Thursday 3 August 2017

Vada Pav

Indian Fast food... Brother of Burger i call it.. But far more spicy tasty and lip smacking

Ingredients
3-4 Pavs (or burger buns)
2 boiled potatoes
1 tspn ginger garlic chili paste
1 tbspn chopped corriander
1/2 cup Gram flour (Besan)
1 tbspn oil for tadka
1/4 tspn Mustard seeds
2 cups oil for frying
salt as per taste
1/4 tspn turmeric powder

For dry garlic chutney
2 tbspn roasted peanuts
3 tbspn garlic paste
1/4 tspn salt
3-4 dry red chillies
1/4 tspn oil

Some green chilies to add spice to the vada pav (optional)

Method
1) First mash the potatoes in a bowl
2) In a pan , add 1 tbspn oil and then add mustard seed
3) once they splutter, add pinch of hing, ginger, garlic,chili paste and turmeric powder
4) Saute for few seconds and immediately add the mashed potatoes
5) Add salt and turn off the flame and mix well
6 ) Let the mixture cool
7) Meanwhile mean a slurry by mixing gram flour, salt, turmeric and water and mix it thoroughly
8) Make small sized balls of the potato mixture
9) Pour 2 cups oil in the frying pan and turn the stove on
10) Now dip the potato balls in slurry and fry them at medium flame till they turn brown
11) For assembling the vada pav, cut the pav horizontally from center and apply some green chutney and tamarind sweet chutney on inner size
12) Place the vada on it. Sprinkle the dry garlic powder
13) Then close the upper layer and press it 
14) You can even toast the vada pav using a cube of butter on a pan and serve it hot

Hope you would have a spicy treat by cooking this dish at home
Since i m a hardcore baker, i had made the pav at home.
I shall be sharing the pav recipe soon

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