Vada Pav

This chile pepper gets its name from its origin. In Spanish, serrano is an adjective meaning “from the mountains” which is where it originated-in the mountains of Hildalgo, Mexico. The serrano is normally about twice as hot as Jalapeno (about 10,000 to 15,000 Scoville units). It is the second most popular chile pepper in Mexico. This chile is used mostly for salsas but can also be used in soups, sauces, chili or stews. Try these as a hotter substitute for Jalapeno.

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Ingredients

Vada
5-6 boiled medium size potato
6-7 cloves of garlic minced
2-3 green chiles
1/4 tsp hing (asafoetida)
1/4 tsp cumin
1tsp ginger grated
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp curry leaves
salt

For the batter:
1/2 cup Besan
1/2 tsp salt (as per taste)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
Pinch of baking soda (optional) this will make covering thick
Water

Green Chutney:
150 gms/5 oz of coriander cleaned with stems
1 tsp amchoor (dried mango) powder
4 green chiles
1/2 tsp hing (asafoetida)
salt

Red chutney dry:
1/2 cup grated coconut
6-7 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tsp Red chilli powder
1 tbsp roasted peanuts
1/2 tsp roasted sesame seeds
1/2 tsp tamarind paste
salt

Directions:

Green Chutney
Grind all ingredients in a grinder and adjust salt as per spice.

Red Chutney
1. In a pan, roast garlic in little oil.

2. Then dry roast coconut till slightly golden.

3. In a grinder, grind coconut, chile, peanuts, sesame seeds, garlic and tamarind paste.

4. Adjust salt and red chutney is ready.

Vada
1. Stir together all the ingredients for batter. Add water to achieve desired consistency.
we did not use Baking soda.

2. Mash potatoes in a bowl.

3. In a Tadka Pan, heat oil. Temper mustard seeds and cumin, then add minced garlic and ginger to it. Cook till rawness of garlic is gone.

4. Add curry leaves and green chiles

5. Mix ingredients from pan to potato. Add salt and make uniform mix.

6. Divide them into 6 equal portions and make balls.

7. Heat the oil in wok for deep frying. Coat potato mix balls in besan batter and deep fry.

Assemble
Heat Pav on tawa (don’t make them crisp). Put spoon full of green chutney on one side. Put fried vada in between and top it with red chutney powder.

Serve it with fried green chile and more red chutney powder on side.

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