Vada Pav

Vada Pav consists of a deep-fried potato ball coated with a batter placed inside a bread bun (pav) sliced almost in half through the middle. This is a popular Maharashtrian street food snack.

Vada Pav is alternatively spelled as Vada Pao, Wada Pav, or Wada Pao. It is a vegetarian fast food dish and also one such quick-selling street snack native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. One can call it an Indian burger.

The patty inside is the Batata Vada. The vada is made of a spicy potato filling coated with gram flour batter and deep-fried. Then it is sandwiched in between a pav bun with some flavorful chutneys and served hot.

Event-related to this post :

The April month challenge in the ‘Shhhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge’ group was ‘Railway Recipes’, suggested by Seema this time. Well, I was partnered with Mayuri Patel for this theme who gave me 2 secret ingredients Chat masala and Mustard oil; I gave her Peanuts and Curry leaves. She prepared Lemon Rice using those secret ingredients. And as usual, using my two ingredients I have also come up with this Jhal Muri for the theme contribution.

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Vada Pav

Sasmita

Vada Pav consists of a deep fried potato ball coated with a batter placed inside a bread bun (pav) sliced almost in half through the middle. This is a popular Maharashtrian street food snack.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Snack

Cuisine Maharashtrian Cuisine

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

For Batata Vada (Coating)-

• 1 cup Besan
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 pinch Baking soda
• Salt as needed
• Water as needed

For Batata Vada (Stuffing) –

• 2 no. Potato (boiled and smashed)
• 2-3 no. Green chili (crushed)
• 5-6 no. Garlic clove (crushed)
• 2 tbsp Peanut (fried)
• ½ tsp Mustard seed
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 sprig Curry leaf
• Salt as needed
• 1 tsp Oil

For Batata Vada (Frying) –

• Oil for deep frying

Others –

• 6 no. Pav bun
• Green chutney as needed
• Tamarind chutney as needed
• Peanut garlic chutney as needed
• Green chili (fried) few

Instructions

 

For Batata Vada –

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and allow to splutter.
• Then add curry leaves, crushed garlic and green chilies. Fry for a minute.
• Turn off the heat and add the turmeric powder.
• Give a mix and then add the fried peanuts, boiled and smashed potatoes, salt.
• Mix everything well and allow to cool down completely.
• In a mixing bowl, take besan, turmeric powder, salt and baking soda. Mix well.
• Add water little by little to get a smooth batter. But, the batter should not be very thick or thin.
• Heat oil in a deep pan for deep frying.
• Now make balls with 2 tbsp of the stuffing at a time and keep in a plate.
• Dip one ball at a time into the batter to coat well and then gently drop into the hot oil.
• Drop few more balls to the oil, but dont overcrowd the pan.
• Deep fry till golden from all the sides, and drain onto a plate lined with paper towels.
• Similarly fry rest balls.

Assemble the Vada Pav –

• Take one pav bun first and slit in half horizontally (leaving one edge joined).
• Spread one side with tamarind Chutney, the other side with green chutney.
• Then put some peanut-garlic chutney on both side and place one batata vada in the middle along with 1-2 fried whole green chilies.
• Press down the whole bun gently and serve immediately by making some more vada pav like this !

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