vada pav

Vada pav – Indian version of burger, must be one of the most loved street foods. Vada is a spicy potato mixture with a coating of gram flour, deep fried in oil. Pav is a special kind of soft bread, almost square in shape.

Ingredients:

4 pav
Batata vada: 1cup gram flour
                    1tsp cumin powder
                    1tsp ajwain
                    2tsp rice flour
                    a pinch of cooking soda
                    2 potatoes
                    1 onion finely chopped
                    3 green chillies  finely chopped
                    2tsp ginger paste
                    1/4tsp mustard seeds
                    1/4tsp cumin seeds
                    3tsp coriander leaves finely chopped
                    1/2tsp amchoor powder
                    1/4tsp turmeric powder
                    oil
                    salt to taste

Green chutney: 1cup coriander leaves
                        1cup mint leaves
                        2 green chillies
                        1tsp cumin seeds
                        1tsp tamarind pulp
                        2-3 drops of lemon juice
                        salt to taste

Sweet chutney: 1cup tamarind pulp
                        1/2cup jaggery
                        1tsp red chilly powder
                        1/2tsp cumin powder
                        salt to taste

Chutney powder: 1cup roasted groundnuts
                           1/2cup split dalia
                           2tsp red chilly powder
                           1tsp tamarind
                           2-3cloves garlic
                           1tsp salt                    


Method:  in a bowl add gram flour, cumin powder, ajwain, cooking soda, rice flour, salt and water and make
               a thick batter. keep aside.

               heat 3tsp oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, when they splutter add onions and fry                                
               till they are golden brown, now add green chillies,ginger paste,turmeric powder and fry for a
               minute. now add boiled and smashed potatoes, salt,amchoor powder,coriander leaves and mix
               well. now make 4 lemon sized balls from the above mixture, dip them in the gram flour batter and
               deep fry until crisp and golden brown.

               grind the green chutney and chutney powder(without water) ingredients separately and keep aside
             
               in a bowl add all the ingredients of sweet chutney and boil till it becomes thick.

              now take a pav cut into half horizontally, apply green chutney on one side and sweet chutney on
              the other side and place a batata vada in between the pav. serve with chutney powder and fried
              green chilly.