Zirka – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up a pan on medium heat and add peanuts.
• Roast peanuts until these change their color a little.  
• Add dry coconut, white sesame seeds and roast everything for another minute or so.
• If you have roasted peanut powder then you can make zirka using only that.
• When everything is roasted well, turn off the gas and let it cool down.
• Take garlic into a blender jar and add green chilies.
• Blend everything into coarse paste.
• Take the paste out into a bowl.
• In the same blender jar add coriander leaves and blend it into paste.
• Transfer it into another bowl.
• In the same blender jar take the roasted ingredients and blend into fine powder.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
• Add cumin seeds, hing, curry leaves, garlic-green chili paste and fry for about a minute.
• Add turmeric powder and mix well.
• Add lot of water, salt, blended peanut coconut powder, coriander paste and bring it to boil.
• Simmer zirka on medium heat for about 7-8 minutes.
• Zirka is all ready.
• It goes fantastic with jwari bhakari.
• It goes well with rice too.