I come from a humble Jain background and married to a Marathi, so I cook both these cuisines on a daily basis at home. Not very good at speaking Marathi but can understand it quiet well. After marriage my cooking knowledge was very less, I hardly use to cook anything at home. So learning it was a huge task and thanx to many recipe books i learnt good recipes. After some time when the interest in cooking started kicking up, i learnt some of the Marathi dishes from a cookery show to cook the same for hubby, but understanding all the ingredients was a problem so i used to write down all the words in a book and then when he was back home would ask him to translate the same for me.
They are 2 important ingredients when cooking Marathi food at home, one is the kala Marsala and other is roasted peanut powder. Maybe different regions have different masalas, but the one i have learnt has these 2 core ingredients. so lets cook this subzi now.
Kandyacha Patichi Bhaji
2 Bunches of Spring Onion
1 Tbsp oil
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
2 tbsp Moong Dal
1 Tbsp of Kala masala
2 Tbsp of Roasted Peanut Powder
Salt To taste
1/4 Cup water
Method
Clean and wash the leaves nicely (This is a huge chore) and chop them.
Heat Oil in a pan, add moong dal and when lightly browned add Mustard Seeds.
Add chopped spring onion (The white and the green part as well) and saute for 2 mins.
Then add all the remaining ingredients and 1/4 cup water and mix nicely.
Cover with a lid and cook for 5 mins.
Serve Hot with Roti or Rice. (Typically I have seen hubby’s family having it with Jowar Roti but we both are not fond of it so the regular roti is what we make at home)
subzi sounds just awesome…yummmy..
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Thank you Vasare.
Hi Pinky – on your blog next wednesday – This is the perfect dish for me to try with tons of spring onions I picked from my garden 🙂
Thanks for the recipe dear – you have a lovely blog:)
Hi priya, hope u like the recipes i have posted and enjoy cooking it….happy blogging.
what does the kala masala in this consist of