I was thinking of making burgers. So, I thought I’d make an Indian-style burger: the Vada Pav. It is delicious, spicy, and crispy. It is also a vegetarian recipe.
Vada pav is an Indian-style spicy and vegetarian burger. It is famous street food in the Indian state, Maharashtra. Vada pav is a sliced bread roll filled with fried potato dumplings. It is served with different chutneys. It goes well with almost all dips and sauces, whether it is tomato sauce or dry ginger chutney.
To make vada pav, heat oil in a pan. Then, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, spices, salt, mashed potatoes, green chilies, and coriander leaves to it and cook for some time. Mix chickpea flour, cornflour, spices, and water in a bowl. Make small balls of the potato mixture and dip in the flour batter. Then, deep fry them and place them between sliced bread rolls.
This was just an overview of the recipe. Find the complete recipe below. There are other street food recipes that we’ve covered that you should also check as well.
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Streets Special Vada Pav in Mumbai Style Recipe
Equipment
- Pan
- Bowl
Ingredients
- 4 cups Oil
- ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds
- ¼ tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp Red Chilly Powder
- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
- ½ tsp Garam Masala
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 Boiled Potatoes
- 2 Finely Chopped Green Chilies
- 2 tsp Chopped Coriander Leaves
- 1 cup Chickpea Flour
- ¼ tsp Chaat Masala
- 1 tbsp Corn Flour
- Water
- 2 Bread Rolls
- 1 tsp Dry Coconut Powder
For Presentation
- Coconut Chutney
- Garlic Chutney
- 2 Fried Mirchi
Instructions
- Heat one cup of oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to it. Roast the seeds for some time.
- Add ¼ tsp red chilly powder, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ¼ tsp garam masala, ½ tsp salt, mashed potatoes, green chillies, and coriander leaves to it. Cook it for some time. Then, let it cool.
- In a bowl, add 1 cup chickpea flour, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ¼ tsp garam masala, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp red chilly powder, ¼ tsp chat masala, 1 tbsp cornflour, and water. Mix it to make a thick batter.
- Now, heat 3 cups of oil in a pan. Make small balls of the potato mixture and dip them in the batter. Then, add this to the frying pan and deep fry them until they turn golden brown in colour and crispy textured. Place them aside.
- Take the sliced bread rolls and sprinkle dry coconut powder and red chilli powder on them. Place the fried potato dumplings inside them. Serve hot with chutneys.
