A Mumbai Shivaji Park based eatery is basking in the glory of fame. This is no hit-and-miss success, but the biggest victory, a small, nearly unnoticeable restaurant can dream of.
Dadar’s Aaswad has been brought to the limelight internationally, for making the best vegetarian dish in the world! London-based Foodie Hub network, which is a collective of local experts on food, has bestowed its award on Aaswad for making the tastiest vegetarian dish in the whole wide world!
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Aaswad’s weapon is the tasty crunchy, and chatpata misal paav. Their misal is made with high quality oils, dried peas, moth beans, boiled potatoes and crispy farsans. Don’t you want to make this place your next destination, already?!
Aaswad’s owner Suryakant Sarjoshi is in high spirits and can’t stop raving about the added honour to his already popular eatery. Says, no less than 19,000 misal paavs are sold every day! And this, without taking into account the umpteen other dishes the place churns out.
This misal too, like its variations, comes with curd or with sev. An extremely popular dish in Maharashtra as a whole, the misal paav has its origins in Kolhapur district in the same state. Mumbaikars are the proud winners of this award, notwithstanding being the state that is popular for making the tastiest versions of many other foods too.
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Do you want to make your own Aaswad misal paav at home? One of Aaswad’s brilliant Chefs has generously revealed the recipe of the star dish. Here is a helpful gist:
1. First moth beans, garlic and onions are boiled in water with curry leaves.
2. Then grated coconut and misal masala are added and the mixture is let to boil.
3. Two tablespoons of oil is heated separately with mustard seeds, asafoetida, cumin seeds and garlic to go with it.
4. This mixture is added to the curry.
5. The topping is faithfully served by some farsans, sev, onions, tamarind chutney and butter! Then you are ready to go!
6. This curry is served with the second part of the dish, the yummy paav.
Well that’s an easy recipe. Watch out though, you don’t know what magic oil Aaswad uses to give you the best-in-the-world-edge. For that you might just HAVE to bow down and go to Aaswad! Who wouldn’t! Your saying?
