Among all street and restaurant food, misal is among the most preferred recipes. Misal is a hearty dish and one of the simple dishes. It’s hot to tangy flavor and almost like a meal prep food. This is 100-year-old street food and you will find a lot of varieties of misal in India. Even lots of well-known restaurants are also serving misal. Among all varieties of misal, here we look at the matki misal recipe for this festive season.
INGREDIENTS.
* Sprouted matki, ginger, garlic.
* One finely chopped onion, grated coconut, chili powder, tomato, and misal masala.
PROCESS.
* Sprout matki well in advance by soaking it in water for 8 hours and then sprouting in muslin cloth.
* Crush garlic cloves, ginger, and little coconut in a grinder and keep it aside. Also, keep chopped onion and tomato ready.
* Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and curry leaves. Saute and add hing in it.
* Add chopped onions and continue to saute them until transparent.
* Add crushed garlic, ginger, and coconut.
* Saute it for a few minutes until aromatic.
* Add tomato and salt and saute until tomato softens.
* Add turmeric powder, chili powder, and misal masala. Adjust spice level by adding chili powder and misal masala.
* Saute for 2 minutes on low flame and after that add coriander leaves and saute it.
* At this stage add sprouted matki and required water for a curry. Adjust water and spice properly.
* Now boil the mixture and add jaggery to it.
* After a few minutes sprout will turn tender and adjust the taste by adding salt or masala but not red chili powder.
* You will see oil floating on top. At this stage put off heat. Your matki misal is ready. You can have it with farsan or with pav.
This is the recipe for matki misal.
