Home Vada Pav recipe | Easy Mumbai Street Style Vada Pav
Vada pav is the best , sometimes spelled wada pav or Vada Paav, is a popular spicy vegetarian fast food dish native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. It consists of a batata vada sandwiched between 2 slices of a pav.
Course Snack, Street Food
Cuisine Indian, north indian
Keyword mumbai street food, potato vada, vada, vada pav
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Author Sowji'sKitchen
Ingredients
For aloo mixture
2tspoil
curry leaves
1tspginger garlic paste
2chillichopped
2potatoboiled and mashed
1/2tspsalt
For besan batter
3/4cupbesan
1tbsprice flour
1/4tspturmeric
1/4tsp hing
1/2tspred chili powder
salt to taste
1/4tspbaking soda
1/2cupwater
oil for deep frying
Other ingredients
6pav / dinner rolls
7green chillies
6tspgreen chutney
3tsptamarind chutney
3tspdry garlic chutney
Instructions
In a large kadai heat 2 tsp oil , add few curry leaves.
Add ginger garlic paste and finely chopped chilli and saute well.
Add 2 boiled and mashed potato and ½ tsp salt.
mix well making sure all the spices are combined well with potato. aloo mixture is ready. keep aside.
Prepare besan batter by taking ¾ cup besan, 1 tbsp rice flour, ¼ tsp turmeric,1/2 tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp salt , 1/4 tsp hing and ¼ tsp baking soda.add ½ cup water or as required and prepare smooth lump free batter.
Now make ball sized aloo mixture.
Dip in prepared besan batter and coat well.
Deep fry in hot oil stirring occasionally.
Fry on medium flame till the vada turns golden and crisp.
Drain the vada on a kitchen paper to absorb excess oil. keep aside
Now fry the green chilli, by turning off the flame – be careful as the oil splutter.
Stir occasionally, till the blisters appear on chilli
Drain the fried chilli on a kitchen paper to absorb excess oil. keep aside.
Assembling vada pav recipe:
Slit the ladi pav centre halfway without cutting fully.
Spread green chutney, tamarind chutney and tsp dry garlic chutney on one side of inside pav.