Misal Pav. Misal pav is a popular Mumbai street food of usal (sprouts curry) topped with onions, tomatoes, farsan (fried savory mixture), lemon juice and served with pav. Growing up in Mumbai, I have had misal pav in many places. My mom would also make misal pav at home many times.

Misal Pav is a very popular Indian street food that you can easily make at home. Unlike Pav Bhaji(that is medley of veggies), Misal Pav is made by using lentil sprouts in onion-tomato based curry. It is topped with some chopped onion, tomato, farsan, and lemon juice then served with Pav or Buns. You can have Misal Pav using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Misal Pav

It's of For Misal.
It's 1 bowl of Matki.
Prepare 1 of onion.
You need 1 of tomato.
It's 1 of garlic.
It's 1 piece of ginger.
Prepare 1 tbsp of garam masala.
It's 1 tsp of turmeric.
It's 1 tbsp of red chilli powder.
You need of Salt.
It's 2 tbsp of Oil.
It's of To serve with.
Prepare of Dinner roll.
You need 1 tbsp of onion.
Prepare 1 bowl of Gathi sev.
It's 1 tbsp of normal sev.
It's 1 tbsp of lemon juice.

The ladi pav, onions and cut lemon, usal and the toppings which are sev, ghatiya and papadi. This is how the Mumbai roadside usal looks. This is how the Mumbai roadside misal looks with the topping of sev and gathiya. Misal is a spicy curry made with mixed sprouts or moth beans (matki) and pav are buns (laadi pav).

Misal Pav instructions

Soak matki overnight and remove it from water and place it in warm place. use it after 4 hours when you can see light sprouts..
First take onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and make fine paste of it..
Heat oil and fry above paste in it till it become brown. Add red chilli powder, turmeric and garam masala. And mix it. Now add sprouted matki. And saute it for few minutes..
Later add 2 cup of hot water and add salt. Put lid on. Boil it for 4-5 minutes. It may be thin but dont worry..

Misal is garnished with mix farsan (mix chiwda) on the top and also some topped with onion and tomatoes. Misal is made of various kinds and it differs from place to place. Misal Pav is a traditional Maharashtrian dish. Here dry sabzi is made from sprouted moth beans. That is topped with spicy gravy, fresh onion, tomato and farsan.