Indian · Lunch
Vada Pav
Spiced Potato Fritter Burger
Vada Pav is a Mumbai street burger of spiced mashed potato bound with turmeric, ginger, garlic and green chili, coated in chickpea flour batter and deep-fried into a golden vada. Tucked into a soft pav bun with dry garlic chutney, tamarind and a fried green chili.
$2
25 minsPrep
20 minsCook
45 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
510Calories
13.3gProtein
13.4gFat
86.4gCarbs
6.9gSugar
11.6gFiber
1737mgSodium
0mgChol
1.6gSat Fat
vegetarian
vegan
egg-free
high-fiber
spice-route
all-time-classics
vegetarian
vegan
Instructions
1
Prep
Mash the boiled potato, then finely chop the green chili and mince the garlic, mixing both through with salt for the filling.
2
Heat oil over medium and splutter the mustard seed and curry leaves for 40 seconds, then fold ground turmeric into the potato until fragrant and evenly yellow.
3
Whisk the chickpea gram flour with water and chili powder into a thick batter, shape potato into a ball, and coat it fully in batter.
4
Deep-fry the coated vada in medium-hot oil for 4 minutes until the batter turns crisp and deep golden brown, then drain well.
5
Plate
Split the pav bun, spread tamarind paste inside, tuck in the fried vada and the whole fried green chili, then serve.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 13 oz371g potato, boiled and peeled
- 1 cup120g chickpea gram flour
- 22 soft white pav bun (1 bun, roughly 60g)
- 4 cloves4 cloves garlic
- 22 green chili, plus 1 whole for frying
- 1 tsp1 tsp mustard seed
- 1 tsp1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1010 fresh curry leaves
- 2 tbsp30ml tamarind paste
- 3 tbsp44g chili powder
- 1 cup240ml vegetable oil for frying
- 1 tsp1 tsp salt
