Mumbai Vada Pav

Mumbai Vada Pav

Mumbai's famous  Vada pav for a perfect tea time

Preparation time: 30 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Potato: 5 nos
Pav:4 nos
Green chilly: 4 nos
Gram flour:1 cup
Ginger: 1 inch
Cumin seeds: 1 tspn
Mustard seeds : 1tspn
Asetofida: 1/4 tspn
Coriander leaves: 1/2 cup
Chat masala: 1/2 tspn
Cooking oil for deep frying
Salt as per taste
Baking soda: 1/4 tspb
Turmeric powder:  1/4 tspn

Pre Preparation:

• Boil the potatoes and mash it
• Finely chop the green chilly,coriander leaves and ginger 
• Mix the gram flour along with baking soda and salt like a thick dosa batter

Method:

• Heat a kadai and add 2 tspn  oil and heat it
• Add mustard seeds,cumin seeds and asetofida 
• Once the  mustard splatters, add chopped green chilly, Ginger and saute well
• Ads turmeric powder and mix well
• Add the mashed potato and mix well
• Add chat masala and coriander leaves and switch of the flame
• Once the potato mixture is completely cooled  make a big lemon sized ball and keep it in a plate
• Heat the oil for deep frying in a kadai
• Taker the prepared potato balls,slightly flatten it and dip in the gram flour batter and drop into the hot oil
• Fry until it turns ti light brown in colour
• Remove once done and serve with butter toasted pav placing the potato vada in the middle.
• Serve with green chutney and tomato ketchup

Mumbai's famous Vada Pav is ready to eat

Serve with green chutney along with hot masala tea...