vada pav recipe | mumbai vada pav recipe
easy vada pav recipe | mumbai vada pav recipe
Servings 4 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp green chutney
- 2 tbsp garlic chutney
for spiced potato stuffing:
- 2 potatoes boiled
- 3 garlic finely chopped
- 2 chillies finely chopped
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- pinch of asafoetida / hing
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- few curry leaves
- few coriander leaves chopped
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- salt to taste
for batter:
- 1 cup besan / gram flour
- pinch of asafoetida / hing
- ½ tsp turmeric powder / haldi
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- a pinch of baking soda
- water as required
- salt to taste
Instructions
preparing the batata vadas:
- heat oil. add ½ tsp mustard seeds, hing and allow them to crackle.
- then add curry leaves and turmeric. stir and saute.
- now add 6 to 7 garlic and 1 to 2 green chilies chopped.
- mash the potatoes into the tempering and give a nice mix.
- add chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice and salt.
preparation of batter:
- in a mixing bowl, make a smooth batter of besan, turmeric powder, chilli powder, asafoetida, baking soda, salt and water.
frying vadas:
- dip and coat the potato balls with the batter.
- gently drop them into hot oil.
- stir occasionally and deep fry these batata vadas till they turn golden brown.
- drain them on kitchen paper towels.
assembling vada pav:
- slice the pav ¾; without breaking it into two.
- spread the green chutney on one side.
- add the dry garlic chutney on other side.
- place the prepared vada between the pav.
- serve vada pav immediately with some fried green chillies.