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How to make Vada pav - Vada pav recipe

A maharashtrian Street food recipe. Most Enjoyed breakfast in Mumbai and all over Maharashtra
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course entree, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Indian, indian cuisine, maharashtrian
Servings 4
Calories 380 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 in Batata Vada/Aloo vada recipe link recipe note below
  • 4 Pav Buns
  • 1/2 cup Green chutney
  • 1/2 cup Red Garlic chutney
  • 4-6 green chillies
  • 1 tsp Oil
  • 1 Tbsp Butter

Batata Vada Recipe Ingredients

  • 500 gm Potatoes boiled and mashed
  • 1 teaspoon ginger grated
  • 1 teaspoon green chillies chopped
  • 4 - 5 tablespoon coriander leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 200 gm gram flour
  • 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon chaat masala powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • to taste salt
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder

Instructions
 

  • In a non-stick pan, heat 1 tsp of oil and add green chilies. stir it well cover it (must because chilis can burst otherwise) cook for a minute on slow heat and switch off the heat.
  • Slit the pav buns in the middle and apply little amount of butter in the middle of every bun.
  • Just don’t open the buns completely it should be attached to one side completly.
  • Now just open up the pav a little and cook it on a hot skillet or tava.
  • To assemble apply green chutney and red chilli garlic chutney in the pav.  
  • place a batata vada along with fried green chili on the side and enjoy the taste of Mumbai street food Vada pav in home.

How to Make Batata Vada

  • In a mixing bowl, Mix gram flour, a pinch of teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder and salt to taste. Add water and whisk it into a smooth and thick consistency batter.
  • Heat 1 & 1/2 tbsp. oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. Once they start spluttering, add coriander leaves. Add the ginger and chopped chillies. Saute it for a minute.
  • Now add coriander powder and chaat masala, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix it well. Add 2 tablespoons of water and add coarsely mashed potatoes.
  • Keep the potato filling aside and let it cool.
  • Make 8 equal sized balls of potato filling, now dip these balls and coat these balls into the gram flour batter we made.
  • Now drop these batter coated balls in the hot oil very carefully and fry them on medium-high heat. when they are golden brown from all side, with the help of a slotted spoon take them out of the pan onto a plate lined with a kitchen napkin.
  • Serve them hot with coriander mint chutney and spicy fried green chilli.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 380kcal
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