Here I present before you all my very own vada pao-yeah completely homemade,when you deconstruct vada pao-popular food across the streets of India,you get pav bun-Indian dinner rolls,batata vada-batter ried mashed potatoes along with some tongue ticking sweet and sour chutneys/dip and I made all these at home,I kind of feel accomplished :). Remember my homemade pav,which was a super hit both at my home and here,the day when I first baked pav bun I actually wanted to try vada pav or pav bhaji but that batch was gone in a whim and I baked a batch exclusively for making vada pav,yeah I was kind of determined :). So the day I planned to make vada pav,I kneaded the dough and left it for rising before I begin with breakfast preparations.By the time of lunch,I had baked the buns and prepared the chutneys too.As I had planned this for snacks,I made the batata vada just before serving,so that we could enjoy vada pao piping hot,the way it should be eaten.It was not really difficult to assemble this at home,with little planning and having the ingredients handy you can make an all time favorite street food at home easily.This post will tell you how to assemble vada pao and recipes for sweet and green chutney as I have already blogged pav and batata vada recipes.
If you are hunting street food,you might want to check these delicacies too
Pav bhaji
Bhel puri
Samosa
Kara pori
Aloo tikki
Vegetable cheese sandwich
Vada pav recipe
Star ingredients: Pav bun and batata vada
Time:20 minutes (For making chutneys and assembling the snack)
Serves:3
Ingredients:
6 Pav buns,homemade or store bought
6 batata vadas
3 tablespoons green chutney(recipe follows)
3 tablespoons sweet chutney (recipe follows)
2 teaspoons chutney powder
Sliced onions (optional)
Method:
Green chutney:
Take 1 cup thoroughly washed cilantro leaves and blend soothly along with 2 green chillies,1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder and required salt.Do not make it too watery.Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and mix well.Set aside
Sweet chutney:
Soak 6-8 dates,2 teaspoons raisins and a small ball of tamarind in water for an hour.Blend it along with required amount of jaggery and a pinch of salt to a smooth paste.Do not make it too watery.Set aside.
Making vada pav:
1.Take a pav bun make a vertical slit.Keep one end intact though.
2,Now apply some green chutney inside the bun and stuff one batata vada inside.Press slightly.Sprinkle dry chutney powder on top.
3.Serve hot with sweet chutney,more green chutney and onions.
Notes:
1.Please note that there are so many variations in taste,recipe and the way street foods are served.In some places they sprinkle chutney powder inside,I have seen in some places they don't serve chutney powder too.Here I have given the recipe which I tried and we liked
2.You can leave out raw onions if you don't prefer
3.If you donot get pav buns you can use any soft dinner roll or bun
4.Adding raisins to sweet chutney is something we do in our home,you can leave it out but it tastes delicious,you will have to try at least once :)
