Vada Pav - Authentic Street Style Recipe | Mumbai Street Food | Indian Street Food

If you have ever been to Mumbai or Maharashtra you will know that every nook and corner of the state sells Vada Pav. Spicy Mashed potato balls coated in chickpea flour (besan) and deep fried in oil. This fried potato balls are tucked into a pav which is an Indian style bun and served hot like a burger.

Ingredients:

Medium size potatoes – 5 nos. (boiled)

For Masala Paste (Grind)

·       Ginger chopped into pieces – 1 pod

·       Dark Green Chillies – 5 – 10 nos.

·       Garlic – 10 – 12 cloves

·       Coriander Leaves  - 1 small bunch

·       Mustard seeds – 1 ½ tsp

·       Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

·       Cumin Seeds  - 1 ½ tsp

·       Curry Leaves – Few stems

For the Batter

·       Gram Flour – 2 cups

·       Rice Flour – 2 tbsp (optional)

·       Carrom seeds – 1 tsp

·       Water – 1 Glass 

·       Oil -  2 cups

·       Salt as per taste

Method:

1.    Add water, salt, carom seeds and rice flour in besan and mix.

2.    Pour required amount of water and make a smooth batter.

3.    Mash the boiled potatoes.

4.    Grind everything listed under grind list into a coarse paste.

5.    Heat oil in a pan. Add the ground paste and stir fry till the raw smell goes away.

6.    Mix the paste along with the mashed potatoes and mix.

7.    Adjust salt as per taste.

8.    Make round balls of the potato filling and keep aside.

9.    Heat oil in a kadhai.  Dip the balls in the batter and fry them in the oil.

10. Vadas are done. Keep them inside the pan and serve!