Zunka Recipe – Maharashtrian Style by Indian Varieties


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Zunka is a very simple and a traditional Maharashtrian dish. This dish is often confused with another Maharashtrian dish Pithla, but they are not the same.
Preparation time: 20 mins.
Ingredients: 0:52

1 cup Gram Floor (Basen)
2 tbsp Oil
2 Onions, chopped
1 Bunch, Spring Onions (optional, if we don’t have spring onions add 1 more chopped onion)
1 tsp Ginger / Garlic paste
Coriander Leaves
4 Red / Green Chilies, chopped finely
1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds (Rai)
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Mix Masala (any other masala like a malvani masala,parbhi sambar,etc.) / Red Chilli Powder
Pinch of Asafoetida (Hinga)
Salt to Taste
1/4 tsp Sugar (optional)

Method: 1:55

- Heat some oil in a Pan
- Add Mustard Seeds (Rai)
- Add pinch of Asafoetida (Hinga).
- Add ginger / garlic paste.
- Add the chopped chillies. (if we want to make it more spicy we can add more green chillies)
- Add some coriander
- Add chopped onions and spring onions. Sauté well.

- Add turmeric powder, Mix masala, salt & sugar(optional). Mix well.
- Add the little water.
- Add gram floor / basen
- Sprinkle some water and mix well
- Cover the pan and cook for 4 mins
- After 4 mins, open and check, if the gram floor is cooked then your zunka is ready, else if there is still some raw smell of zunka, sprinkle some more water and cook for another 3 mins.
- Garnish it with coriander leaves and spring onion greens and serve hot!

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