Vada Pav | vada Pao | Batata Wada
Vada pav, alternatively spelt vada pao, wada pav, or wada pao, is a vegetarian fast food dish native to the state of Maharashtra.
Prep Time40 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 6
Ingredients
For Potato Mixture:
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida ( Hing )
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 no Green chilli chopped
- handful of curry Leaves
- 2 tsp Ginger chopped, optional
- 2 tsp Garlic chopped, optional
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 4 medium Potatoes boiled & mashed
- handful of fresh green coriander leaves
For Besan Batter:
- 1 Cup Gram Flour ( Besan )
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric ( Haldi )
For Assembling :
Instructions
- For the potato mixture heat oil and add hing , mustard seeds & Cumin seeds, once it pops add chopped green chilly and curry leaves.
- Add the ginger and garlic (optional) and sauce for 2 minutes. Now add turmeric, oriander powder, red chilli powder and give a quick stir.
- Add boiled & roughly mashed potatoes along with salt and cook them for 3 minutes.
- Add few coriander leaves .Remove and let it cool completely.
- Now make round balls of the potato mixture and dip it in the batter and deep fry on medium hot oil.
- Once cooked remove and the vada are ready.
- To make the besan batter combine all the dry ingredients and whisk it. Add water and make it into a thick pouring batter.
- Now take a pao and slit it in the middle.
- Apply tamarind chutney then mint chutney and sprinkle dry garlic chutney.
- Place the vada inside the bread and sprinkle with garlic chutney.
- Press gently and serve.
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Notes
- firstly, adjust the amount of green chutney, tamarind chutney and dry garlic chutney to your choice.
- in addition, to keep the vada flat, make sure to shape before deep frying.
- furthermore, add rice flour / corn flour to besan batter to get crispy vada.
- finally, vada pav tastes great when served hot with fried green chilli.
- Adjust spice levels to taste. My vada pav isn't as spicy as it should be because I can't handle lot of heat. Add more green chilies/red chili powder to spice it up.