Vada Pav Recipe

Ingredients

For Vada

• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp black mustard seeds
• 7-8 Curry leaves
• ¼ tsp Asafoetida
• 2 green chillies, chopped
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 3-4 medium potatoes, boiled
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp coriander, chopped
• Oil for deep frying

For Batter

• 1 ½ cup gram flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Water as required
• Salt to taste
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder

Steps

1. Slice the onions thinly.
2. Heat oil in a pan, then add mustard seeds and curry leaves and cook until fragrant.
3. Mix in asafoetida (hing) well. Add the sliced onions and green chillies and saute until the onion is translucent.
4. Mix in turmeric powder and salt, then add a little water and mix well again.
5. Mix in ginger garlic paste well and cook for 3-4 minutes.
6. Mash the potatoes with your hands and put them in the pan.
7. Add water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Mix in sugar well until it combines and melts.
8. Let the potato mixture cool.
9. Meanwhile, whisk gram flour, baking soda and water together in a bowl to make a thick batter without lumps.
10. Whisk in salt and turmeric powder and set aside until needed.
11. Add chopped coriander to the cooled potato mixture.
12. Form round balls from the prepared mixture and dip them in the batter.
13. Deep-fry the vadas until golden and crisp.
14. Drain them on absorbent paper.
15. Serve the vadas hot inside pav, with some bukha chutney sprinkled on top and green chillies on the side.