Vada Pav is the street food of common man in India, which originated in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It can possibly be called one of the national, beloved foods of all.
A vada pav, served with fried green chillies and cutting chai (Indian tea served in a small transparent cup) is a treat for the most Indian foodies. It’s Indian vegetarian equivalent to burgers or sliders.
Vada is the boiled potato, chickpea flour fritter and Pav is the bread bun. It is served with the peanut-garlic chutney (condiment), tucked in a Pav (bread bun). You may add the mint-coriander chutney and tamarind chutney as an add on. Vada Pav is also being called as Indian burger.
Here is a very simple recipe for vada pav. If you have the Pav ready, you can make this in less than half an hour.
Vada Pav
Vada Pav is the street food of common man in India, which originated in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It can possibly be called one of the national, beloved foods of all.A vada pav, served with fried green chillies and cutting chai (Indian tea served in a small transparent cup) is a treat for the most Indian foodies.
Print Pin RecipeServings (slide to adjust): 4 people
Ingredients
- 4 Potatoes boiled, peeled, mashed
- 2 Green chilies, chopped + few whole to serve on the side
- ½ inch Ginger finely grated
- a pinch Asafetida
- ¼ teaspoon Mustard seeds
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ¼ teaspoon Chaat masala (optional)
- 4 Curry leaves
- to taste Salt
- for frying Oil
- 1 cup Gram flour (besan)
- 1 ½ tablespoon Rice flour
- as neede Water
Instructions
Vada Recipe
- Boil, peel, and mash the potatoes.
- Heat 2 teaspoons of oil, add curry leaves, once these splutter, add asafetida, mustard seeds. Saute, add chopped green chillies, grated ginger.
- Add mashed potatoes, turmeric, chaat masala (optional) and salt to the above. Saute for 3-4 minutes. Keep the mixture aside.
- In a container take gram flour and rice flour. Add salt, turmeric powder. Add water to form thick, but lump free batter. Mix well.
- Heat oil. While the oil is being heated, form golf ball sized balls from the potato mixture. Dip it into the batter, such that it covers the potato ball. Let the excess batter drain into the container. When the oil is hot, add few batter covered potato balls in the oil at a time. Switch heat to medium. Once the vadas are golden brown, remove it from the oil and drain it on a paper towel.
- While the oil is hot, fry some small green chilies or vertically chopped big ones, remove from oil, sprinkle salt on it. This is served on top or inside the vada pav.
To Assemble:
- Take pav. These can either be bought at any Indian grocery store or made at home - recipe link mentioned in the post below) Slit the Pav in half, spread the garlic-peanut chutney (scroll down for recipe) on both the inner surfaces of Pav/bun. Put a vada in between, press the pav from top, and top it with a fried green chili.
Serve it with Indian chai for the best combination! You may optionally add the coriander-mint chutney and tamarind chutney. I did not, as I like the taste of vada pav with just the garlic chutney and green chili.
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Pav:
Pav is like a soft dinner roll or bun. These can easily be bought at any Indian grocery store or you may make it at home using this recipe.
Garlic Peanut Chutney
The semi-dried garlic peanut chutney is the soul of a good plate of vada pav. It is quite spicy and gives a good kick to the vada pav. This chutney and vada pav are pretty much inseparable. The chutney can be used with other meals/snacks as well. If refrigerated, It stays fresh for a few weeks.
Print Pin RecipeServings (slide to adjust): 8 people
Ingredients
- 10 cloves Garlic
- 8-10 Whole red dried chilies
- to taste Salt
- 2-3 tablespoon Peanuts
- 1-2 teaspoon Red chili flakes
- ½ cup Dry coconut
- 1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon Coriander powder (or seeds)
- 1-2 teaspoons Tamarind paste (optional)
- 1-2 teaspoons Oil
- 2-3 tablespoons Deep fried besan droplets prepared when making vada optional
Instructions
- Dry roast dried whole red chilies, sesame seeds, peanuts, coriander seeds, and garlic cloves individually. You may roast it separately or add each at different intervals as each one of these ingredients have different heating points. Keep these aside.
- Once the roasted ingredients cool down, put it in a blender/food processor and add oil, salt to it. Blend it coarsely. The chutney should be more on the dry side. Add tamarind paste depending upon how much is needed to still leave the consistency on the dry side. Mix well.
If you have prepared the crunchy fried droplets using besan flour (mentioned in vada recipe), do add 2-3 tablespoons of that as well before grinding into chutney. This gives a nice crunchy, nutty flavor to the chutney
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Enjoy the vada pav with a cuppa chai!
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