Maharashtrian Pithala

Name: Maharashtrian Pithala
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 2 Servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 5-6 Green chillies; 4-5 clove garlic; As Per Taste Salt; 1 cup gram flour (besan); 1/4 Tsp Turmeric; As Per Taste Salt; as needed Water; 2 Tbsp Oil; 1 Tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 Tsp cumin seeds; 1/4 Tsp Asafoetida; As Required curry leaves; 1/4 cup Chopped onion; 1/4 cup Chopped green coriander

Asmita Rupani @Tastelover_Asmita

Rajkot

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Pithala is a very famous Maharashtrian dish. This gram flour dish is as nutritious as it is tasty. Chickpea flour is used as the main ingredient to make Pithala which is very nutritious for the body. Apart from this, Dhecha (a paste of crushed green chillies and garlic) is also added to it to enhance its taste and aroma. Pithala is usually served with bhakhar in Maharashtra.

Asmita Rupani @Tastelover_Asmita

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Ingredients

25 Minutes

2 Servings

5-6Green chillies
4-5 clovegarlic
As Per TasteSalt
1 cupgram flour (besan)
1/4 TspTurmeric
As Per TasteSalt
as neededWater
2 TbspOil
1 Tspmustard seeds
1/2 Tspcumin seeds
1/4 TspAsafoetida
As Requiredcurry leaves
1/4 cupChopped onion
1/4 cupChopped green coriander

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Steps

25 Minutes

1

Grind garlic cloves, green chillies and salt to taste in a mixer jar.
2

Take chickpea flour in a bowl and add garlic chilli paste to it.
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Add turmeric and salt to taste.
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Add water as needed and stir continuously to prepare a thin batter without lumps.
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Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and asafoetida.
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Add Curry leaves and saute it.
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Add chopped onion and saute until it becomes slightly transparent.
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Now add the prepared gram flour batter to it. Mix well and cover and let it cook on low flame for two to three minutes.
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So its water will be absorbed and it will become a little thick.
10

Add chopped green coriander and mix well and serve hot Pithala.
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This is how I served it with lemon.
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