Misal Pav (Maharashtrian Misal Pav) in Instant Pot

Misal Pav is one of the most loved recipes in state of Maharashtra, India just like vada-pav. You
will find lot of restaurants selling it with Pav or bread. Here is the recipe.

I have posted a video on YouTube too. Here is the link.

Ingredients: 1. Sprouted Mataki (Whole moth beans): 2 Cups 2. Oil: 4-5 Tbsp. 3. Onion: 2 small (chopped) 4. Tomato: 1 Medium (chopped) 5. Goda Masala (replace it with Garam masala ): 2 Tspn 6. Asafoetida (Hing): 1/2 Tspn 7. Turmeric: 2 Tspn. 8. Mustard seeds: 11/2 Tspn 9. Cumin seeds: 2 Tspn. 10. Misala Masala: 6-7 Tbspn. (Check tips in the end) 11. Red Chilli Powder: 1-2 Tspn 12. Salt: To taste 13. Cilantro: Handful 14. Farsan: 1/2 cup 15. Nylon Shev: 3 Tbspn. 16. Yogurt: 2 Tbspn (Optional) 17. Pav: 2 (optional) Method: 1. Put instant pot on High saute mode. Wait till you see "HOT" sign on it. 2. Add oil and after couple of minutes add mustard seeds. It may take upto 2 minutes for the seeds to splutter. 3. Add Jeera and let it splutter too. 4. Add chopped onions, and pinch of salt. Saute till its translucent. 5. Add 1 Tspn red chilli powder. Saute. 6. Add chopped tomato. Saute. 7. Add asafoetida, turmeric and misal masala. 8. Add sprouted moth beans. 9. Add hot water and stir. 10. Add salt to taste. 11. Turn saute mode off. 12. Put the lid and valve to sealing. 13. Put instant pot on "Beans/chilli" mode for 20 min. 14. Let it release naturally. It took around 20min for that. 15. Take a bowl put beans, farsan in it. Top it with chopped onion, cilantro and shev. 16. You may put yogurt to cut the spiciness of the misal. 17. Relish it with Pav/ Bread. Tips: 1. You can use green whole moong if you have it. Just soak it for couple of hours in hot water and use it. 2. To make misal masala, use 7-8 roasted dry red chiiles + whole roasted garam masala (1Tej patta, 20 pepper corns, 12 cloves, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 star anise), grind it well and use it.

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Chocolate covered Strawberries

Valentine’s Day and I didn’t cook anything special this year because of the torn Rota-tor cuff. Still wanted to do something special for him. I had fresh strawberries and some chocolate in the refrigerator. Asked my 6 year old if he wants to help me to make Chocolate covered strawberries and he was on board instantly. He gave me the ideas of decorating it to me too. This decoration could have been better but the time constraint and limited ingredients we could achieve this yummies.

Ingredients:

1. Strawberries: 10-12
2. Chocolate: 1 Milk chocolate bar
3. Milk/ cream: 2 Tspn
4. Butter: ½ Tspn
5. Tooth picks: 12

Method:

1. Wash, drain and pat dry the strawberries.
2. Melt the chocolate by using the double boiler method i.e. take a steel pan full of water. Boil the water and put a glass bowl on it. Put chocolate in the glass bowl and start to melt by stirring occasionally.
3. While it is melting in the bowl add a tea spoon of milk or cream and butter for glaze.
4. Take the strawberry. Do not take the stem off. Put a tooth pick from the stem side and then dip the strawberry in the melted chocolate.
5. Put it on a silver foil or butter paper lined plate.
6. You may want to drizzle melted white chocolate on it.
7. Put it in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours and serve it.
8. This is a perfect project during the summer break. Kids love to make it. However, they would need your help when you are melting the chocolate. They can melt the chocolate in the microwave too, which is little safe.

Hope you all love it. Enjoy this easy and quick recipe which can be perfect for any party.

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