Kolhapuri Misal (कोल्हापुरी मिसळ)

I have been planning to post this recipe, ever since I started this food blog. One of the special kolhapuri recipes that I learnt from my mom. I got the chance to write and post it, while she is making it.

Ingredients for cut/rassa (कट/रस्सा) masala (ओला मसाला)

Fresh grated coconut 1 cup
Onion 1 medium
Garlic cloves 8-10 small
Ginger 1 inch
Black paper 7-8
Clove 5-6
Dalchini 1 inch
Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
Coriander seeds 2 tsp
Cumin seeds 2 tsp
Fresh Coriander 2 tbsp

Other ingredients

Oil 5-6 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chilli powder to taste
Diced onion 2 big
Sprouted moth beans (Mataki) (मोड आलेली मटकी) 1 cup
Potato 4 small
Shev-chivada (शेवचिवडा)* as required 

For garnish:
Finely chopped onion
Finely chopped Coriander
Lemon pieces or juice 

* It's a Kolhapur specialty and not available everywhere. It looks like this, so you can replace it with similar products.

Recipe

1. Cook mataki and potato in a cooker, roughly chop potato and keep it aside.

For Cut/rassa(कट)

2. In a mixie jar, add all the masala ingredients with water as required and grind it to fine paste.
3. Heat oil in a deep pan and add onion. Fry onion till it changes color.
4. Add masala paste. Cook the masala till oil separates.

5. Add Chilli powder at this stage. Cook for another 1 or 2 minutes and add enough water to it and simmer it really well for around 6-8 minutes.

7. Add salt to taste. 

Cut/rassa is ready.

Serving the misal


1. In a bowl mix cooked potato, mataki (about 1 tablespoon each) and shevchivada(शेवचिवडा) (about 2 tablespoon). 
2. Add cut/rassa. 
3. Garnish with finely chopped onion,coriander and fresh lemon juice. 
4. Serve with slice of bread.


Tip
You can make mataki usual (मटकी उसळ) and dry potato bhaji(बटाटा भाजी) instead of using them just plain cooked.

Rava cake (semolina cake)

A very simple, delicious cake, perfect to go with tea or coffee. My mom is making this cake since our childhood. This is her easy to make recipe. She used to bake this cake with sand oven technique or sometimes without sand. So you can bake this cake without oven as well.

Ingredients

Rava 1 1/2 cup
Sugar 1 1/2 cup

Curd 1 cup
Milk 1 cup
Butter 1 cup (use white Indian butter, if it's available)
Baking soda 1/4 tsp
Pinch of salt
Tutti fruity 2-4 tbsp (optional)

Recipe

1. Mix all the above ingredients except tutti fruity in a mixing bowl and keep it aside for at least four hours.

2. Now preheat oven on 180 degree Celsius(350 degree Fahrenheit). Grease the baking dish with butter.

3. Fill the baking dish 3/4 and bake it for 15-17 minutes.
(If you are using tutti fruity, add to the batter at this stage)

4. Check if it's done. Let it cool and then serve.