Vada Pav/Wada Pav

Vada Pav/Wada Pav

Vada pav is also known as Indian burger,is a  popular spicy street food from the state of Maharashtra,it consist of batata vada sandwiched between two slices of pav/bread.

Ingredients

For potato dumplings:

Boiled & mashed potatoes 3-4 medium size

Ginger-Garlic paste 1tsp

Mustard seeds 1tsp

Cumin seeds 1tsp

Curry leaves 5-6

Red chili pdr 1/2 tsp

Turmeric 1/2 tsp

Dry mango pdr/Amchoor pdr 1 tsp

Garam masala pdr 1tsp

Chopped coriander

salt as per taste

For gramflour/besan batter

Gramflour 1 cup

hing a pinch

Turmeric pdr 1/2 tsp

Red chili pdr 1/2 tsp

Garam masala 1tsp

salt as per taste

Recipe

1.Boil & mash the potatoes.

2.In  a pan heat 1tsp oil & add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,curry leaves for tempering,now add ginger-garlic paste & saute for 1-2 mins.

3.To this add turmeric pdr,red chili pdr,amchoor pdr,garam masala & chopped coriander.

4.Now add mashed potatoes to this & mix everything well & turn off the heat.let this cool a bit.

5.once its cooled off a bit than make small golf size dumplings out of this.

6.Now lets prepare the batter of gram flour/besan.

7.For that add a pinch of hing,1/2 tsp turmeric pdr,1/2 tsp red chili pdr,1tsp garam masala pdr & salt as per taste,now add very little water at a time to make a smooth lump free batter.

8.Now heat some oil in the kadai for deep frying .

9.Now dip the balls of potatoes in the batter & deep fry them in hot oil.

10.once they are done take them out on a paper towel to drain off all the excess oil.

To serve slice the pav in half,apply some green chutney on one half,put the fried vada in the center & cover it with the other half of vada,serve with Tempered Green chillies or Spicy garlic chutney.