How to make Upasacha Batata Vada -
A variation of the popular batata vada, it is dipped in water chestnut batter and deep fried.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Potatoes (आलू), Ghee (घी)
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Upasacha Batata Vada Recipe Card
Hindi: Aloo
Why is it that when you are stuck at “what should we cook today” the answer is always “make some aloo!” Potatoes are like this…extremely popular and have multipurpose usage.
Well, don’t – it is a surprising source of vitamin C and provides useful amounts of starch, thiamine and niacin and around a hundred grams will provide about eighty calories.
Little did you know!
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 16-20 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Upasacha Batata Vada Recipe
Potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed 6 medium
Ghee 2 tablespoons
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Green chillies finely chopped 2
Black peppercorns crushed 6
Fresh coriander leaves chopped 2 tablespoons
Rock salt (sendha namak) to taste
Water chestnut flour (shingare ka atta) 1 cup
Method
Step 1
Heat two tablespoons ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds and green chillies.
Step 2
When the cumin seeds change colour, add potatoes, crushed black peppercorns, coriander leaves and rock salt and mix well.
Step 3
Allow the mixture to cool. Divide the mixture into lemon sized balls, keep aside. Make a thick batter using waterchestnut flour and water.
Step 4
Add rock salt to taste. Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai, dip the vadas in the batter and deep fry.
Step 5
Drain onto an absorbent paper. Serve hot with coriander and coconut chutney.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1365 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 240.8 gm
Protein : 30.6 gm
Fat : 32.5 gm
Other : 11.7gm
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