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Vada pav
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Vada Pav (also spelled Wada Pav) is an Indian vegetarian fast food commonly eaten in Maharashtra, India. It consists of a vada, served in a bun (pav). The vada is usually potato-based. Potatoes are mashed/diced and coated with an herb-seasoned batter, then deep fried. The finished vada is then wrapped in bread and served with condiments such as chutney and red chili powder.
Vada pavs form a breakfast for many of the local people of Maharashtra. It is a scrumptious snack sold nearly everywhere in Maharashtra. The snack is often served at breakfast and at tea time in many of the region's small eateries. On long distance trains, it is sometimes served as well. Like hot dogs and other roadside fast food, care must be taken in ensuring that the product is not undercooked.
The vada pav was first made when Ashok Vaidya, a snack seller outside Dadar railway station, decided to experiment. The combination of batata vada and split pav continues to be Mumbai's sledgehammer answer to the burger.
The prices range from Rs. 2.50 to Rs. 10.00 depending on the establishment. Some variations include "cheese vada pav" (where slices of cheese are added), "samosa pav" (where "samosa" is used instead of vada) and "Jain vada pav" (does not use onions in preparing vada)
Several chains of fast food outlets in India specialise in vada pav. Vada Pav is also known as 'wad pav' in rural Maharashtra. It is also commonly addressed as 'Garibon Ki Pav Bhaji'
Vada Pav
From Petrina Verma Sarkar,
Your Guide to Indian Food.
Straight out of the heart of Maharashtra in Western Indian, Vada Pav has iconic status in India. It used to be "poor man's food", but these days even the rich and famous can be spotted eating it at Bombay's (Mumbai) numerous roadside food stalls!
INGREDIENTS:
8-10 potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
2 tsps garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
3 green chillies
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
1/2 tsp black mustard seeds
6-7 curry leaves
Salt to taste
2 cups bengal gram flour
Vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil for deep frying
6 Pav buns (square buns that look like burger buns but are smaller, so you can substitute)
1 cup Tamarind Chutney (recipe below)
1 cup Mint-Coriander Chutney (recipe below)
1/2 cup Shengdaana Lehsun Chutney (peanut garlic chutney) - recipe below
PREPARATION:
Mix the gram flour with enough water and salt to taste, to make a thick, smooth paste. Keep aside.
Mix the ginger and garlic pastes and add the green chillies to them. Grind into a smooth paste in the food processor.
Mix this paste with the mashed potatoes.
Season with salt.
Heat 2 tbsps of oil in a pan on a medium flame and add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and tumeric powder. Fry till the seeds stop spluttering.
Add this to the potato and mix well.
Divide the potato mix into portions slighter smaller than a tennis ball. Smoothen by rolling between slightly greased palms.
Heat the oil for deep frying on a medium flame.
When the oil is hot, dip one potato ball at a time into the gram flour batter to coat well and then deep fry till golden. Drain on paper towels.
Take one Pav bun, slit in half (not completely - leave one edge joined) and put a spoonful each of Tamarind Chutney, Mint-Coriander Chutney and Shengdaana Lehsun Chutney (peanut garlic chutney) each on it. Place a potato ball on the bun and fold over, pressing down gently. Serve while the potato ball is still hot.
2006-06-22 23:23:40
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answered by halton13316 6
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Im not so sure....but around 4 to 5 years ago when i was in and around bangalore...there was this guy at the junction of double road (now there is a flyover above it)....there is this juice shop....he used to sell brilliant vada pav on weekends.
Have fun..
2006-06-23 00:29:24
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answered by raghavsomani 2
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