Misal Pav Recipe | Spicy Sprout Curry with Groundnut Oil

Misal pav is Kolhapuri heat in a bowl — a spicy sprout curry crowned with farsan, raw onion and lemon.

Ingredients: 2 cups sprouted matki (moth beans); 3 tbsp cold-pressed groundnut oil; 1 onion; 2 tbsp misal masala (or garam masala with extra chilli); ginger-garlic paste; 1 tomato; farsan, lemon, onion and coriander to serve; pav.

1. Heat the groundnut oil; sauté the onion and ginger-garlic paste, then the tomato and misal masala, until the oil rises to the surface.

2. Add the sprouts and enough water; simmer 10 minutes into a thin, fiery curry (the rassa).

3. Build the bowl: sprouts first, then the fiery rassa, then farsan, onion, coriander and lemon.

4. Serve with pav toasted in a little groundnut oil.