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Vada Pav

Name: Vada Pav
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 4 Potato; 150g Chickpea Flour; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic-Chili Paste; 4 Pav Bread Rolls; To taste Chutney (to serve); To taste Oil for frying; To taste Salt

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

A spiced potato fritter in a soft bun — Mumbai's answer to the burger.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Vada pav is the fast food that sums up Mumbai's street culture: spiced potato balls coated in chickpea batter and fried (vada), tucked into a soft bun (pav). It's usually served with chutney and green chilies and is known as the 'Indian burger' — the taste of ordinary Mumbaikars.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a stall outside a Mumbai station, commuters grab a fresh vada pav for a quick breakfast before work.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 4
Chickpea Flour 150g
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Ginger-Garlic-Chili Paste 1 tbsp
Pav Bread Rolls 4
Chutney (to serve) To taste
Oil for frying To taste
Salt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil and mash the potatoes and mix with mustard seeds, turmeric, ginger-garlic-chili paste, and salt.
Shape the potato into balls for the vada.
Mix chickpea flour with water into a thick batter.
Coat the potato balls in batter and fry in 180°C oil until golden.
Slit the buns, spread with chutney, and tuck in the vada.

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