Pitla

This is a Tanjore Maharashtrian speciality. It can be prepared with any one of the vegetables listed, or a combination of all of them.

 

Pitla

Recipe by Shanta Rao
Servings

8

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes

Ingredients

  • Vegetable of choice : About half a cup each of Green beans, Bitter gourd (Karela, hagalkai), Snake gourd (Padvalkai), Elephant yam (Suvarna gadde, suran)

  • Peanuts : 2 tablespoons

  • Tamarind Paste : 1 teaspoon

  • Toor Dal : ½ cup

  • Pitla Pudi : 1 teaspoon

  • Mustard seeds (Rai, Sasve) : 1 teaspoon

  • Asafoetida (Hing) : ¼ teaspoon

  • Vegetable Oil : 2 tablespoons

  • Salt to taste

Directions

  • Cook the toor dal in a pressure cooker.
  • Cut the vegetables and boil them well along with the peanuts. Add salt, tamarind paste and pitla pudi. Allow it to cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add the dal and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • In a pan, heat about 2 tablespoons of oil. Add mustard.
    After the mustard pops, add asafoetida. Add the seasoning to the Pitla.