Vada Pav is the most popular street food of Maharashtra. You can say it’s the Indian version of the burger. It is also a poor man’s food.

Ingredients

Coating Ingredients

Method

1. Wash potatoes and boil them in pressure cooker with about 1/2 inch water. Once the cooker starts whistling, reduce the heat and cook for 7 minutes. Turn off the heat. Open the cooker after the steam dies down. Peel the potatoes when they are cold enough to handle.



2. Heat oil in a wok to fry.
3. Break the potatoes by hand and add salt, haldi, chopped chillies and finely grated ginger.



4. Heat a frying pan. Add a tbsp of oil. Add heeng. With in a few seconds, add potato mixture. Mix well and turn off the heat with in a minute. Add chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice. Mix and mash the potatoes.



5. Divide the potato mixture in 8 parts and make small balls. Keep aside.
6. Sift besan in a bowl. Add salt, haldi, chilli powder and soda.



7. Add 1/2 cup of water and whisk it well so that there are no lumps.



8. Dip potato ball in the besan mixture and slowly drop in the hot oil.



9. Fry till it is golden brown. Take it out and drain on a paper towel so that excess oil is soaked by the paper. Vadas are ready.





10. Cut pav in half. Sprinkle one half with dry garlic chutney.



11. Top it with potato ball. Cover it with the other half of pav.



12. Vada Pav is ready to eat.

Notes

1. Make sure that the potato mixture is not too dry. Vadas should be moist inside.

Summary

Recipe Name

Vada Pav

Author Name

Ruchi Garg

Published On

2012-02-12

Total Time

60M

Average Rating

5 Based on 1 Review(s)