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Misal Pav – Hot and Spicy Street Food

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This blog was started with the aim of posting some cherished family and regional Maharashtrian recipes, both easy and complicated, regular weekday ones or delicacies. But a lot of the stuff we eat at home is so simple and ‘automatic’ that I think its not a big deal posting it. Like, who wants to see a recipe for alu subji or dal chawal? ( I know that’s not true).

Recap Aug 2016 – since the last time I wrote this, I have published a book 30 Days of Daal featuring 30 different dal recipes. And also Rice Bowl, with 30 rice recipes 🙂
kolhapuri misal pav
Misal Pav or Pav Sample or Kolhapuri misal as it is called, is a very popular and ubiquitous street food in western Maharashtra, sometimes termed as ‘poor man’s food’ that is hot and spicy and guaranteed to have smoke coming out of your ears. But it has enough of a wow factor that I feel I should write a post about it. I have been wanting to make this at home for a long time, and the historic India – Pak world cup semi-final provided a perfect opportunity.

This dish is assembled with several ingredients, many of them store bought. You just make the ‘sample’ which is a hot soup or stock kind thing and the Moth or Matki usal. This can be made in advance, and you just heat it up before eating.
 kolhapuri misal pav
The recipe given below is simple, and the biggest challenge for me was to add as much chili or mirchi powder, and the HUGE amount of oil. But in the end, everything balances out really well. There IS some residual heat in the end, and your mouth will be slightly on fire, but that is the whole point of eating this dish, just like a fiery bowl of chili, or it wouldn’t really be Misal Pav.

The picture also shows the typical way it is served, in stainless steel plates, because that’s how they dish it up in our very own Maharashtra!
kolhapuri misal pav
The detailed recipe of Misal Pav along with Matki Usal is below –

Kolhapuri Misal Pav Recipe

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This Misal Pav is not only a popular street food but also a part of the cultural heritage of the state of Maharashtra. It is not as complicated as it looks, and the above ingredients can be stretched to make anything from 8-10 servings. You can refrigerate the usal and sample and heat it up just before serving. The other things just have to be assembled.

I hope you try this fiery dish and let me know how you did.

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  4. I dont think ive ever tried matki before (or maybe i have and only recognize it my its tamil name!). This looks so spicy and yummy! Thanks for visiting my blog and leading me to yours 🙂