Mumbai Vada Pav
Vada Pav is one of the best chaat/street foods in my opinion so I had to get my mom’s recipe to curb those India street food cravings!
Servings: 8 sandwiches
Ingredients:
Potato Patty:
4 russet potatoes, boiled and peeled
1 small onion, finely diced
1 cup chopped cilantro
½ cup chopped green onion (green part only)
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp minced ginger
1 tbsp minced green chili
1 tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp sugar
Batter:
½ cup chickpea flour (besan/chana flour)
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp chili powder
¼ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp turmeric
½ tsp coriander powder
½ cup water
1 tsp oil
Dry Garlic Chutney
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp minced garlic
½ tsp crushed red pepper
2 tbsp peanuts
4 tbsp coconut powder
¼ tsp salt
1 tbsp kashmiri chili powder
Other
Pav Bread/Buns
Directions:
Once potato is boiled and peeled, grate it into a bowl
Heat a pan on medium heat and add oil
Add onion and green onion and cook for 3-4 minutes
Add ginger, green chili, salt, turmeric, lemon juice and sugar and mix together
Add grated potato and mix until incorporated
Add cilantro and mix into the potato mixture
Let cool and form into patties or vadas (make it roughly the size of your pav/bread)
Prepare the batter by mixing the ingredients listed under ‘batter’ and mix together
Heat a frying pot with oil
Once oil is hot, dip a vada into the batter and fully coat it
Carefully drop the vada into the oil and fry on each side until golden and crispy
Remove from the oil and repeat with remaining vadas
To prepare the garlic chutney heat a pan on medium heat and add oil
Add garlic and peanuts and cook for 2-3 minutes until garlic is fragrant (but don’t let it burn)
Add remaining ingredients and cook for another 1-2 minutes
Remove from the pan and let cool
Add to a spice grinder and grind the mixture together
To assemble the vada pav slice the pav bread through the middle and lightly toast
Spread cilantro chutney on both side of the inside of the bread
Add the vada onto the bread and sprinkle on dry garlic chutney
Serve hot and enjoy!
