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vada pav recipe

Vada Pav Recipe

Vada Pav is a popular Mumbai street snack, that is a fried Batata Vada or a potato fritter put within a fresh ladi pav , often served with dry garlic chutney, and fried green chillies
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6
Calories 269 kcal

Ingredients
  

For potato stuffing

  • 2 no medium sized - Potato
  • 7 no Garlic cloves
  • 1 no Green chilli
  • ½ tsp Mustard seeds
  • tsp Asafoetida / hing
  • 6 no Curry leaves
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp Finely chopped coriander leaves
  • Salt
  • Oil

For batter preparation

  • 1 cup Besan/gram flour
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
  • A pinch Baking soda
  • Salt

For green chutney

  • 1 cup Chopped coriander leaves
  • 2 no Garlic cloves
  • ½ tsp Lemon juice
  • 2 no Green chillies
  • Salt

For vada pav plating

  • 8 Pieces Pav buns
  • Tamarind chutney
  • Dry garlic chutney

Instructions
 

Preparation of green chutney

  • Blend 1 cup chopped coriander leaves, 2 garlic cloves, ½ tsp lemon juice, 2 green chillies, and ½ tsp salt into a smooth paste without adding water.
  • Set aside the green chutney.

Preparation of potato stuffing

  • Boil 2 medium-sized potatoes, in a pressure cooker. Now peel and mash the potatoes and keep them aside.
  • Blend 7 garlic cloves, and 1 green chilli into a coarse paste and keep it aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp oil in a thick-bottomed pan ,as it heats add ½ tsp mustard seeds, when the mustard seeds begin to crackle add ⅛ tsp asafoetida/hing and fry well.
  • Add 5 to 6 curry leaves, garlic and green chilli paste, ¼ tsp turmeric powder and fry well.
  • Add the mashed potatoes to the pan, ½ tsp salt, and mix well.
  • Add 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
  • Switch off the flame and make equal- sized small balls of potato stuffing and keep it aside.

Batter preparation

  • In a large bowl take 1 cup besan/gram flour add ¼ tsp turmeric powder, a pinch of baking soda, ½ tsp salt, and combine well.
  • Add the required amount of water to make a smooth and thick batter and set aside.

Frying the vada

  • Heat a deep-bottomed pan, and as it heats add oil for frying.
  • When the oil becomes hot, dip the potato balls in the batter, and coat the batter evenly.
  • Gently drop the batter-coated balls into the oil and fry them on medium heat.
  • Add 3 to 4 vadas at a time and fry them until the vada turns golden brown and crisp.
  • Flip the vadas in the oil and cook well and remove the vadas from the oil.
  • Use tissue paper to absorb the extra oil.
  • Similar way fry the rest of the vadas and keep it ready for plating.

Plating the vada pav

  • Slice the pav bun carefully and make 2 parts.
  • Spread green chutney and tamarind chutney on the sliced pav.
  • If you have prepared garlic chutney, sprinkle them on the sliced pav.
  • Place the potato vada between the sliced pav.
  • Enjoy them hot with fried salted green chillies and chutney.
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