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Vada Pav
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Vada Pav is a popular Mumbai street food consisting of a spicy potato fritter (vada) sandwiched between a special soft bread roll (pav), often served with dry chutney. It originated in the 1960s as a quick, hand-friendly snack for mill workers in Mumbai.
00:30:00 total
Serves 4
medium
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Ingredients
- potatoes - watch the video to see (boiled and mashed)
- bread rolls (pav) - watch the video to see (traditional Mumbai laadi pav)
- dry chutney - watch the video to see (used to avoid dirtying hands)
- spices for potato vada - watch the video to see (typically includes mustard seeds, turmeric, chili, garlic, ginger, coriander)
- gram flour (besan) - watch the video to see (for batter to coat potato vada)
- oil - watch the video to see (for deep frying)
Instructions
- Prepare the potato filling: Boil and mash potatoes. Temper mustard seeds and other spices in oil, add to mashed potatoes and mix well.
- Make the batter: Prepare a smooth batter using gram flour and water with a pinch of salt and turmeric.
- Form and fry vadas: Shape the spiced potato mixture into balls, dip in gram flour batter, and deep fry until golden and crisp.
- Assemble the vada pav: Slice the pav horizontally, place the hot vada inside, and sprinkle dry chutney on the inside of the pav.
- Serve: Serve hot with optional green chutney and fried green chili on the side.
