Batata vada
Vada pav is the most popular street food in Mumbai.People here ,are in love with "pav" which is a form of bread almost similar to burger buns and the food which are soaring in high demands are Pav-bhaji,misal-pav,vada-pav etc.Being originally from Bengal I am a born rice lover.But slowly and slowly I started developing the taste for some of these street foods and their accompaniments.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Potato 3 to 4 boiled and mashed.
- 5 to 6 Curry leaves
- 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
- 1 Red chilies whole
- turmeric a pinch
- Coriander leaves 2 tbsp chopped finely
- Green chilies 2 to 4 finely chopped
- garlic 2 to 3 cloves mashed roughly
- 1 cup Gram flour
- Oil for frying 1 cup
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Instructions
preparation
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Add a tbsp of oil in the wok
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Add mustard seeds ,when it splutters add curry leaves ,garlic and red chilly
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Add the boiled potatoes and stir with a spoon thoroughly.
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Add green chilies and coriander leaves
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Add salt and fry and cook till the mixture does not leave the sides of the pan.Add lemon juice and mix
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Take out the cooked potatoes from the pan and make small balls from it.cool it
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Make a thick batter with gram-flour and water to form a thick paste.Add salt to taste.
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Heat the oil for frying in another wok and add 2 tbsp of oil into the batter and mix.This will make the fry crispy.
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Dip these ball one by one in the gram flour batter and deep fry till the outside coating is golden and crispy.
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Serve with coriander chutney or dip.
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Coriander chutney Preparation
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Grind coriander leaves garlic ,green chilies and salt according to taste and grind in the mixture grinder.
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You can add 1 tbsp tamarind or raw mango if you want for sour taste.
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In 1/2 tbsp of oil add mustard seeds and curry leaves and fry and pour this oil mixture on the raw chutney and mix.This will add flavor to the chutney.
