Maharashtrian Pithla Recipe
Pithla is a simple Maharashtrian recipe mostly served with soft roti. It is an easy and healthy traditional recipe. Pithla is made up of besan [gram flour] mixture, which is added to sauteed chilies and onion.
Ingredients
- 3-4 tablespoons gram flour
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 3-4 garlic cloves
- 3 green chilies
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 1 onion
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 tablespoons oil
- coriander leaves
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Take 3-4 tablespoons of gram flour [besan] in a bowl. Add salt to it. Add water slowly into small parts and prepare a pourable mixture without any lumps.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a kadai. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to it. Also, add finely chopped green chilies, garlic cloves and curry leaves to it.
- Saute it for a couple of minutes.
- Then add finely chopped onion to it. Mix and cook it until the onion becomes translucent.
- Now, add turmeric powder to it and a little salt. Mix it well.
- Pour the besan mixture into the kadai and mix it. Also, add 1-2 cups of water and mix it.
- Let it cook until the consistency of pithla becomes thick. Then, add finely chopped coriander leaves to it.
- Turn off the flame and serve Maharastrian pithla with roti or chapati.
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