vada pav recipe | mumbai vada pav recipe
easy vada pav recipe | mumbai vada pav recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes Cook Time 20 minutes minutes Total Time 30 minutes minutes
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
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.