Vada Pav (Fried potato burger) is a very popular street food, from the city of Mumbai in India. It's a simple deep-fried potato dumpling on a pav/burger bun with spice powders, chutney, or sauces. It is sometimes even called the Indian burger. The name vada pav translates to potato patty burger. Vada is the deep-fried potato patty and the pav is the burger bun.
This popular dish is usually sold on the streets of Mumbai catering to the fast life of people there. It's very easy to acquire a liking to it even if you have never had it before. Wo will not love a deep-fried crisp potato patty on a pav/burger bun right? This is also very simple to make as it needs a few ingredients. The chutneys can be prepared in advance or you can even buy them from the store if available or skip them if you are short of time. The vada and pav taste good even by itself. If you haven't tried this do try it out. It's really awesome. So let's get onto the recipe and details below.
Jump to RecipePrint RecipeDeep fried potato patties on a bun with green chutney and spiced powders
- 3 medium potatoes boiled and mashed
- 3 green chillies
- 1 inch ginger
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 stalk curry leaves
- ¼ cup coriander leaves finely chopped
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
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1
pinch
asafoetida - 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 cups oil to deep fry
- 1 cup besan or chickpea flour
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chilly powder
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ cup water or as required to make a thick batter
- 12 pav or dinner rolls
- 10 fried green chillies optional
- 1 cup green chutney
- 1 cup dry garlic chutney
- 1 bunch coriander leaves
- 2 green chillies
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp oil
- ¼ tsp salt or to taste
- ½ cup dry coconut
- 5 to 6 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp groundnuts
- ½ tsp tamarind
- ¼ tsp salt or to taste
Make the batter with the ingredients in the batter section .It should neither be too thick nor runny but just enough to coat the potato patty.
Heat a little oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds
Add the roughly crushed green chilly, garlic and ginger
Add turmeric powder salt and mix well
Add chopped coriander leaves, curry leaves and lemon juice
Make small round balls of the mashed potato and dip into the batter and coat it evenly .Deep fry in hot oil till they are golden brown.
Grind green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic into a fine paste
Add salt, lemon juice and a little oil
Grind garlic, dry coconut , red chilly powder, peanuts, sesame, salt and tamarind to a rough paste.
Use store bought pav or dinner rolls .Make a slit all the way till the end.
Spread butter and fry on a pan on both sides
Spread green chutney , dry garlic chutney if you like and place a vada on top of it .
Add a fried green chilly if you can tolerate the spice .
Cover it up and have a big bite .Enjoy!
Roy
Looks yummy
InspiresNish
Thank you!
Ramya
Looks delicious 😋
Jyo
Such a delightful treat, I never say NO to this😁.
InspiresNish
Thank you!
InspiresNish
Thank you!
Megala
Yum, yum, yummy! 🙂
InspiresNish
Thank you!
Caz / InvisiblyMe
I’m so glad you explained this, like how vada is the potato and pav is the burger bun - I’d never come across it before but that deep fried potato looks so yummy! My carb-loving brain is wanting one of these! xx
InspiresNish
Thank you! Its sure very tempting 🙂
Lynn
I totally agree, Nisha -- how can you go wrong with a deep fried potato between two buns? 😉 I really enjoy learning about street food from other countries, and I'm really looking forward to trying this in India someday!
InspiresNish
Thank you Lynn
Deeksha
Perfect street food for rainy season!!
InspiresNish
Yes rightly said Deeksha, Thank you !
Diane
Very interesting! Good one to try!
InspiresNish
They are really yum , hope you will try them! Thank you so much 🙂
mizan
I tried this several years ago and had a terrible time with getting all of it to be straight. I eventually made some shorter, some longer and used that layout.