Pav Vada – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

For stuffing

• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
• Add hing and let it splutter.
• Add garlic-green chili paste and fry for about a minute.
• Add turmeric powder and mix well.
• Turn off the gas.
• Add potatoes and mash them well with masher.
• Add salt, coriander leaves and mix well. Stiffing is all ready.

For Coating

• Take besan in a bowl.
• Add rice flour, baking soda, salt, turmeric powder green chili paste and mix everything well together.
• Add a little water at a time and make a little thick batter.
• The consistency of batter should be in between medium to thick, a little towards on thicker side.
• Rest the batter for about 10-15 minutes.

For Pav Vada

• Take ladi pav.
• You can use bun too a little small in size than burger bun.
• Make a slit at the center of the pav.
• Do not cut it open. Just make a slit.
• You can say make a pocket in the pav.
• Fill the potato stuffing in the pocket.
• Mix the batter well once and coat the stuffed pav well with batter from all sides.
• Heat up oil in a pan on medium heat.
• When oil is enough hot, drop the stuffed and coated vada in it.
• Fry vada until it gets nice golden color from both sides.
• When lower side gets nice golden color flip it over with fork and fry well from other side as well.
• When vada is fried well from both sides take it out, drain excess oil and transfer them into a dish.
• Give a slit to green chilies and drop them in hot oil.
• Fry until green chilies change the color.
• Soak the chilies in vinegar or lemon juice for about 5-6 minutes. This reduces the hotness of chilies.
• After removing from vinegar, coat the chilies in salt and fried chili is all ready.
• While serving cut the pav vada into pieces and serve with tamarind sauce, sliced onion and fried chili.