Maharashtrian Recipes

Flavours of Maharashtra

Traditional Maharashtrian Recipes That Warm the Heart

Puran Poli

Sweet lentil-stuffed flatbread made during festivals like Holi and Ganesh Chaturthi.

Ingredients:

• Chana dal, jaggery, cardamom
• Wheat flour, ghee

Steps:

1. Cook chana dal and mix with jaggery and cardamom to make the filling.
2. Knead soft dough and let it rest.
3. Stuff, roll out, and cook on a hot tawa with ghee.

Misal Pav

A spicy curry of sprouted moth beans topped with farsan and served with pav.

Ingredients:

• Sprouted moth beans, onions, tomatoes
• Goda masala, red chili powder, pav

Steps:

1. Cook beans with spices and create a spicy "tarri" or gravy.
2. Top with onions, lemon, coriander, and farsan.
3. Serve with buttered pav.

Vada Pav

The iconic Mumbai street food — spicy batata vada tucked inside a soft pav bun.

Ingredients:

• Boiled potatoes, green chili, garlic
• Besan (gram flour), pav, dry garlic chutney

Steps:

1. Make potato mixture and shape into balls.
2. Dip in besan batter and deep fry.
3. Place inside pav with chutneys.

Sabudana Khichdi

A light and filling dish made with tapioca pearls, enjoyed especially during fasts.

Ingredients:

• Sabudana (tapioca), peanuts, boiled potatoes
• Green chili, cumin seeds, lemon

Steps:

1. Soak sabudana overnight and drain.
2. Cook with cumin, peanuts, and potato until soft.
3. Garnish with coriander and lemon juice.

Kanda Poha

A quick breakfast made with flattened rice and onions — simple and satisfying.

Ingredients:

• Flattened rice (poha), onions, mustard seeds
• Turmeric, green chilies, lemon, coriander

Steps:

1. Rinse poha and let it soften.
2. Sauté onions, mustard, and chilies, then add poha and turmeric.
3. Mix gently and top with lemon and coriander.

Bharli Vangi

Stuffed baby brinjals cooked in spicy peanut and coconut masala gravy.

Ingredients:

• Baby brinjals, roasted peanuts, sesame seeds
• Grated coconut, jaggery, goda masala

Steps:

1. Stuff brinjals with spiced masala paste.
2. Cook slowly in a pan until tender.
3. Serve with chapati or bhakri.

Modak

Lord Ganesha’s favorite — sweet rice dumplings filled with coconut and jaggery.

Ingredients:

• Rice flour, grated coconut, jaggery
• Cardamom, ghee

Steps:

1. Make sweet coconut-jaggery filling.
2. Prepare soft rice flour dough.
3. Shape modaks, steam, and brush with ghee.