Misal Pav Recipe

Misal Pav is most famous Maharashtrian dish - a street food. 'Misal' means mixture in Marathi and pav is the bun / bread roll which is served along with the mixture. Misal is a spicy curry which is generally prepared using sprouts and served with Farsan (a snack made from besan) / sev topping along with finely chopped onion, coriander and a lemon slice. Misal Pav is usually served as a breakfast dish but is all-time available in most of the Maharashtrian hotels and can be served as lunch time menu, evening snack. There are various kinds of Misal pav available  which are usually named based on the locality they are served  (for ex: Nashik Misal, Kolhapuri Misal, Puneri Misal etc..) and the taste slightly varies based on the spices used in the particular region. You can say 'Kolhapuri Misal' to be one of the spiciest. 

    In Bangalore it's very difficult to find the Farsan that we usually get in Maharashtra, so I usually get the Farsan from my native and sometimes my dad sends it via parcel. Just today morning I got a parcel of Farsan mixture, bun pav, sev and he had reminded me yesterday to soak the Matki which I could use it for preparing Misal today ; That's so kind of him. I am really blessed to have such caring parents! 

I prepare this recipe in very simple way. It's easy and quick. Let's go through the procedure.

Raw Mango Rice

Mango Rice! I never had it before. It's only after coming to Bangalore I came to know about Mango rice from one of my neighbor who is from near by place. Whenever we meet we usually discuss about food. I like to collect information about many traditional recipes from her, so I keep asking her about the recipes and she explains me very well. In some ways I like the south Karnataka food, they use coconut & tamarind in almost recipes. The "Gojju" is very common here, mix it with rice and serve it. I have learned to prepare capsicum gojju, puliyogare, coconut rice, mango rice all from her. For Puliyogare I have already shared the recipe in the initial days. When it's mango season lets go through the mango rice recipe procedure first.