Vada Pav

Vada pav is mumbai's street food and its a food on the go for the ever so busy mumbaikar's.
 Vada Pav is also known as common man's burger which is delicious to eat and light on pocket.


Ingredients for Vada Pav Recipe:
Potatoes boiled and peeled 6 large
Pav
Oil 1 tablespoon + to deep fry
Asafoetida a pinch
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Green chilli-garlic paste 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves chopped 1/4 cup
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
bread (pav) 8 small

For Batter
Coarse gram flour (besan) 1 1/4 cups
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Soda bicarbonate a small pinch (optional)

Method:
1)To make the batter place the gram flour in a bowl. Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, soda bicarbonate and mix. Add sufficient water and whip to a smooth and thick batter. Set aside for at least fifteen minutes. Place the boiled potatoes in a bowl.
 2)Heat one tablespoon oil in a pan. Add asafoetida, turmeric powder, green chilli-garlic paste and mix. Add potatoes and salt and mix. Set aside to cool. Add coriander leaves, lemon juice and mix mashing the potatoes some more.
 3)Divide the mixture into eight equal portions and shape them into balls.
 4)Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. Dip the potato balls in the gram flour batter and deep fry till golden and crisp on the outside. Drain on absorbent paper.

Ingredients for Lasun (garlic) Chutney:
Scraped coconut fresh 1 cup
Dried red chillies 2-3
Kashmiri red chillies 2-3
Garlic cloves 5-6
Tamarind lemon-size ball 1
Roasted peanuts 1 tablespoon
Sea salt to taste

Method:
1)Dry roast coconut in a non-stick pan. Transfer it on a plate and set aside to cool at room temperature.
 2)Remove stems of dried red chillies and Kashmiri red chilies and dry roast in a non-stick pan on low heat for 2-3 minutes. Switch off heat and transfer on a plate to cool.
3)Grind together roasted coconut, chillies, garlic cloves, tamarind, peanuts and sea salt to a coarse powder.
 Serve with vada pav.

Now assembling time: Mumbai style mein bole toh jhakas yum time:
Take a pav bread slit each pav spread  tamarind chutney and coriander chutney. Place one vada in the middle top it up with lasun chutney press lightly. Hmmm...do not wait just eat.

Serve hot with fried green chillies.

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