Vada Pav

Name: Vada Pav
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the spiced potato mix:; 1 1/2 cups boiled and mashed potatoes; 2 green chillies, chopped; 1/4 tsp asafoetida; 1 tsp chat masala; 1 tsp coriander seed powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; Salt as per taste; 4 tbsp fresh coriander leaves, chopped; For the batter:; 3/4 cup sifted gram flour; 1/2 water or as required; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp red chili powder (optional); Salt as per taste; For the green chutney:; 2 tbsp water; 1/2 cup coriander leaves; 1/4 th cup mint leaves (optional); 3-4 green chilies or as required; 3-4 garlic cloves; 1/2 lime juice; Black salt as per taste; For the dry garlic chutney:; 5-6 garlic cloves chopped coarsely; 1/2 cup desiccated coconut; 1/4 th cup roasted peanut; 1 tbsp coriander seed; 2 kashmiri red chili (whole); 2 tbsp oil

Nitika Singh @cook_8528642

Vada pav is a very popular Indian street food snack, consisting of spiced, deep-fried potato garnished with various chutneys.

Nitika Singh @cook_8528642

Vada pav is a very popular Indian street food snack, consisting of spiced, deep-fried potato garnished with various chutneys.

Saved

Ingredients

40-45 mins

5 servings

For the spiced potato mix:
1 1/2 cupsboiled and mashed potatoes
2green chillies, chopped
1/4 tspasafoetida
1 tspchat masala
1 tspcoriander seed powder
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
Salt as per taste
4 tbspfresh coriander leaves, chopped
For the batter:
3/4 cupsifted gram flour
1/2water or as required
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1/2 tspred chili powder (optional)
Salt as per taste
For the green chutney:
2 tbspwater
1/2 cupcoriander leaves
1/4th cup mint leaves (optional)
3-4green chilies or as required
3-4garlic cloves
1/2lime juice
Black salt as per taste
For the dry garlic chutney:
5-6garlic cloves chopped coarsely
1/2 cupdesiccated coconut
1/4th cup roasted peanut
1 tbspcoriander seed
2kashmiri red chili (whole)
2 tbspoil
Salt as per taste
Other Ingredient:
8-10pav (bread)
1chopped onion (optional)
Oil for deep frying

Saved

Steps

40-45 mins

1

Preparing Green Chutney: Grind everything in a blender with water until smooth paste is formed. Place it aside.
2

Preparing Dry Garlic Chutney: Take little oil on a pan. Fry the garlic and red Kashmiri red chilliesfor 1-2 mins mins on low heat. Now add the desiccated coconut, roasted groundnut and coriander seeds.Saute for 2 mins and add salt. Blend all the ingredients together until coarse mixture is formed.Place it aside.
3

Preparing Vada Filling: Take a big bowl and mix mashed potatoes, chopped green chilies,chat masala, garam masala, coriander powder, salt and chopped coriander leaves all together.Combine all nicely. Make medium sized balls.Place aside.
4

Preparing the vadas: Prepare the batter by mixing all the ingredients. The batter should be smooth and thick enough to coat the vadas. Place a pan with oil on high heat. Once oil is hot reduce to medium. Dip the vadas in the batter and coat from all sides. Fry until golden brown and crisp from all sides. Slit the pav from center. Apply the green chutney on both sides of the pav and spread some dry garlic chutney inside. Place one vada in each pav.
5

Serve hot with some chutney and sev.
6

Tips: 1.)The batter has to be thick for the coating of vadas. Please don't add too much water. 2.)You can also use bread roll or slices if the pav is not available.