Vada Pav

Ingredients

• 8 Pav buns
• ¼ cup Coriander Chutney
• ¼ cup Dry Garlic Chutney

Ingredients for Vada Filling
• 3 Potatoes, boiled and mashed
• 1 Teaspoon Mustard
• 3 Garlic Cloves, grated
• 1 inch Ginger, grated
• 1 Green Chilli, finely chopped
• 1 Onion, finely chopped
• ¼ Teaspoon Asafoetida(Hing)
• 1 spring of Curry Leaves
• ½ Teaspoon Turmeric
• 2 Tablespoons Coriander Leaves
• Oil, for frying
• Salt, to taste

Ingredients for Vada Batter
• ½ cup Besan Flour
• ¼ Teaspoon Turmeric
• ¼ Teaspoon Chilli Powder
• Salt, to taste

Method

For the filling
1. Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds. When they crackle, add ginger, garlic, green chilli, curry leaves and asafetida.
2. Once all the above ingredients are added, cook for few seconds and add boiled potatoes, turmeric, salt and mix well.
3. Add coriander leaves and remove from fire and cool.
4. Divide the potatoes into 8 equal portions. Make it as 8 small balls.

For the Outer Covering
1. Combine all the ingredients given under vada batter and make a batter using 1/3 cup of water.
2. Dip and coat each filling into the batter and deep fry them in hot oil till they are golden brown.
3. Drain them in kitchen towel.

How to assemble
1. Slice the pav buns into half. Spread butter and toast them on the pan on both sides, until the surface is lightly golden and crisp.
2. Spread Coriander Chutney on the pav and place the fried potato dumpling on the pav(bun) and sprinkle some dry garlic chutney on the top of the potato dumpling and serve.

Tips and Variations
1. Make sure you toast the pav before placing the vadas.
2. Don’t skip Coriander Chutney and Dry Garlic chutney.