Indian Vada Pav
Delicious and indulgent Indian snack recipe.
Ingredients
- 5-6 Pcs Potatoes - medium sized Boiled
- 3-4 Pcs Green chillies
- 1 Inch Ginger
- 7-8 Cloves Garlic
- 3/4 Cup Gram flour
- 1/3 Cup Water Or as required
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 Tsp Red chilli powder
- 1 Tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/4 Tsp Asafoetida
- 3 Tbsp Cornflour
- 2 Tbsp Oil
- 1/2 Tsp Mustard seeds
- 7-8 Pcs Curry leaves
- 1/4 Cup Coriander leaves Chopped
- 1/8 Tsp Baking soda
- Oil to fry As required
Instructions
- Peel and mash the boiled potatoes.
- Make a coarse paste of green chillies, ginger and garlic.
- Make a thick batter with gram flour, water, salt, red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, asafoetida and corn flour. Keep aside to rest for 15 mins.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli paste and sauté them. Add 1/2 tsp turmeric powder and salt. Add in the mashed potatoes and chopped coriander leaves. Mix well. Remove from heat and let it cool down.
- Add a pinch of baking soda in the gram flour batter and mix. Make small balls of potato mixture, dip it in the batter, and deep fry on medium flame. Fry them until they turn golden brown.
- Assemble the vada pav with bread, red chutney and fried green chillies.Enjoy!!!
Notes
PS - slit the chillies while frying to avoid the oil splutter.
Red chutney recipe -
🔘Dry roast for 1 minute individually - 1 cup grated dry coconut, 1/2 cup peanuts, 9-10 cloves garlic with skin, 8-9 dried red chillies.
🔘Coarse grind them all individually. Mix them in a bowl. Add salt to taste, 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder.
🔘Grind them all together again. The chutney is ready. Can be stored in fridge for upto 6 months and can be relished with parathas, idlis, uttapams, and more...
Enjoy!