Views: VADA PAV RECIPE

Famous Street food of Bombay. It's simply Best.
Ingredients
•Potatoes,boiled   5-6
•Oil                        2 tablespoon + to deep fry
•Asafoetida             a pinch

•Turmeric powder   1/4 teaspoon
•onion chopped         1 (optional)
•Green chilli chopped  1 
•Garlic,chopped          4-5 clove
•Salt                           1 1/4 teaspoon
•Fresh coriander leaves,
chopped                       1/4 cup
•Lemon juice                 1 tablespoon
•Loaves of bread (pav)   8 small

•        FOR BATTER

•Coarse gram flour (besan)  1 1/2 cups
•Salt                                 1 1/4 teaspoon
•Oil                                  3-4 tablespoon
•Red chilli powder        1/2 teaspoon
•Turmeric powder        1/8 teaspoon
•Soda bicarbonate             a small pinch

     For serving
•Green chutney             1 cup
•Sweet  chutney           3/4 cup
•Chilli garlic chutney     1/2 cup

Method

To make the batter place the gram flour in a bowl. Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, soda bicarbonate,Hot oil and mix. 
Add sufficient water (1 to 1/1 1/4 cup) and whip to a smooth and thick batter. Set aside for at least fifteen minutes. 
Place the boiled potatoes in a bowl and mash them with your hands. 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. 
Divide the mixture into  equal portions and shape them into balls. 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. Slit each pav, spread some chilli garlic chutney,Green chutuney,and green chutney  place a vada and press lightly. Serve immediately.

Note 
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