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Vada Pav Recipe – Step by Step Included

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The first time I had vada pavs was during our college tour to Mumbai as my friend suggested to taste it and I just loved it. This is a famous chat item/street food in Mumbai and after that I didnt get chance to taste it anywhere else. Recently when hubby got these pav buns I didnt have any clue of what to do with it as I didnt have any ingredients required for Pav Bhaji so googled and found this to be interesting from Tarla Dalal site, I modified the measurement a bit and here is the recipe
    Vada Pav Recipe
Vada Pav Recipe
Recipe Source :Tarla Dalal
Makes 4 vada pavs

Ingredients:
  • Pav Buns – 4
  • Red chutney – See recipe below ( 2 tbsp)
  • Green chutney – as required ( 2 tbsp)
For the vadas :
  • Boiled Potatoes – 2 medium sized
  • Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Green chillies – 1/2 tsp chopped finely
  • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
  • Onion – 1 medium sized chopped finely
  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Coriander leaves – 2 tsp
  • Oil – 2 tsp
For Vada outer coating:
  • Besan flour – 1/4 cup
  • Rice flour – 1 tbsp
  • Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Baking soda – a pinch
  • Oil – to toast / deep fry
      Vada Pav Recipe
Red Garlic chutney:
  • Coconut – 5 tbsp
  • Red Chillies – 1
  • Garlic – 4 chopped finely
  • Tamarind – 1 tsp
  • Salt – to taste
Dry roast coconut and tamarind till lightly browned. Grind together with all other ingredients. Do not add water its slighly pastey and dry.
Method:
For the vadas:
Heat oil, add mustard seeds and jeera, allow it to crackle. Add green chillies, ginger garlic paste and saute for mins.Add onions and saute till it turns lightly browned. Then add mashed potatoes, turmeric powder, required salt and mix well. Add chopped coriander leaves,mix well and switch off. Allow it to cool and make small balls and keep it ready.
Vada Pav Recipe Step1

For the vada coating

Mix besan flour, rice flour, salt, turmeric, chilli powder, baking soda.Add little water to form a paste like we do for bajjis and bondas.
Vada Pav Recipe Step2
Now take the balls and dip it to the flour paste and deep fry it till golden brown (I didnt deep fry them instead toasted them in a paniyaram pan)
Vada Pav Recipe Step3

For the vada pav assembling:

Take the buns slit it into halves taking care one end is still connected to the other bun.Apply the green chutney on one side , red chutney on another side. Keep the prepared vadas in between as shown and enjoy your vada pavs!
Vada Pav Recipe Step4
This is very famous chat in north india especially Mumbai and Kolkata. If you dont get pav buns go ahead with normal buns.
Vada Pav Recipe
My Notes:
  • This sure needs time but when you are ready with the chutneys then making vadas and assembling them as vada pavs is easy.

  • Usually the vadas are nothing but our aloo bondas. The chutney combination and assembling it as vada pav gives a unique taste.

  • I chose to toast in paniyaram pan, instead you can deep fry them as the orginal recipe says.
Vada Pav Recipe
You can make the chutneys ready the before day itself and refrigerate them. The red garlic chutney is fiery hot which makes a apt combination for this vada pav.
Vada Pav Chutneys Recipe

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  24. I enjoy these wonderful delights regularly in Mumbai,…so never bothered to make them at home….there r n number of ways ppl here eat their vada pav,not just vadas,many other fillings…urs look good dear..!!

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  32. Wow.. looks so professional 🙂

    I havent tasted a perfect vadapav so far. The first and last time I tried was in Krishna sweets chaat section and I wasn't happy with the taste at all. Guess that was not the right version.

    Yours looks really nice and yummy. Got to try it out all by myself to taste a good version of it 🙂 or got to simply visit your place sometime 😛

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  82. I've never been to Mumbai.I've made up my mind that whenever I am in Mumbai,the only thing I am going to eat on the first day would be vada pav,vada pav and some more vada pav.Love your pics..makes me want to grab it from the monitor!!

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  88. Was waiting for this post.. Loved the clicks very much,i too tried tarla dalal recipe .. It was very nice. Now i got an idea of how to click vada pav. will try soon & post in my blog..:) thanks sharmi..

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  90. I love vada pav, our Indian burger 🙂 and we often make here for potluck.. I am super tempted sharmi. One more thing is it will be nice if somebody make this for us instead of making ourselves :)hope u make this for me when I come to coimbatore this time. Sharmi pictures are super clear and love all the shots.

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  104. Hi, first time here.. love ur recipes and clicks.. love the way u made a very simple vada pav look so special.. following u, ur 200th follower!! 😀

    Cheers.

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  120. when i first time saw vada paw in pune i said what`s THIS …… but when i tasted it it`s wonderful, now vada paw is one of the favourit snacks .

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