maharashtrain recipes
Mumbai Style Pav Bhaji
Pav Bhaji is a popular Indian street food tracing its origin to Mumbai. This specialty dish is popular in every kitchen and by-lane of Mumbai‘Pav’ means a type of soft bread and ‘Bhaji’ means a mix of vegetables and curry.
Pav bhaji is made from a mix of many vegetables which usually include Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Carrots, Peas, Beans, Capsicum etc.
These days Pav Bhaji is available in almost all Indian restaurants and many street side joints.
The cooking process is relatively quick and easy With a mix of several vegetables.
Pav Bhaji is quiet healthy. Though it tastes best with a liberal dose of butter. you can cook it at home with less oil and butter to make it healthier.
To make Pav Bhaji at home follow the detailed step by step recipe on my you tube channel with a link below.
Preparation time : 15-20 mins
Cooking time : 30-35 mins
Serves : 4
Ingredients
For boiling veggies
250 gm Green Peas
200 gm cauliflower
2 medium size potato diced
100 gm french beans
1 chopped Green capsicum
2 small carrots chopped
1 small tomato chopped
1 tbsp pav bhaji masala
2 tsp salt
1-3/4 cup Water (used leftover boiled water from the veggies)
For tempering
1 medium onion chopped
3 small Tomato, chopped
1 tablespoon Ginger paste
1 crushed green chilli(optional)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp garam masala powder
2 tablespoon Pav bhaji Masala
1/2 teaspoon Red chili powder
2 tablespoon Butter or Oil
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon Chopped cilantro leaves
2 tablespoon Lemon Juice – to sprinkle on top (optional)
Directions || To prepare Pav bhaji Veggies
1. Boil all the veggies together in a pressure cooker ,this saves lot of time.
2. add salt , pav bhai masala ,chopped tomato and water.
3. Close the lid and cook it till 3-4 whistles.
4. Do not discard the water from boiled veggies.
Directions || Tempering Pav bhaji
1. Prepare ingredients for tadka.
2. Heat butter and oil (pav bhaji means lot of butter)
3. Add chopped onions…
4. Add ginger paste and saute for a minute.
5. Saute until onions are translucent..
6. Add chopped tomatoes.
7. Cover and cook until tomatoes are tender and soft.
9. Uncover and start mashing up the tomatoes.
10. Add salt, turmeric powder , garam masala powder , red chilli powder and Pav bhaji masala.
11. Saute and mix until well blended.
12. Finally mix in mashed boiled veggies that we prepared earlier..
13. Keep mashing throughout the process..
14. Mix in salt and some butter. As you can see I have added 1 teaspoon of extra
butter to saute my tempering.
15. If you like add more butter, some lemon juice.
16. Sprinkle chopped cilantro leaves and some finely chopped onions..
Masala Khichdi | Khandeshi Masala Bhaath
Khandeshi Masala Khichadi is a one -pot comfort meal traditionally a maharashtrian dish.
Masala Khichdi is a spicy variation of simple khichdi with heavenly flavors.This khicidi is simple to cook and very easily done in pressure cooker. It can be served with papad but it tastes divine when served traditionally with Marathi pickles like ‘Teecha’. So do try this recipe and please share me your feedback.
Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time :15 mins
Serves : 4
Ingredients
2 tbsp Oil
1 cup Rice
1/4 cup Tur dal
1 tsp Mustard seeds
few curry leaves
1 cup Peanuts
1 medium Onion finely chopped
2~3 Green chillies chopped
1 Tomato finely chopped
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp khandeshi masala/curry powder
1 tsp Red chili powder
3 cups Water
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves
Directions || How to make Khandeshi Masala khicidi
Mix rice and toor dal ,wash them well with water and soak them for 15-30 minutes,
Heat up oil in a pressure cooker.
Add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
Add curry leaves and peanuts. Stir well and fry for about a minute.
Once peanuts are fried well ,add onion, green chillies and fry until onion turns light golden.
Add tomato, khandeshi masala(curry powder), red chili powder and turmeric powder.
Mix well and fry for about 2 minutes.
Now add soaked rice and dal.
Mix well and add water and sprinkle few coriander leaves, salt to taste. Mix well.
Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 3 whistles.
Masala khichadi is already.
Serve with lots of ghee and coriander leaves.
You can serve masala khichaadi with papad or pickle too.
Mix dal Pakora/Bhajji
Pakora (Fritter)or Bhajji’s is a famous recipe for Iftar and Ramadan. Pakoras are made in 90% homes at the time of iftar.Pakoray is a very tasty, light weight, and light saltish snack which taste good with tomato ketchup, raita or chutney.
I try to make different pakoras every time , sometimes aloo (potato)pakora, sometimes pyaz(onions) pakora and sometimes palak pakora.This is the first time, i tried this mix dal pakoras. I’m sharing with all this delicious and yummy mix dal pakora.
This is one of the most favorite pakora or you can say bhajji and there are so many sweet childhood memories attached to it. My mom use to prepare these Bhajji’s every tuesday to break her fast 🙂 and I used to wait for tuesday desperately :)Mix dal pakora can also be served at tea time and snacks or even as starters.
Preparation time:15 mins + 4 hours soaking of dals
Cooking time:10 mins
Serves : 4 to 5 people
Ingredients
For The Dal Mixture
2 cup chana dal (split bengal gram)
1/2 cup yellow moong dal (split yellow gram)
1/2 cup urad dal (split black lentils)
1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
a pinch turmeric powder (haldi)
2-3 green chillies
1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
2 to 3 cloves garlic
1 medium size onion finely chopped
1 cup chopped coriander (dhania)
salt to taste
oil for deep frying
Direction || How to make mix dal pakora
Wash and soak all dals for 4 hours.
Strain water and keep it aside.
In a grinder add cumin seeds,garlic,green chillies,turmeric powder,asafoetida and dal.
Coarsely grind them together.
In a bowl, mix coarsley ground dals,chopped onions ,chopped coriander,salt and mix well.
Heat oil on medium flame and deep fry all pakodas till they turn golden brown and crisp from al the sides.
Serve hot with coconut chutney or any chutney of your choice.
Maharashtrian style Shengdana chutney(green peanut chutney)
Shengdana green (hiravi) chutney is another innovative versatile chutney from my mom’s kitchen.She used to normally prepare this chutney when she was in hurry , no time to chop vegetables or out of vegetables and need to prepare something delicious with dal-rice(varan -bhat)
We normally prepare wet chutneys with fresh grated coconut as the base with different ingredients. But in this recipe she used peanut as a base ingredient
mixed with green chillies ,cook along with onions. This is so yumm chutney that I can bet you will tempt to prepare it again and again 🙂
You can just have this chutney with chapathi replacing it with any gravy or veggies. Worth a shot – here goes the recipe.
Preparation time : 15 mins
Cooking time – 10 mins
Yields : 250 gm
Ingredients
250 gm Peanuts
2- 3 green chillies
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp garlic
1 tsp salt
1 medium size finely chopped onions
few sprigs of coriander
oil for cooking
Directions || How to prepare Shengdana chutney(green peanut chutney)
Using a tawa or skillet, roast the peanuts on medium heat until peanuts get dark brown spots on them.
Take these off the heat and allow them to cool on a tray.
Once cool, remove as much of the skin as you can by rubbing the peanuts between your hands to loosen the skin so you can dust or blow them off.
Now in a blender , add peanuts , garlic , jeera , green chillies ,salt and water.
Blend it to a coarse powder.
Heat oil in a pan , add onions and saute till it turns golden brown.
Add grounded paste to the onions,salt and saute till well.
Cook it well on a medium flame for about 4-5 minutes.
Add coriander to the chutney and turn off the flame.
Serve it hot with either chapati or even dal-rice.
Can be store in a refrigerator for 2-3 days.
maharashtrian style Shengdana(peanut) chutney
Peanut chutney also know as a Shengdana chi chutney in Maharahtrian cuisine is a simple, flavorful dry chutney powder.
This chutney is so versatile that it can be used with anything and anytime.Serves as best side with dal rice or in
marathi varan bhat , with chapati’s or even dosa or simply sprinkle it on a bread which serves as a quick snacks.
This is all time favorite at my home and you will always find it in my kitchen.It can be refrigerated for 3-4 weeks.
So add this extra spice side dish in your meal today, try it and let me know your experience.
Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : None
Serves : 250 gm
Ingredients
250 gm cup of raw, shelled peanuts
4-5 whole dry red chillies
7-8 pods of garlic|
1 tsp salt
Direction || How to prepare Shengdana (Peanut Chutney)
Using a tawa or skillet, roast the peanuts on medium heat until peanuts get dark brown spots on them.
Take these off the heat and allow them to cool on a tray.
Once cool, remove as much of the skin as you can by rubbing the peanuts between your hands to loosen the skin so you can dust or blow them off.
Now in a blender , add peanuts , garlic , red chillies and salt.
Blend it to a coarse powder ( make sure its not too coarse and not too fine powder 🙂
Store in a clean jar in the fridge. Will last 3-4 weeks.
Enjoy it as a side dish with chapati or rice-dal or dosa.
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