Pharali Misal

Upawas or fast are always looked forward for delicious upawas snacks served throughout the day. Though they are quite high in calories, one cannot resist them hence, I guess, it is truly said एकादशी दुप्पट खाशी ! We all in family do not keep fast frequently but do not want to miss out the upawas snacks either, hence prepare them for Sunday breakfast or evening snacks. This Pharali misal we tasted ten years ago at small Marathi restaurant at Dadar in Mumbai. Since then I have been preparing it at home.

     

Ingredients

2 cups Sago or साबुदाणा soaked overnight.1 cup of roasted & coarsely grounded groundnut powder (दाण्याचा कूट)

4 boiled potatoes
1 cup finely chopped cucumber
4 green chillies
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup upwas batata chiwda
1/2 cup grated coconut
Ghee
Salt

Recipe

1. To prepare potato bhaji, heat the wok. Put the sufficient amount of ghee and add cumin seeds (जिरे). When they crackle, add asafoetida and green chilly pieces. Put the cut boiled potatoes, 2 teaspoons of groundnut powder, salt and cover the lid. Bhaji will be done in just 5 minutes. Put of the flame and let the bhaji cool.

2. Now in another wok, put sufficient amount of ghee. When it is heated, put cumin seeds, asafoetida and green chillies. Now add (soaked) sabudana/Sago, groundnut powder, salt and pinch of sugar. Mix well and cover it with the lid.

3. After five minutes, open the lid and check whether sabudana is soft and cooked properly. If not, mix it again properly and put the lid. Put off the flame once Khichadi is cooked.

4. In a serving plate put the khichadi, top it with bhaji, batata chiwda, cucumber, grated coconut and coriander.

5. Serve the plate with a bowl of buttermilk.

Tips

1. To put the water in sabudana for soaking comes with experience. It should not be too much or too less.

2. Do not use the water to cook khichadi. It will cooked on steam.