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.
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 !