Vada Pav Recipe

Vada Pav is one thing close to my heart as much as Mumbai is. It is one of the things that makes me nostalgic about good old childhood days in Mumbai.
Vada Pav is fast food of Mumbai very similar to Burgers. Mumbaikars can have anything and everything with Pavs. Usal Pav, Misal Pav, Pav Bhaji , Vada Pav.
The preparation for Vada Pav is like any of Chats of North in the sense that it involves lots of small small chutneys and ingredients to make it more spicy and yummy.
The distinct smell of Garlic and other ingredients makes it taste so unique and different.
I hope you will enjoy this recipe as much as I like eating and ofcourse cooking it!

Bon Apetite

Ingredients:

Red Chutney:
100 Grams dessicated Coconut powder
6-7 medium sized cloves of Garlic
1 Tablespoon red chilli powder
salt according to taste

Green Chutney:

1 bunch cleared coriander
3-4 medium sized cloves of Garlic
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 green chilli sliced
3 tablespoon some water
salt according to taste


Potato Vadas:

5 medium sized boiled and mashed potatoes
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
4-5 cloves garlic cloves sliced
(optional) 1 green chilli sliced
2 tablesppon mustard seeds
Salt according to taste
200 gms besan
100 ml water
100 ml cooking Oil to fry vadas

and last but not the least Buns (6)

Recipe:

1. Prepare Red chutney by mixing all ingredients in a grinder and set it aside.
2. Prepare green coriander chutney by mixing ingredients in grinder and set it aside.
3. Prepare potato curry for vadas by heating 1 tablespoon oil in a pan and adding mustard seeds to heated oil.
4. Once the mustard starts to sputter, add mashed potatoes, sliced garlic and sliced green chilli to it.
5. Add Turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt to it and let it cook till it mixes well.
6. Once the curry is ready, set it aside and let it cool.
7. In a bowl mix besan, water and some salt to taste to make a batter for frying vadas.
8. Make balls of (approximately 5 cms each) the curry prepared in step 6 after it cools down a bit.
9. Heat oil in a pan.
10. Roll curry balls prepared in step 8 in besan batter and fry them in hot oil till they turn golden brown.
11. Once the Vadas are ready, slit buns (Pavs) from the middle.
12. Spread Green chutney prepared in step 2 on Pavs.
13. Place a Vada in the middle of the bun and mash it with fingers.
14. Spread Red Chutney prepared in step 1 on the top of mashed Vada.
15. Vada Pav is ready to be enjoyed hot.

Alternatively, for people who cannot do without hot food, pavs can be heated a bit by placing in between a plain sandwich press.
Also, Vada pavs can be enjoyed with hot fried green chillis.