Mumbain Vada Pav

Yummy Tasty Vada Pav

Ingredients:

For Vada

1. 3 cups of boiled and mashed potatoes
2. 3 green chilled roughly chopped
3. 2 inch og peeled and roughly chopped ginger
4. 1 1/2 tspns of mustards seeds (rai/sarson)
5. 1/2 tspns of asafoetida (hing)
6. 10-12 curry leaves
7. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
8. 1/2 lemon
9. 3 tsp chopped coriander leaves
10. Salt as per taste 

For Outer Covering:

1. 3/4 cup of Gram flour (Besan)
2. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
3. 4-5 pinch of salt
4. a pinch of baking soda

Other Ingredients:

1. Pavs or plain buns
2. Dry Garlic Chutney
3. Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Pound the green chillies, ginger and garlic using a mortar and pestle.
2. Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds. When they crackle, add the asafoetida and curry leaves and sauté for a few seconds.
3. Add the pounded mixture and sauté again for a few seconds.
4. Add the potatoes, turmeric powder, lemon, coriander leaves and salt and mix well.
5. Remove from the fire and cool
6. Divide it in 8-10 equal portions. Shape into rounds
7. In a bowl combine all ingredients of outer covering with 1/3 cup of water
8. Dip each vada in this gram flour mixture
9. Deep fry in hot oil, till golden brown. Drain Oil and keep aside.

Tips:

1. Slice each pav into haf, spread Dry garlic chutney, place a vada and serve immediately.

Vada Pav Dry Chutney

Ingredients:

1. ½ cup of roughly chopped garlic
2. 1/3 cup of roasted Peanuts
3. ¼ cup of roasted sesame seeds
4. ½ cup of grated dried coconut
5. 10 dried Red Chillies

Method:

1. Roast all the ingredients one by one
2. Keep them aside for to cool down
3. Grind all the ingredients together and your lahsun vada pav chutney is ready. 

Tips:

1. Some times it happens that garlic or peanut is not roasted well and its not possible to grind the mixture without water, in this case add water and grind all the item together
2. And shift this wet mixture in a pan and just roast it at slow flame stirring continnuously, after 7-10 minutes you will observe the mixture turning in powder.