batata vada Recipe

This Batata vada recipe is your guide to to making the classic and most popular snack of Mumbai(India). Street side vendors sell them at all times of the days and is the basic ingredient for the vada pav. Now you can make it in your very kitchen wherever you are.

Summary

Preparation Time10 MinCooking Time5 Min

Ready In15 MinDifficulty LevelVery Easy

Health IndexHealthy++Servings3

CuisineIndianCourseAppetizer

VegetarianVeganMain IngredientVegetable

Interest GroupHealthy

Recipe Story

This reminds me of the summer vacations I spent at Bombay as a kid. It is still in my heart and my family gets to eat a lot of it.

Ingredients

	Bolied peeled mashed potatoes.	2
	Onion	1 Medium
	Garlic	1 Tablespoon
	Ginger	1 Inch
	Besan	1 Cup (16 tbs) (chick pead flour)
	Turmeric powder	1 Teaspoon
	Chilli powder	1 Teaspoon
	Coriander powder	1 Tablespoon
	Coriander leaves chopped	1 Tablespoon
	Lemon juice	1 Tablespoon

Directions

Add all the spices saving a little to the potatoes. Add chopped onions, garlic, ginger and lemon juice. Mix well. Add salt and coriander leaves. Mix and make small balls.
Make a batter with besan. Dip the balls and deep fry to a golden.

Comments

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farah says :

Whenever i make batata wado the potato mixture starts coming out of when i am frying. I never seem to get the besan crunchy its always soft. Could you please tell me what i am doing wrong?

Posted on: 4 July 2007 - 8:20pm