Vada Pav – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

For coating:

• In a mixing bowl, take besan.
• Add rice flour, turmeric powder, salt, and baking soda. Mix well. Add water.
• Prepare a batter with medium consistency.
• Take care that no lumps should be formed. The coating is ready.

For stuffing:

• Heat a pan on medium heat. Add oil.
• Add mustard seeds. Let it sizzle up.
• Add asafoetida, curry leaves, and chili garlic paste. Mix well. Fry for a minute.
• Turn off the heat and add turmeric powder.
• Once the tadka is a bit cooled add boiled potatoes.
• Add salt, lemon juice coriander leaves. Mix well. Stuffing is ready.
• Take a big spoon of stuffing and roll it in the shape of vada.

For vada:

• Heat the oil on medium heat. 
• Mix the previously prepared batter well again.
• Dip the vada in the batter. Coat the batter from all sides and fry it.
• Fry from both sides until the vadas get reddish color.
• Once done, remove from oil.

For Chutney:

• Add remaining batter into hot oil and fry until it is crisp.
• Take it out on a tissue paper.
• Transfer it into a blender pot. Add garlic cloves, red chili powder, and salt.
• Blend in into a powder.

Serving:

• While serving apply imli (tamarind) chutney on one side of bread.
• Put vada on it and add red chutney and serve.