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Vada Pav

A very popular Street food of Mumbai. Also known as Indian Burger.

This recipe is from the book Any Time Temptations.

Preparation Time : 16-20 minutes

Cooking time : 11-15 minutes

Servings :

Main Ingredients

Potatoes,boiled, peeled and mashed, Garlic

Cuisine

Maharashtrian

Course

Snack

Level Of Cooking

Favourites

Ingredients

Potatoes,boiled, peeled and mashed
6 large
Garlic
8-10 cloves
Green chillies
4
Turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon
Asafoetida
a pinch
Lemon juice
1 tablespoon
Fresh coriander leaves,chopped
1/4 bunch
Salt
to taste
Oil
to deep fry
Pavs
FOR BATTER
Gram flour (besan)
1 1/4 cup
Soda bicarbonate
a pinch
Turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon
Salt
to taste
Oil
1 tablespoon
Red chutney
Dry coconut (khopra),grated
3 tablespoons
Red chilli powder
2 teaspoons
Garlic
4-6 cloves
Oil
1 tablespoon
Gram flour Crumbs (besan boondi)
1/2 cup
Salt
to taste

Method

Step 1

For red chutney, grind together coconut, red chilli powder and garlic in a mixer. Heat oil in a non stick pan, add this mixture and sauté for a minute. Add the gram flour crumbs and mix well and remove from the heat. Season with salt. Set aside to cool.

Step 2

Grind together green chillies and garlic to a paste. Mix the potatoes, garlic-green chilli paste, turmeric powder, asafoetida, lemon juice, coriander leaves and salt in a bowl. Divide into eight equal portions and roll them into balls.

Step 3

Mix together gram flour, soda bicarbonate, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt in a bowl. Heat one-tablespoon oil and add it to the gram flour mixture. Add sufficient water and whisk to make a coating consistency batter. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.

Step 4

Dip the potato mixture balls in the batter and deep fry in hot oil till golden brown in colour. Drain on an absorbent paper. Slit the pavs horizontally without cutting through, spread the red chutney on the inner sides of the pav and stuff it with hot vadas. Serve hot.