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Vada Pav is Mumbai's iconic street food.
Vada Pav is Mumbai’s iconic dish and is popularly known as India’s very own burger. Made of a vada stuffed between two pieces of pav bun, it is a popular street food across Maharashtra. The vada is made of a spicy potato filling deep fried in a gram flour batter and is served with a garlic chutney or green chutney sandwiched between two small buns called pav.
Vada Pav
Vada Pav is Mumbai's iconic street food.
Ingredients
- 4 Pavs or any unsweetened bun
- 1 cup Potatoes boiled, mashed
- 1 tsp Green Chillies finely chopped
- 2 to 3 Garlic Cloves grated
- 1/2 inch Ginger peeled, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- a pinch Asafoetida Powder
- few Curry Leaves
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder + a pinch
- 1/3 cup Bengal Gram Flour (Besan)
- a small pinch Baking Soda
- Salt as per taste
- Oil as required
To Serve
- Garlic Chutney or Green Chutney as required
Instructions
- Grind together the green chillies, ginger and garlic. Keep aside.
- Heat 1 to 2 tsp of oil in a pan.
- Fry the mustard seeds till it starts to splutter.
- Add the asafoetida powder and curry leaves.
- Add the ground chillies, ginger and garlic mixture.
- Stir-fry for a minute.
- Add the mashed potatoes, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and salt.
- Stir to mix well.
- Remove and keep aside to cool.
- Make small balls of the mixture and keep aside.
- Combine the besan, baking soda, a pinch of turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp oil and salt.
- Add enough water to make a batter.
- Flatten the prepared balls slightly and dip them in the batter. Ensure the vadas are coated well with the batter.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Deep fry the vadas, one or two at a time, till golden brown.
- Remove and drain excess oil.
- To make the vada pav, slice each pav into half.
- Spread some chutney and place a vada inside.
- Serve at once.
25 comments
wow its yummy…………………
VADA PAV ROXXX!!!!
You have a great food blog. Good detailed steps for recipe.
Thanks,
Apani Rasoi
Delicious Yummy……… 😛
its very good
i tried this recipe, its delicious! thanks!
i tried this recipe, its delicious! thanks praveen!
keep going with new recipes
very good i tried it its exelent my family also liked it thanku for this recipe the taste is very good
Good one
taste of indian bargar is wow.
very nice
nice…..
made it for a party and was a smash hit!
nice
best fast food one can think of.
its sumptuous, tried today only. really good
great website now i also try to make this
great recipe
I LIKE VADA PAV
I LIKE VADA PAV
nicely given the recipe i love it and will try to make it at home
great recipe
would like to try it soon thnx
itz very fab.. however it should contain the best quality chutani recipe, so add to the perfect taste….
But thn also itz good.
thnaks.