Pitla
September 7, 2013
A simple and easy marathi curry eaten with Bhakri. This curry is made with Besan and Indian spices.
Cuisine
Maharashtrian
Course
Main Course
Serves
4
Method
Stovetop
Difficulty
Hard
Cook Time
30 minutes
- Cuisine Maharashtrian
- Course Main Course
- Serves 4
- Method Stovetop
- Difficulty Hard
- Cook Time 30 minutes
Ingredients
gram flour or besan
1/2 cup
water
1.5 cup
cooking oil
3 tablespoon
green chilli and garlic crushed
1/2 teaspoon
salt
1/2 teaspoon
coriander leaves
2 tablespoon
mustard seeds
1 teaspoon
cumin seeds or jeera seeds
1 teaspoon
turmeric powder or haldi
1 teaspoon
asafetida powder or hing
1 teaspoon
coriander and cumin powder( dhania-jeera)
1 teaspoon
Instructions
1. Set aside all ingredients
2. Take gram flour in a bowl. Add Turmeric powder ½ tea spoon, Salt , cumin and coriander powder to it. Make a batter by adding water in it.
3. Heat frying pan and add oil. Add Mustard seeds , Cumin seeds , Turmeric powder ,and asafetida. Add crushed green chilli and garlic once mustard seeds and cumin seeds start spluttering.
4. Add Besan batter into fry pan. Cook it for 5 minutes. Pitla (Besan) is ready to be served with bhakri and thecha
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