Vadodara
Sev usal
Spicy white pea curry buried under sev and onions. Vadodara's breakfast, lunch and late snack.
50 minTime
23 gProtein each
hotSpice
8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 50 minutes come after.
Baroda's red bowl2 chapters · 1 min readMake it your way
Grandma's wayThin, fiery white pea usal heaped with sev, as Vadodara's stalls serve it.
The original593kcal
23 gprotein
18 gfibre
50minutes
Sev usal as Baroda eats it.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Pressure cook the soaked peas with 2 cups water, turmeric and salt for 4 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally.
- 2Heat oil, fry the chopped onion until brown, then ginger garlic paste and green chilli for a minute.
- 3Add tomato puree and all the powders and cook until oil separates.
- 4Add the peas with their water, the rest of the water and jaggery. Simmer 10 minutes, mashing a few peas to thicken.
- 5Ladle into bowls and top with raw onion, plenty of sev, coriander and lemon. Serve with pav.
Serve it like this
Serve in a deep bowl with sev and onions piled high and two warm pav on the side.
