketchup.


 

Ingredients:
Bengal Gram Dal/Kadalai Paruppu - 1/2 cup
Thuvar Dal/Thuvaram Paruppu - 1/2 cup
Urad Dal/Ulutham Parupu - 1/2 cup
Moong Dal/Siru Paruppu/Payatham Paruppu - 1/2 cup
Onion (finely chopped) - 1 big
Ginger - 1piece
Green Chillies - 4
Coriander Leaves - 1cup
Curry Leaves - a Handful
Salt required
oil for deep frying

Method:
1.Wash and Soak all the dal/Lentils for 4hours.
2.In a blender add ginger,salt,coriander curry leaves and green chillies.Grind it coarsely.
3.Add all the dal/lentils and grind it coarsely.
4.Transfer all the contents to a bowl.Add finely chopped onions and check salt.
5.In a pan,heat oil for deep frying.Once the oil is hot,take a lemon sized ball,shape into a vada and put it in the oil carefully.Fry till golden brown.
6.Put it in a kitchen tissue and wait till it absorbs excess oil.
7.Serve hot with Tea.

It was a cold winter evening and my toungue was tickling to have something hot and crispy.When my brother searched the fridge,he found a bottle of hummus which i made for kati roll the previous evening.well the dip is ready...Wat about the crunchiesss he asked...yeahhh...found out...a big Brinjal...why dont you make some frittersss he said....Voila!! that evening was wonderful.......But how come without a fight for the fritters... after all we are cats and dogs.

Ingredients:
Big Brinjal - 1
Red Chilli Powder - 2tablespoon
Gram Flour - 2cups
Rice Flour - 1tablespoon
Salt Required
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1tablespoon
Oil to deep fry.

Method:
1.Wash the big brinjal thoroughly.Cut into round pieces and again cut the round pieces into 1inch cubes.
2.In a bowl,prepare a batter with gram flour,rice flour,salt,chilli powder,ginger garlic paste.
3.In a pan,heat oil for deep frying.Once the oil is hot,Dip the brinjal pieces in batter and deep fry till golden brown.
4.Serve hot with Hummus or green chutney or ketchup.
5.You can also roll it in chappati with onion and hummus with a gentle sprinkle of chat powder.Yummmmm......