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Maharashtrian Zunka Bhakar Recipe

Begin Your Week With Scrumptious Maharashtrian Zunka Bhakar Recipe

Want to start your week with something delicious and easy-to-cook? Try zunka bhakar, a simple Maharashtrian recipe. 
Samriddhi Srivastava
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Updated:- 2021-03-15, 09:35 IST
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If you are into trying cuisines from various parts of India, then you will absolutely fall in love with zunka bhakar, a simple Maharashtrian recipe. Made using pulses and aromatic spices, the dish is healthy. This traditional dish is consumed with chapati during lunch or dinner.

How To Prepare Zunka Bhakar?

  • Place a wok on the stove on medium heat. Add oil.
  • Add mustard seeds and allow them to crackle.
  • Then add cumin seeds and asafoetida. Sauté for 30 seconds.
  • Add ginger, green chillies, garlic, turmeric powder, besan and salt and onions. Sauté well, and cover with a lid for a minute.
  • Then add 1½ cups water and keep stirring for 3 to 4 minutes.
  • Once cooked, prepare the tempering.
  • In a pan, heat oil.
  • Add mustard seeds, asafoetida garlic, curry leaves and red chillies.
  • Sauté on a medium flame for a minute or two.
  • Add the tempering to the prepared zunka and close the lid.
  • After 30 seconds, remove the lid, and give the zunka a good mix.
  • Add garnishes and serve with chapati.

Zunka Bhakar Recipe Card

Zunka bhakar, a simple Maharashtrian recipe you can have during lunch or dinner.

★★★★★
Vegetarian Recipe
Total Time: 20 min
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Servings: 2
Level: Medium
Course: Main Course
Calories: 90
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Samriddhi Srivastava

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Gram Flour
  • 1 Cup Finely Chopped Onions
  • ¼ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 3 Tablespoons Oil
  • 1 Teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • ½ Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • ¼ Teaspoon Asafoetida
  • 1 Teaspoon Chopped Ginger
  • 2 Tablespoons Finely Chopped Green Chillies
  • 2 Tablespoons Chopped Garlic
  • ½ Cup Chopped Coriander
  • 8 To 10 Curry Leaves
  • Salt To Taste

Step

  1. Step 1:

    Heat oil in a wok.

  2. Step 2:

    Add mustard seeds and let them crackle.

  3. Step 3:

    Add cumin seeds and asafoetida. Cook for 30 seconds.

  4. Step 4:

    Add ginger, green chillies, garlic, turmeric powder, besan and salt and onions in the mixture.

  5. Step 5:

    Then sauté for a minute.

  6. Step 6:

    Add 1½ cups water. Stir and cover with a lid for 3 to 4 minutes.

  7. Step 7:

    Prepare the tempering by adding oil to a small pan.

  8. Step 8:

    Also add mustard seeds, asafoetida garlic, curry leaves and red chillies.

  9. Step 9:

    Once cooked, add the tempering to zunka in the wok.

  10. Step 10:

    Once cooked, add the tempering to zunka in the wok.

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