Vada Pav ( Mumbai Vada Pav) Video by Tarla Dalal Video by Tarla Dalal
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Indian Vada Pav Recipe (Mumbai Street Food Vada Pav) Video by Tarla Dalal
Preparation Time
35 Mins
Cooking Time
20 Mins
Total Time
55 Mins
Makes
4.00 vada pavs
Ingredients
For The Vada
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tbsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
1/2 tbsp finely chopped ginger (adrak)
1/2 tbsp finely chopped green chillies
1/2 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
5 to 7 curry leaves (kadi patta)
1 1/2 cups boiled , peeled and boiled and mashed potatoes
a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi)
salt to taste
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
oil for deep-frying
To Be Mixed Together Into A Batter
1/2 cup besan (Bengal gram flour)
a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi)
salt to taste
5 tbsp water
For Serving
Method
For the vada
- Heat the oil in a small kadhai and add the mustard seeds.
- When the seeds crackle, add the asafoetida and curry leaves and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
- Add the garlic, ginger and green chillies and sauté on a medium flame for a few more seconds.
- Add the potatoes, salt and turmeric powder,mix well and cook for a minute, while stirring continuously.
- Add the coriander and mix well.
- Remove from the flame and keep aside to cool.
- Divide into 4 equal portions and shape each portion into a round.
- Dip each vada in the prepared batter and deep-fry in hot oil till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides. Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside.
Handy tip:
- Deep-fry the green chillies in hot oil till they become crisp and slightly whitish in colour. Drain on absorbent paper and serve.
How to serve
- Slit a pav horizontally, apply meetha chutney, teekha chutney and sukha lehsun ka chutney (as per your taste) on the inner sides of the pav and stuff with a hot vada.
- Alternatively you can avoid the meetha chutney and teekha chutney and use only sukhi lehsun ki chutney.
- Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 3 more vada pavs.
- Serve the vada pav immediately with fried green chillies.
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