Ingredients
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Preparing Batata Vada:
- 3 boiled potatoes
- 3 green chilies
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1" piece of ginger
- Salt
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 sprig of curry leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Preparing the Batter:
- 1/2 cup gram flour
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Salt, to taste
- Water - for a thick but flowing consistency
Preparing Green Chutney
- 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
- 3 green chilies
- 3 garlic cloves
- Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Preparing Garlic Chutney
- Fritters from batter (see instructions) - 1/2 cup
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Salt
Instructions
Preparing batter:
- Prepare a thick but flowing batter out of gram flour, red chili powder, salt, and water.
Preparing Batata Vada:
- Grind together garlic cloves, green chilies, and ginger.
- In a pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- Add the ground mixture and cook for about 30 seconds.
- Add crumbled boiled potatoes. Mix well. Turn off flame.
- Add salt, coriander leaves, and turmeric powder. Mix well.
- Cool to room temperature and make balls out of it.
- Dip each ball in this batter and deep fry.
Preparing Green Chutney:
- Grind together coriander leaves, mint leaves, garlic, lemon juice, little water, and green chilies together. Keep aside.
Preparing Dry Garlic Chutney:
- Drop few drops of the batter in hot oil. Fry and remove.
- Prepare about 1/4 cup of this fritter.
- Grind with garlic, salt and red chilli powder. Keep aside.
Assembling a Vada Pav:
- Slit the Vada Pav without breaking into two.
- Heat the sliced sides.
- Spread green chutney on the sliced side.
- Sprinkle garlic chutney and place the Batata Vada and fried green chili, sandwiched between both slices of the pav.
- Serve hot.
Notes
Do not ad more green chutney. It makes the pav soggy.
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