Maharashtra

Pithla

Name: Pithla
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Marathi
Ingredients: 3/4 cup besan (chickpea flour, gram flour); 2 cups water; 1 medium chopped onion; 8 cloves crushed garlic; 3 chopped green chilli; 8 to 10 curry leaves; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; a pinch asafoetida; 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); a handful coriander leaves (cilantro); Salt, to taste

Besan, water, garlic and a hot tadka. Maharashtra's twenty minute rescue dinner.

20 minTime

9 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Pithla bhakri2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFarmhouse style, with bhakri and thecha.

The original

236kcalsame

9 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

20minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)¾ cup

Water2 cups

Onion1 medium, chopped

Garlic8 cloves, crushed

Green chilli3, chopped

Curry leaves8 to 10

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Asafoetidaa pinch

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Whisk the besan into the water with turmeric and salt until smooth.
2Heat oil, crackle mustard and cumin, add asafoetida, curry leaves, garlic and chilli and fry until the garlic is golden. Add onion and cook until soft.
3Pour in the besan mix, stirring constantly, and cook on low until thick and glossy.
4Cover for 2 minutes, then finish with coriander. Serve hot with jowar bhakri, onion and thecha.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Maharashtra

Pithla

Besan, water, garlic and a hot tadka. Maharashtra's twenty minute rescue dinner.

20 minTime

9 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Pithla bhakri2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFarmhouse style, with bhakri and thecha.

The original

236kcalsame

9 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

20minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)¾ cup

Water2 cups

Onion1 medium, chopped

Garlic8 cloves, crushed

Green chilli3, chopped

Curry leaves8 to 10

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Cumin seeds½ tsp

Asafoetidaa pinch

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Whisk the besan into the water with turmeric and salt until smooth.
2Heat oil, crackle mustard and cumin, add asafoetida, curry leaves, garlic and chilli and fry until the garlic is golden. Add onion and cook until soft.
3Pour in the besan mix, stirring constantly, and cook on low until thick and glossy.
4Cover for 2 minutes, then finish with coriander. Serve hot with jowar bhakri, onion and thecha.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Pithla

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Pithla

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