Vada Pav Recipe – Vada Pav is a popular snack across Mumbai and Maharashtra! At all nook, stall and corners of Mumbai, you will find Mumbaikars just jump on them. It’s quite filling and easily available across India. They are a hot favorite of college students, school kids, working class. It gives me immense pleasure to share this Mumbai Special Recipe. You wouldn’t come across anyone in Mumbai who must not have eaten vada Pav……..
This would be my first recipe which is given to me by my buddy. Buddy’s name is Sumeet and recipe is given by his wife Deepa. Not that I don’t know how to make Mumbai vada pav. But this vada pav has a different version. I am thankful to Deepa Agrawal for sharing this recipe with me. Though I have made a slight modification to this Mumbai Vada Pav. Just added hing and loads of coriander leaves.
Vada Pav’s main ingredients are Potatoes and Gram flour. There are many variations to make this yummy Vada Pav’s. Today I am sharing a different version of Vada Pav. I just loved the taste of this Mumbai Vada Pav. Today evening I just thought of making Vada Pav. The spice of chilies and hot vadas gave me a sweat…….it was spicy and tasty…..yummy. I ate 3 vadas which is unbelievable that too with 4 chilies….. Gosh!
How to make Vada Pav Recipe:
1. Keep all ingredients handy.
2. Take boiled potatoes. Chop them into medium size.
3. For Green Paste: Combine curry leaves, Chopped Ginger, Garlic Cloves, Green Chilies. You could pestle it with a mortar using your strength. Otherwise grind them coarsely in grinder with 2tbsp water. Please don’t make this paste too thin.
4. For Tadka: Take 2 tbsp Oil in a small pan. Once the oil is hot add mustard. When the mustard crackles add Asofoetida, Urad dal. Remove from fire.
5. Combine tadka, green paste, 1/2 cup coriander leaves, chat masala along with salt and lime juice in the chopped Potatoes. Mix evenly with your fingertips.
6. Form small balls out of it. You could from 7 to 8 balls easily. If the potato mixture is sticking to your finger. Rub some oil to your finger. Once all small balls are formed. keep it aside.
7. Take a Wok or vessel. Add Gram Flour and water to form a paste.
8. Ensure the paste is thick, not thin. Add salt and rest 1/2 cup coriander leaves to it.
9. Get a big pan for frying. Pour oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot. Dip Potato balls into gram flour batter. Gently place them in the oil with your finger or spatula. Ensure you fry these Vada on low flame. Else it might burn. Once they become nice golden brown and crisp. Your vada is ready. I don’t have a pic of this step.
10. Dab some tissue paper on it to remove excess Oil.
11. Fry the rest of vadas and serve on a platter with Fried Green chili. Take pav slice them into 2 halves. Rub some chutney or sauce on the pav. Place this hot vada between the pav. Serve Mumbai vada pavs hot with chutney or Sauce. These Mumbai Vada Pav-Indian Burger Recipe are perfect with a cup of tea in the evening.
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Vada Pav recipe card below:
- 3 Potatoes Boiled
- 3 Green Chilies (You could use more chilies if more spice required)
- 15 to 17 Curry Leaves (Kadipata)
- 17 to 20 Garlic Cloves
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1 t/s White Urad Dal (Split White Urad Dal)
- 1 t/s Mustard Seeds
- 1 t/s Turmeric
- 1 t/s Hing
- 1 cup chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp Lime juice
- 1 tbsp Chaat Masala
- 6 to 7 Pav's
- 2 cup Oil
- 6 tbsp Gram Flour
- 3 tbsp Water
- Take boiled potatoes. Chop them into medium size.
- Combine curry leaves, Chopped Ginger, Garlic Cloves,
- Green Chilies. You could pestle it with a mortar using your strength.
- Otherwise, grind them coarsely in the grinder with 2tbsp water. Please don't make this paste too thin.
- Take 2 tbsp Oil in a small pan. Once the oil is hot add the mustard.
- When the mustard crackles add Asafoetida, Urad dal. Remove from fire.
- Combine tadka, greenpaste, ½ cup coriander leaves, chat masala along
- with salt and lime juice in the chopped Potatoes. Mix evenly with your
- fingertips..
- Form small balls out of it. You could from 7 to 8 balls easily. If the
- potato mixture is sticking to your finger. Rub some oil to your finger.
- Once all small balls are formed. keep it aside.
- Take a Wok or vessel. Add Gram Flour and water to form a paste.
- Ensure the paste is thick, not thin. Add salt and rest ½ cup coriander
- leaves to it.
- Get a big pan for frying. Pour oil for deep frying. Once the oil is
- hot. Dip Potato balls into gram flour batter. Gently place them in the
- oil with your finger or spatula. Ensure you fry these Vada on low
- flame. Else it might burn. Once they become nice golden brown and
- crisp. Your vada is ready.
- Dab some tissue paper on it to remove excess Oil.
- Fry the rest of vadas and serve on a platter with Fried Green chili.
- Take pav slice them into 2 halves. Rub some chutney or sauce on the pav. Place this hot vada between the pav. Your hot vada pav is ready.
- Serve Mumbai Vada Pav's hot with sweet chutney, spicy chutney or Sauce. These Mumbai Vada Pav-Indian Burger
- Recipe are perfect with a cup of tea in evening.
raju says
Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.
maria says
Sure Raju, thanks for your kind words.
chris says
one of the best vada pav made till date just added some jowar pearls to it my family loved it and we ate ours with dry garlic chutney and hot chai kudos to u 🙂
maria says
Thankyou so much Chris 🙂 glad your folks loved the vada pav and jowar pearls a great addition god bless you.
krithiga says
Mouth watering!! ?? detailed but short and sweet recipe…searching the ingredients to make it tomorrow..
maria says
Thankyou Krithiga 🙂 for your kind words. Surely try and let us know how it was? all the best take care.
Shilpa Chatterjee says
This is very easy and simple recipe to make and I normally make at home, But you added coriander leaves in batter, that’s the different thing over here.
maria says
Thankyou Shilpa 🙂 for your kind words.
Deepti says
hi ,this is third time I m making vada pav as per recipe..all d time come out well..thanx for sharing…I can not pin it as dont c pin tab on ur recipe…plz do add.
again thanx in keep up
maria says
Pleased to know this Deepti 🙂 glad you liked the vada pav recipe. Also there is pin button over all images once you scroll you should see around left hand top corner. You are welcome and thankyou.
suhas says
Ingrediants for Reshmi Kabab:
1Kg Bone Less Chicken.
2 Big Pods Garlic
1 Big Pc.Ginger
6 Green Chillies
5 Red Chillies
2 Onions
6 Eggs
1 small Tea spoon Kasuri Methi
3 Medium Spoon Corn Flour.
Recipe:
Wash Chicken very nicely and “Marinate” it with little Salt, Pepper, Chilli powder and Lime.Keep it in a fridge for 2 hours.
Now prepare the masala grind finely, Ginger, Garlic, Chilly and Red chilly along with Kasuri methi.Put very less water to grind it. Now Grind onion separately and mix all this in one Bowl. Add little 2 spoon thick curd in this masala and salt to the taste. Add little corn flour (3spoon) and six eggs, now stir lt very nicely. There should not be any lump in this batter.
Take out the chicken from the fridge and let it come to room temperature. Now take one lit Oil in a Pan, let it become Smokey hot. Now Dip the chicken pieces in the batter and fry it till it becomes golden brown.
Serve hot with “Schezwan Sauce” or Hot and sweet chilly sauce.
maria says
Thankyou suhas for sharing the recipe but you could mail me the same as this is a vada pav recipe.
pooja says
Thanks maria for sharing so wonderful recipes. after shifting from Mumbai to punjab used to miss these vada pav and pav bhaji a lot. with ur help now we can have that flavour in our own kitchen.
maria says
Pooja do try the Mumbai street food at your home and let me know how was it??? thankyou for your kind words 🙂
VIKAS GURNULE says
Mr.Sanjay thanks a ton trust me I am happy you tried the vadapav and it came out well. I know how it is living out of India. Any other recipe you wanna try do lemme know. Take care of yourself and all the best for your studies.
maria says
Thankyou Vikas and Sanjay for trying the vada pav’s and writing back. Take care and happy cooking 🙂
Ameya says
Hi Maria,
Thanks for the quick, fast and easy recipe.. Really interesting taste that keeps reminding you of this recipe again again..
maria says
You are welcome Ameya 🙂
Deepak Joshi says
h whould like to stsrt this business in bangalore need to know some information about it and mainly in bangalore where i can source same kind of PAV or can get it from mumbai.
maria says
Deepak I don’t know about Bangalore in Mumbai you would get pavs in any good bakery like Naaz bakery in Bandra West.
Deepak says
Aamchi Mum*bai ka vadapav is very popular in the world.The method is nicely depicted.
maria says
Thanks Deepak do try them for sure 🙂
Juhi says
Thx Maria for ur reply…waiting for that lal chutney too…:)
maria says
Yeah Juhi I will for sure…take care 🙂
Juhi says
This looks really yummy!!!i will definately try this…I heard from my friends that there is a chutney used called lal chutney..can u pls share the recipe of that lal chutney..??
maria says
Hey Juhi thanks a ton 🙂 lal chutney recipe will make soon just for you. Give me some time.
maria says
Juhi I am coming soon with recipe of lal chutney 🙂
hina says
I’m very impress your recipes
main nay khud try kr k dekha hay aapki dishes ko,boht taareef hui. main boht khush hoon.
maria says
Thanks Heena….. I am happy that you liked the recipes…have fun again shukriya 🙂
sanjay says
Thanx maria one more time, for u r recipe. Here all goin well with studies..yes, if i require something tasty i will contact you.
thanx for u r response.
sanjay
sanjay says
Hey……..hi,
These is my favourite dish when i am very much hungry, especially when i am coming from college, but for post graduation i came to UK. Hey, buddy really i missing a lot lot the vadapav. So by searching the recipe of vadapav i got this…..really am telling its not taken much time to make vada by help of your recipe. Thank you friend for your help.
maria says
Sanjay thanks a ton trust me I am happy you tried the vadapav and it came out well. I know how it is living out of India. Any other recipe you wanna try do lemme know. Take care of yourself and all the best for your studies.
Love,
Maria
Pratyush says
NICE FOOD I LOVE IT
maria says
Hi Pratyush,
Thankyou for coming here and I am happy you liked the food. Keep cooking 🙂
Love,
Maria
briarrose says
Wow this looks incredible. My mouth watered. 🙂
maria says
Great my task is accomplished as your mouth watered …do try vada Pav! Thanks for your compliment