Vada Pav Mumbai Style
An Authentic receipe of Mumbai's Most Famous Street Food.
Ingredients
- 7 Boiled Mashed Potatoes: 6 Medium Size
- Salt:1 tsp or as per taste
- Finely Chopped corainder leaves:2 tsp
- Turmeric Powder:half tsp
- Corainder Powder :1 tsp
- Pav for serving
For Batter:
- Besan:1 cup
- Salt:1 tsp
- Turmeric powder: half tsp
- Red Chilli powder:half tsp
- Coriander Powder:half tsp
- Soda bi- carb: 2 pinch
- Water:1 cup( As per need)
Instructions
- To make the vada paste ,take the boiled mashed potatoes in a big plate
- add salt
- Add chopped corainder leaves
- Add turmeric powder
- Add coriander powder(Dont Mix till tempered)
- For tempering the vada paste,Heat Oil in a Temper pan or kadai,
- wait untill properly heated add urad dal
- wait till it becomes golden brown now add mustard seeds
- Add jeera
- chopped green chilles
- Add crushed and chopped garlic
- Add curry leaves
- mix well for 20 secs or so
- remove from heat and add the same tempering in the Vada paste which we prepared
- Now mix the vada paste very well and make medium size flat balls and keep aside.
- Keep the kadai on the flame taking adequate oil for deep frying
- For Besan paste take the besan in a bowl,add salt
- Add turmeric powder
- Add Coriander powder
- Add Red Chilli powder
- Add Soda Bi carb and mix well adding water gradually
- make a smooth free flowing thick paste,
- Now take the potato ball one at a time dip it gently with light hands,make sure the besan mixture is coated well and put in the kadai kept for deep frying
- Keep the flame medium,repeat the proceedure adding 3-4 vadas for deep frying at a time depending on the size of your kadai.Flip the vadas and let them turn golden brown
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