Puneri Misal is a popular street food from Pune, Maharashtra. The ingredients of the misal include - usal, poha, diced potato, chopped onions, chopped coriander, farsan and spicy tari/kat/rasa. The ingredients are assembled in multiple layers in the bowl and served with bun or pav.
Add chopped tomatoes and salt and cook till they are soft. Then add turmeric powder, red chili powder and garam masala to it and saute for two minutes.
Add the mixed sprouts and add water to it. Add the rest of salt and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles.
After the spices start releasing aroma and get little brown add the desiccated coconut.
Mix well and roast for 2 more minutes. Keep it aside and let it cool.
Grind the masala to fine powder. This masala can be used for making brinjal rice, stuffed brinjal curry, masale bhat.
wet masala for rasa/tari/kat/gravy
Heat oil in a pan. Add onion and fry till translucent.
Now add the dry ground masala and roast for 4-5 minutes.
Add the wet paste (grind together onion, ginger garlic, green chili, coriander to a fine paste). Mix well and saute for 2-3 minutes.
Add red chili powder, salt and sugar. Mix well.
Add water and let it boil and cook for 12-15 minutes.
Add lemon to it after the water starts boiling.
The oil layer will be seen floating on top. Our kat/tari/rasa is ready.
Poha
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and turmeric powder.
Add the washed and soaked poha. Add salt and mix well . Cover and cook for few minutes. Poha are ready.
Assembling Misal
Arrange all the prepared ingredients for assembling the usal - prepared usal, poha, boiled and diced potato, chopped onions, chopped corainder, sweet date and tamarind chutney , farsan and tari/kat/rasa (shown in next pic). The kat/tari/rasa should be hot.
Tari/kat/rasa.
Assembling the usal - in a deep bowl add two tablespoon of prepared usal.
Add two tablespoon of poha and some diced potatoes.
Pour 4-5 laddle full of tari/rasa/kat. Add 2 tbsp of sweet date and tamarind chutney
Garnish with chopped onions, corainder and farsan. Puneri Misal is ready to serve. Similarly prepare the remaining usal bowl.