Vada pav recipe ( How to make vada pav )

Prep Time 40

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1 10

Course Snack

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Servings

Calories 350

Author Koushik

Vada pav recipe is a popular maharashtrian street food which is made with crispy batata vada which is kept inside pav along with green chutney and garlic chutney. Here is the step by step instructions on how to make vada pav.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for filling

4 medium size potatoes
2 tablespoons of oil
1 small bay leaf
2 teaspoon mustard seed
Pinch of hing
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
3 chopped green chili
3 tablespoons of chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
2 teaspoons red chili powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

Ingredients for batter

150 grams of besan
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
pinch of hing
Dash of water

Other vada pav ingredients

4 fresh pav
5 to 8 tablespoons green chutney
5 to 8 tablespoons spicy garlic chutney
Fried salted green chili optional
500 ml oil for deep fry
kitchen tissue

Instructions

Potato filling for vada pav
At first , preparing potato filling for vada pav thoroughly wash potatoes in running water. Then boil , peel and mash the potatoes with a masher or fork.
Now heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf, mustard seed, pinch of hing stir them in low flame until the mustard seed starts to crackle
Next saute green chili, ginger garlic paste and quickly stir in medium flame until the raw smell of ginger garlic completely goes away.
After that in a bowl add crumbled potatoes ,chopped coriander leaves, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and recently prepared tadka
Mix everything properly, and make smooth circular ball from potato mixture.
Batter for batata vada
Now, for making batter for batata vada in a mixing bowl mix besan, turmeric powder, salt , red chili powder, pinch of hing and mix everything with a spoon.
Next pour water as per need. Whisk properly to make a smooth medium thick batter.
Making batata vada
Now to frying crispy batata vada pour oil into a deep bottom pan or Kadai.
When oil becomes medium hot, first coat batata vada in a gram flour batter then immediately place in hot oil.
Fry the vada in medium flame until batata vada becomes crispy and golden brown from both sides.
Finally, take them out from the pan and drain them on kitchen tissue.
How to make vada pav
In a meanwhile heat oil in a grill pan, using a brush spread the oil properly on the pan.
Now make the flame medium, place the pav on the hot pan, and using a spatula gently press from top and grill both sides.
Next place the toasted pav on a serving plate, apply green chutney, spicy garlic chutney inside the bottom layer of the pav.
Finally place the hot batata vada inside the pav, and serve our vada pav immediately to your guest.

Notes

Vada Pav Recipe Note

You can adjust the amount of chutneys depending upon your taste and like.
You can increase or decrease the number of green chilies in the green chutney or potato stuffing to make spicy vada pav.

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