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 mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6
Calories 269 kcal
For potato stuffing
- 2 no medium sized - Potato
- 7 no Garlic cloves
- 1 no Green chilli
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds
- ⅛ 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
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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