IN Cuisine

Vada Pav (Mumbai Spicy Potato Burger)

Mumbai's iconic street burger — crispy batter-fried spiced potato ball stuffed into a toasted pav roll with dry garlic chutney. Pure street food magic.

20mPrep
20mCook
4Servings
320Calories
8gProtein

Ingredients

  • potatoes, boiled and mashed
  • pav (bread rolls)
  • chickpea flour (besan)
  • mustard seeds
  • curry leaves
  • green chili-ginger paste
  • turmeric
  • dry garlic chutney (lehsun chutney)
  • oil for deep frying
  • salt

Ingredients

  • 4 medium potatoes, boiled and mashed
  • 4 rolls pav (bread rolls)
  • 0.75 cup chickpea flour (besan)
  • 0.5 tsp mustard seeds
  • 8 leaves curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp green chili-ginger paste
  • 0.5 tsp turmeric
  • 4 tbsp dry garlic chutney (lehsun chutney)
  • 2 cups oil for deep frying
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Heat 1 tbsp oil; add mustard seeds, curry leaves, and chili-ginger paste; sizzle.
  2. Add mashed potatoes, turmeric, and salt; mix well. Shape into golf-ball-sized vadas.
  3. Whisk besan with turmeric, salt, and water to a thick batter.
  4. Dip each vada into batter; deep-fry in hot oil until golden and crisp, 3–4 minutes.
  5. Toast pav rolls on a buttered tawa until golden.
  6. Spread dry garlic chutney and green chutney on pav; place hot vada inside.
  7. Press together and serve immediately.

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