Mumbai Special Vada Pav - Part 1 : Making the Batata Vada Recipe Video
Vada pav is a very famous snack food. It is a filing made with potato and coated with chickpea batter. It is fried and eaten with bun. The dish is made with vada and the pav or bun.
Ingredients
Ingredients for filling
4 potatoes boiled and potatoes
1 c onion minced
1/2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
1/2 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
Pinch of turmeric
Pinch of asofetida
Salt to taste
2 minced + 3-4 whole green chilis
Chopped coriander
2 tsp lemon juice
Ingredients for batter
1/2 c chickpea flour
2 tbsp rice flour
Salt to taste
1/4 c water
1 tsp oil + oil for deep frying
Pinch of baking soda
Directions
Mash the potaotes coarsely.
Heat oil and add cumin, turmeric, asofetida, ginger-garlic paste.
Stir and add onions saute until soft.
Add salt. Now add this mixture to potatoes.
Add coriander, lemon juice, chilis.
To make batter, add water and other ingredients to form a smooth paste. It should neither be too thick nor too thin.
Make balls of the potato mixture.
Heat oil for deep frying the vadas.
Coat the balls in chickpea batter and fry them until golden brown.
Fry some green chilis as well.
Now serve the vadas with fried green chilis.
Heat oil and add cumin, turmeric, asofetida, ginger-garlic paste.
Stir and add onions saute until soft.
Add salt. Now add this mixture to potatoes.
Add coriander, lemon juice, chilis.
To make batter, add water and other ingredients to form a smooth paste. It should neither be too thick nor too thin.
Make balls of the potato mixture.
Heat oil for deep frying the vadas.
Coat the balls in chickpea batter and fry them until golden brown.
Fry some green chilis as well.
Now serve the vadas with fried green chilis.
