Name: Kolhapuri vada paav recipe by Prachi Gujar at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Potatoes 3-4; GInger-garlic and green chilli paste 3-4 tbsp; Curry leaves powdered or finely cut 1-2 tbsp; Coriander (finely cut ) 3-4 tbsp; Lemon juice 2 tbsp; 1 tsp oil; Mustard seeds 1 tbsp; Jeera 1 tbsp; Hing (asofoetida ) 1/2 tsp; Salt to taste; Gram flour (besan flour) 2 cups; Baking Soda 1 tsp; 1 tsp salt (for the besan mixture ); Oil to fry; Kolhapuri kanda lasun masala 2 tsp; Tomato ketchup 4 tbsp; Paav Bread 4-5

Ingredients Serving: 2

Potatoes 3-4
GInger-garlic and green chilli paste 3-4 tbsp
Curry leaves powdered or finely cut 1-2 tbsp
Coriander (finely cut ) 3-4 tbsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
1 tsp oil
Mustard seeds 1 tbsp
Jeera 1 tbsp
Hing (asofoetida ) 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Gram flour (besan flour) 2 cups
Baking Soda 1 tsp
1 tsp salt (for the besan mixture )
Oil to fry
Kolhapuri kanda lasun masala 2 tsp
Tomato ketchup 4 tbsp
Paav Bread 4-5

Instructions

Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker until 4-5 whistles blow. After its cooked and cooled, peel and mash the potatoes.
In a pan, heat the oil and add the mustard seeds, jeera and let it sizzle. Then add the hing (asofetida ), ginger-garlic and green chilli paste and half of the curry leaves.
Saute it for 2 minutes until it turns into a light brown color. Then turn off the flame and add the turmeric powder.
Add the above mixture into the potatoes along with salt, lemon juice, remaining curry leaves and coriander. Mix it properly and make lemon sized balls of the mixture.
For the outer covering, mix the gram flour, salt and water to a semi-solid consistency( just like idli batter ). Add the baking soda just before you start to fry the vadas.
Heat oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, add the baking soda into the gram flour mixture, mix and take the potatoes mixture balls, dip it in the gram flour and deep fry till they turn into a golden brown colour.
To prepare the sauce, mix the tomato ketchup and kolhapuri kanda lasun masala and 1-2 tbsp water to make a thin sauce.
Before serving, apply the sauce in between the bread and place the vada.
Enjoy these delicious vada paavs with a cup of tea and some fried green chillies.

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