Vada Pav - South Asian Recipe

Vada Pav

🌍 South Asian, Maharashtra Difficulty: ●●●○○

Vada pav was invented in 1966 outside Dadar train station in Mumbai as cheap, filling food for mill workers.

Ingredients

• 400 g potatoes, boiled and mashed
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 10 curry leaves
• 2 green chilies, minced
• 1 in ginger, grated
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 2 tbsp coriander
• Salt to taste
• (Batter) 150 g chickpea flour (besan)
• ½ tsp turmeric
• Pinch of baking soda
• Salt, water

Method

1. Making — Make potato filling: heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, curry leaves. Add chilies, ginger, turmeric. Add potatoes, cilantro, salt. Cool.
2. Shaping — Shape into 6 balls. Make thick batter with chickpea flour, turmeric, baking soda, salt.
3. Dipping — Dip balls in batter, deep fry until golden.
4. Slicing — Slice pav, spread chutneys, insert vada, press together. Eat immediately.

Tags: potatoes, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilies, in ginger · Source: Brittani's Almanac