MUMBAI VADA PAV RECIPE /VADA PAV RECIPE

Vada pav is a famous street food in Maharashtra. Not only in Maharashtra it is now famous in all over india. This is nothing but our Indian burger. Instead of cheese, mayonnaise and sauses we use 3 different types of chutneies in making vada pav. They are Tamarind sweet chutney,green chutney and Garlic dry chutney.  The key ingredients Are pav buns and bata vada, I have already shared two types of  pav buns recipe  Here and Here. The cool thing is you can have it in breakfast, dinner or in tea time. Though it takes some time to make, but it completely worth of time. You can use store bought chutneies and pav buns. But I made every thing at home. After all homemade is homemade.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

Batata vada ingredients : these ingredients makes 10 to 12 vadas

For batter :

Besan/gram flour/chanaga pindi : 300 grams

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder : 1/4 tea spoon

Chilly powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Soda bicarbonate/cooking soda : 1/4 tea spoon

For filling :

Boiled and peeled large popotatoes : 3

Ginger : 1 table spoon

Garlic cloves : 4 to 5

Green chillies : 2

Chopped curry leaves : 1 table spoon

Mustard seeds : 1 tea spoon

Cumin seeds : 1 tea spoon

Chopped coriander leaves : 2 table spoons or as per your choice

Turmeric powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Hing/asitofida : 1/4 tea spoon

Oil : 1 table spoon

Oil for deep frying

For serving :

Pav buns : 8 to 10 or as needed (recipe here)

Green chutney : as needed (recipe here)

Dry garlic chutney/lasun ki chutney : as needed(recipe here)

Imli ki meethi chutney/sweet chutney : as needed(recipe here)

Green chillies : as needed (make deep slits in middle)

Method :

Start making batter, take all batter ingredients in a bowl, mix it well, now gradually add water and mix without lumps

Batter should not be thick nor thin.

Now mash boiled potatoes and keep a side.

Now take, garlic, ginger and green chillies into a blender and blend it coarsely and keep a side.

Now heat 1 to 2 table spoons of oil in a pan Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, let them crackle.then add curry leaves and saute for a while.

Now add ginger and chilly paste saute for few seconds,then add hing and turmeric powder saute for few seconds.

Now add salt, mashed potatoes and coriander leaves. Saute for few minutes and remove from fire.

Allow it to cool completely, then divide them into small portions and roll them into round balls.

Now drop these potato balls in batter and coat them well with batter.

Now gently drop them in hot oil and fry on both sides until they changes into golden color.

Now take all serving ingredients, make a slit in middle of the pav bun, apply some green chutney on one side, some meethi chutney on other side, then put some garlic dry chutney along with batata vada and taje a huge bite :)

Pictorial :

Take green chillies,garlic and ginger into a blender

Blend it coarsely and keep a side

Now take boiled and peeled potatoes, mash them and keep a side

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds

Add curry leaves

Add chilly ginger paste

Add hing

Add turmeric powder

Saute for few seconds

Add mashed potatoes

Add coriander leaves and salt

Saute well

Remove from fire and let it cool completely

Make round balls

Now to make batter add all batter ingredients

Gradually add water and make a smooth batter

Batter should not be thick nor thin

Now drop potato balls in batter

Coat potato balls well with batter

Drop them in hot oil

Fry on both sides until they changes into golden color

Now take them into a plate

Now drop some slitted chillies in oil (this is optional)

Be careful while frying these chillies

Now it's time to assemble

Take pav bun make cut in middle

Spread some green chutney on one side

Spread some sweet chutney and garlic chutney on other side

Place batata vada in middle

Serve

Yummy vada pav is ready!!!!!