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Updated 19 Jul, 2022

Batata Vada Pav, The Indian Burger

Name: Batata Vada Pav, The Indian Burger
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 250 gm potatoes (boiled and mashed); 1 Green Chillies; 4 cloves garlic; 1 piece ginger; 1/2 tsp chili powder; 1 tbsp Coriander (chopped ); 1 pinch asafoetida; Salt (to taste); 200 gm gram flour (or besan); 1 pinch Turmeric Powder; 1/4 tsp chili powder; 1 pinch asafoetida; Salt (to taste); 1 cup Coriander; 1/4 cup mint leaves; 3 Green Chillies; 1/2 tsp cumin powder; 1/4 tsp chaat masala; 1/2 ginger (grated ); Lemon Juice (to taste); Salt (to taste); 10 to 12 dates; 2 tbsp Jagerry (crushed ); 2 tbsp tamarind (extract); 1/4 tsp cumin powder; 1/4 tsp chili powder; 1/4 tsp dry ginger powder (sonth); Salt (to taste); 1 tsp oil; 10 cloves garlic

Sundari Giri

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About Batata Vada Pav, The Indian Burger

Batata Vada Pav or Vada Pav is one of the popular street food snacks of Mumbai. The Vada Pav is similar to a burger; the simple bun and patty combination gives a delectable experience to the palate with the right mix of spicy chutneys.

No wonder that this humble Vada Pav started by street vendors years ago in Mumbai comprising of bun and fried Potato Vada or Batata Vada Pav or Potato Bonda (as it is called in the south) served with varieties of spicy chutney turned into an iconic street food.

Today the Vada Pav is found in cafes and restaurants across India.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time40 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Served AsBrunch Dinner Snacks

Recipe TasteSalty Spicy Sweet Tangy

Calories - 1151 kcal

Servings - 4

Ingredients

For Batata Vada

▢ 250 gm potatoes boiled and mashed
▢ 1 Green Chillies
▢ 4 cloves garlic
▢ 1 piece ginger
▢ 1/2 tsp chili powder
▢ 1 tbsp Coriander chopped
▢ 1 pinch asafoetida
▢ Salt to taste

For the vada coating

▢ 200 gm gram flour or besan
▢ 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
▢ 1/4 tsp chili powder
▢ 1 pinch asafoetida
▢ Salt to taste

For the green chutney

▢ 1 cup Coriander
▢ 1/4 cup mint leaves
▢ 3 Green Chillies
▢ 1/2 tsp cumin powder
▢ 1/4 tsp chaat masala
▢ 1/2 ginger grated
▢ Lemon Juice to taste
▢ Salt to taste

For the sweet chutney

▢ 10 to 12 dates
▢ 2 tbsp Jagerry crushed
▢ 2 tbsp tamarind extract
▢ 1/4 tsp cumin powder
▢ 1/4 tsp chili powder
▢ 1/4 tsp dry ginger powder sonth
▢ Salt to taste

For the dry garlic chutney

▢ 1 tsp oil
▢ 10 cloves garlic
▢ 1 tbsp peanuts roasted
▢ 1 tbsp sesame seeds roasted
▢ 1 tbsp coconut grated
▢ 1 tbsp chili powder
▢ Tamarind small quantity
▢ Salt to taste

For the fried green chilies

▢ 4 Green Chillies
▢ Oil as required
▢ Salt as per taste

Other Ingredients

▢ 8 Pav buns
▢ Butter to toast the pav or bun
▢ Oil for deep frying the batata vadas

Instructions

To prepare the green chutney

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Take all the ingredients for the green chutney in an electric blender jar, add little water and grind to a thick, smooth paste.
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Next prepare sweet chutney, boil dates for 3 minutes. Remove the dates and grind them along with tamarind.
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Now boil this puree, add the little water, jaggery, cumin powder, chili powder, ginger powder and salt. Let this cook until chutney thickens.
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Garlic Chutney, heat oil and saute garlic. Then dry roast sesame seeds and grated coconut separately. Assemble all ingredients in grinder jar; garlic, sesame seeds, peanuts, coconut, tamarind, chilli powder, salt. Grind everything to coarse powder.
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In a bowl, take the gram flour, add enough water to make a pancake or dosa batter consistency. Add to this turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt, chili powder. Whisk well and keep aside.

To make the potato filling

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Grind together the chili, garlic, and ginger. Take the boiled and mashed potatoes in a bowl. To this add the chili-garlic-ginger paste, salt, chili powder, chopped coriander leaves, asafoetida and salt.
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Mix all the ingredients together. Taste and add salt or chili powder if needed. Divided them into round balls. Keep aside.
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Heat oil for deep frying. When hot, reduce the heat. Take one potato ball and dip it into the gram flour batter and drop it into the oil. Do the same with few more potato balls and fry them together until the batata vada turns brown in color.
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Remove with slotted spoon on to a absorbent napkin. Fry the next batch until all the potato balls are dipped in gram flour batter and fried.
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Next fry the 4 chillies on medium heat. Remove and quickly sprinkle some salt over it. Keep this aside too.
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In a non-stick tava, brush some butter. Slit the pavs/buns horizontally but do not separate them completely. Lightly toast the pavs on both sides.

To assemble

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Keep all the prepared items ready. Take a toasted pav bun, spread the green chutney on both the insides, then spread little of the sweet chutney, over this sprinkle the garlic chutney.
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Take a batata vada (potato vada). Press it lightly between the palms and place this between the chutney-spread pav. Sprinkle more garlic chutney if required. Close the vada with the other end of the pav. Similarly make more vada pavs.
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Serve the batata vada pavs with fried green chillies and extra green and sweet chutneys.

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4 Comments

Vibha Pushkarna

June 4, 2019 / 2:58 pm Log in to Reply

Absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to try it.
Ketika Ketu

February 5, 2018 / 1:29 pm Log in to Reply

Thanks for the inspiration! Looks tasty.
Pradeep Kiran

June 29, 2017 / 5:12 pm Log in to Reply

Such a great recipe! Can’t wait to try it.
Raj Aryan

January 7, 2016 / 1:25 pm Log in to Reply

Such a perfect dish! Thank you.