Cooking Instructions
- 1
For the batata vadas
Peel and then mash the boiled potatoes with a fork or a masher in a bowl. - 2
Heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and crackle them.
- 3
Add curry leaves and asafoetida and sauté for 10 seconds.
- 4
Add garlic, ginger and green chillies and stir till the raw aroma of garlic goes away
- 5
Add mashed potatoes and chopped coriander leaves, add salt and dry powdered spices.
- 6
Mix everything well and then make small to medium sized medallions or flattened balls from the mashed potato mixture.
- 7
Take another bowl, make a smooth batter by mixing besan, turmeric powder, a pinch of asafoetida, a pinch of baking soda, salt and 1/2 cup water.
- 8
The batter should not be too thick or runny.
- 9
Heat oil in a kadhai or pan, for deep frying.
- 10
Now coat the potato medallions in the besan batter evenly, from all sides and gently drop in medium hot oil.
- 11
Deep fry these batata vadas until golden from all sides, evenly
- 12
Drain them on an absorbent paper.
Repeat the process for all batata vadas - 13
Assembling vada pav:
Slice the pav without breaking it into two parts and keep aside. - 14
Spread both the green chutney and sweet chutney on the sliced pav.
(you can also spread green chutney on one side and sweet chutney on the other side.) - 15
Sprinkle the dry garlic chutney. (this is optional and if you don't have you can skip it.)
- 16
Place the hot batata vada sandwiched in the pav
- 17
Serve vada pav immediately with some fried green chillies and both the chutneys along with it.
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