Vada Pav is one of the popular fast food in Western part of India and also one of the favorite foods of my husband. The Vada is made of spicy potato mixture and dipped in a gram flour batter and then deep fried in oil. Serve this with spicy garlic chutney powder between two dinner rolls or burger buns. This is very easy to make and best suits for family road trips and outside picnics. If you are a true garlic lover then definitely try this mouthwatering Vada Pav.
For making Vada patties:
Ingredients:
- 5-6 medium sized Potatoes
- 10 peeled Garlic cloves (If you want more you could add few more)
- 5-6 Green chilies
- Small amount of Ginger
- 1 tsp. Turmeric powder
- 2 pinches of Asafoetida/Hing
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- 1 cup Gram Flour/Besan
- 1 tsp. dry red Chile powder
- 2 tbsp. finally chopped Coriander leaves
- 1 tsp. of Lemon Juice (optional)
Preparation:
- Grind green chilies, garlic cloves and ginger like a fine paste.
- Wash potatoes thoroughly and cut them into half.
- Cook potatoes with a pinch of salt in a pressure cooker up to 4-5 pressures.
- Once the boiled potatoes are completely cools down, Peel the skin and mash them with hand. (Don’t grate it.)
- Heat the non-stick frying pan add 2 tbsp. oil, Hing, ground Ginger, garlic & green chili paste; stir fry it for a while.
- Now add turmeric powder, salt, chopped coriander leaves and mashed potatoes; Mix and fry it well. According to your taste adjust the spiciness.
- Switch off the flame; keep it for cool down.
- (Note: Don’t stir fry it for long time and also don’t add any other masalas to it.)
- Using this mixture, make desired size patties.
Preparing the dipping batter:
- In a mixing bowl whisk together sieved Gram flour, 2 pinches of turmeric powder, salt, Red chili powder and Baking soda, 2-3 tbsp. of warm oil, mix everything with 3/4th cup of water like a smooth thick batter.
- Heat the Oil for deep frying. Once the oil is ready for deep frying, take one patty at a time and dip it in Gram flour batter and then put that in hot oil (You could fry 4-5 patties at each batch based on the pan that you are using). Fry both sides till it turns light-dark yellow color.
Preparation of Garlic chutney powder:
Ingredients:
- 10-12 Peeled large garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp. dry shredded coconut powder
- 1 tbsp. red chili powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp. oil
Method:
- Grind the above mentioned ingredients (except oil). Please do not add any water for grinding.
- Heat up the non-stick pan; add oil and the fry ground mixture till the color changes slightly.
- Switch off the flame and let it cool down.
- (You can use the leftover chutney powder in some other stir fry dishes as well)
Procedure of Serving:
Apply some Garlic chutney powder in the middle of buns and place the already prepared Vada on top of the chutney powder and serve it. You can also apply Coriander or Tamarind chutney as well.
