Vada Pav - Fried Potato Burger
Deep fried potato patties on a bun with green chutney and spiced powders
Servings: 8
Calories: 863kcal
Ingredients
For the vada (potato patty)
- 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
- 1 pinch
asafoetida - 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 cups oil to deep fry
For the batter to deep fry patty
- 1 cup chickpea flour besan or
- 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
Other ingredients
- 12 dinner rolls pav
- 10 green chillies fried optional
- 1 cup green chutney
- 1 cup dry garlic chutney
Green chutney ingredients
- 1 bunch coriander leaves
- 2 green chilies
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp oil
- ¼ tsp salt or to taste
Dry garlic chutney ingredients
- ½ cup coconut dry
- 5 to 6 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp groundnuts
- ½ tsp tamarind
- ¼ tsp salt or to taste
Instructions
To make the Potato Patty or Vada
- 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 mashed potatoes and combine well.
- Add chopped coriander leaves, curry leaves and lemon juice.
- Make small round balls of the mashed potato mixture and keep aside.
- 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.
- Coat the potato balls in batter by dipping it evenly . D
- Deep fry in hot oil till they are golden brown.
To make green chutney
- Grind green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic into a fine paste
- Add salt, lemon juice and a little oil
To make the dry garlic chutney
- Grind garlic, dry coconut , red chilly powder, peanuts, sesame, salt and tamarind to a rough paste.
To assemble the vada pav
- 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!
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Nutrition
Serving: 35g | Calories: 863kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 65g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Monounsaturated Fat: 39g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 1253mg | Potassium: 609mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 155mg | Iron: 4mg
