Sev Usal (Green/White peas chat)

Its a very popular Gujarati Street Food. 

Preparation Time: 10 mins       Cooking Time: 30 mins        Servings: 4

Ingredients:
Dried Green/Dried White peas (Vatana) - 1 1/2 cups
Asafoetida (Hing) - a pinch
Onion - 2 Medium chopped
Potato - 2 small boiled, mashed/chopped into small pieces
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green Chili - 3 to 4 crushed/finely chopped
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp (optional - add to taste)
Tamarind paste - 4 tbsp
Jaggery (or Sugar) - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 3 tbsp
Mustard Seeds (rai/ sarson) - 1½ tsp
Cumin Seeds (jeera) - 1½ tsp
Red chili powder - 1 tbsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
chopped Coriander (Dhaniya) - 1 cup
Curry Leaves (kadi patta) - 5-6
Bhujiya/Sev (Gram Noodles) - around 2 cups
Red Garlic chutney (optional) - to taste
Green Coriander chutney (optional) - to taste
Date -tamarind sweet chutney (optional) - to taste

Method of Preparation:
1) Prepare ragda using My Ragda recipe
2) Put some red garlic chutney, green coriander chutney and date-tamarind chutney on it (this step is optional)
2) Garnish ragda with chopped coriander, Chopped Onion and Sev
3) Server hot with lemon wedges on the side and bread pieces sautéed in ghee or butter

Pav Bhaji

Most popular Indian street food!! Here I am sharing how we can make nice, tasty, hot meal in minutes!!!

Preparation Time: 15 mins

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Capsicum (chopped) - 2 Medium size

Tomato (chopped) - 4 Medium size

Ginger-Garlic paste - 2 tbsp

Potato (boiled and mashed) - 3 medium size

Green Peas - 1 1/2 cup

Onion (chopped) - 2 Medium size

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Coriander chopped - 1 1/2 cup

Kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves) - 2 tbsp

Red chili powder - 11/2 tsp

Green chili - 2

Pav Bhaji Masala - 2 tbsp

Salt - as per taste

Butter - 3 tbsp

Asafoetida (Hing) - a pinch

Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp

Lemon wedges - 4

Water - 4 cups

Pav (soft bun bread) - 8 to 10

Method of Preparation:

1) Boil potatoes in a pressure cooker. Peel and mash boiled potatoes (or cut them in small pieces) and keep them aside

2) Heat 4 cups of water in a large pan and then add chopped capsicum and tomato, chopped green chili and let it cook for about 2 mins

2) Add mashed potatoes, green peas, red chili powder, 1 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder and cook it till the vegetables become tender.

3) Add 1 tbsp of butter and stir for a while.

4) Mash the vegetables thoroughly using potato masher till the mixture turns mushy (add some water if required) and bring it to a boil.

5) Add 1 1/2 tbsp of Pav Bhaji masala, salt and 1/2 cup of chopped coriander leaves.

6) Keep mashing and stirring till the mixture thickens

7) Heat 1 tbsp of butter in a small pan. Add 1 chopped onion, 1 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste, 1/2 tsp of red chili powder, 1/2 tbsp of Pav Bhaji masala, masoori methi, asafoetida, 1/4 cup of coriander leaves and lemon juice. Add this mixture in Bhaji.

8) Mash Bhaji till you get a real paste and no ingredients are recognizable

For the Pav (soft bun bread): 

Slice each pav into 2 horizontally. Apply little butter on each side. Sprinkle some Pav Bhaji masala, red chili powder and chopped coriander if desired.

Heat a pan and fry the pav on both sides till the pieces are  lightly browned

Serve Bhaji with some butter on top and Pav, onion, and lemon wedge on the side.

Tips:

Kasoori methi is a secrete ingredient in this recipe which adds an amazing flavor!

This is a low fat recipe. You can use more butter if you want :)