Vada Pav

Preparation Time - 30 Min                                   Cooking Time - 20 Min                   Yield - 12 Vada

Ingredients :

For Filling:

Potato - 4 Big

Green Chili - 4

Ginger - 1/2 inch piece

Garlic - 8 cloves

Curry leaves - 6

Asafoetida - a pinch

Salt - to taste

Mustard seeds - 1 Tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp

Asafoetida - a pinch

Oil - 1 Tbsp

For Cover:

Gram flour(Besan) - 2 Cup

Baking soda - a pinch

Turmeric powder - 1/2 Tsp

Red chili powder - 1/2 Tsp

Salt - 1/2 Tsp

Oil - 1 Tbsp


Oil - to deep fry

Pav - 12

Red garlic chutney - 1/4 Cup

Method:

1) Boil and mash potato and keep aside.

2) Grind ginger, garlic and green chili and make a fine paste. Mix this paste in mashed potato.

3) Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add asafoetida and turmeric powder add this oil on mashed potato mixture and mix well.

4) In a bowl take besan. Heat one tbsp of oil in a pan and add it to besan and mix well.

5) Add baking soda, turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt in besan and mix well. Add water as required and make a smooth batter. Batter should not be very thick or very thin.

6) Make small ball of potato mixture and dip it in besan batter and deep fry in hot oil on medium flame.




7) Sprinkle little red chutney on pav, put hot vada and serve with green chili.

Vada Pav