Vada Pav

VADA PAV is the most popular street food in Mumbai. This is a combination of mashed potatoes and some Indian spices coated with besan (Bengal gram flour). It is served with pav bun and tamarind chutney, garlic red chutney, and green chutney.

Ingredients

6 pav buns

1/4 cup tamarind chutney

1/4 cup garlic red chutney

1/4 cup green chutney

For the stuffing of vada:

6 boiled, peeled, and mashed potatoes

3 green chillies

1/2 inch ginger

1/2 tsp Haldi

4 crushed garlic cloves

coriander leaves

Salt to taste

2 tsp oil + oil to deep fry

For the outer cover :

1 cup besan(Bengal gram flour)

2 tsp rice flour

1/4 tsp chilli powder

a pinch of cooking soda

salt to taste

1/4 tsp asafoetida powder (hing)

Mix all the above ingredients with water and make a thick batter

Procedure

• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard, curry leaves, turmeric powder,hing.

• Add crushed green chillies, ginger, and garlic and fry till the raw smell goes

• Add boiled mashed potatoes, salt, chopped coriander leaves n mix well

• Make lemon size balls

• Dip in the besan batter and deep fry

TO SERVE:

Cut the pav into two pieces, apply chutney and place the vada on one piece and cover it with the other piece of pav. Serve with Ketchup.