Vada Pav Recipe, How to make Mumbai Vada Pav | Mumbai Street food

Vada Pav is the most popular street food of Mumbai. This vada pav recipe is easy and the chutneys could be made in advance.
Prep time 1 hour
Cook time 20 mins
Total time 1 hour 20 mins


Ingredients (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)
For the green chutney:

• 2 tbsp water
• ½ cup coriander leaves
• ¼th cup mint leaves (optional)
• 3-4 green chilies or as required
• 3-4 garlic cloves
• ½ lime juice
• black salt as per taste

For the sweet chutney:

• 1 cup pitted dates (khajoor)
• 2 tbsp tamarind pulp (imli)
• ½ t/s kashmiri red chili powder
• ½ cup jaggery powder (gur)
• ½ t/s fennel powder
• 1 t/s roasted cumin powder
• ¼th t/s garam masala powder
• ¼th t/s black salt (kala namak)
• 1 and ½ cup water or as consistency required
• salt as required

For the red dry chutney:

• 1 cup garlic cloves chopped coarsely
• ¼th cup desiccated coconut
• ¼th cup roasted groundnut
• 1 tbsp coriander seed
• 2 tbsp kashmiri red chili powder
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt as per taste

For the vadas:

• 3 cups oil + 1 tbsp oil for tempering
• 4-5 medium sized potatoes
• 10 curry leaves
• 1 t/s mustard seed (rai)
• 1 t/s cumin seed (optional)
• a pinch of asofoetida (hing)
• ½ t/s turmeric powder
• ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
• 2-3 green chilies chopped finely
• ½ inch ginger chopped finely (optional)
• 1 t/s chat masala
• 1 t/s coriander seed powder
• ½ t/s garam masala powder
• salt as per taste

For the batter:

• 2 cups of sifted gram flour
• 1 cup water or as required
• ½ t/s turmeric powder (haldi)
• 1 t/s cooking soda
• ½ t/s red chili powder (optional)
• salt as per taste
• Other Ingredient:
• 8-10 pav (bread)
• 1 chopped onion (optional)
• 3-4 green chilies

Instructions:-
Preparing Green Chutney:

• Grind everything into a blender with water until smooth paste is formed. Place it aside.

Preparing Red Chutney:

• Boil tamarind or dates in water for 3-4 mins. Allow to cool and remove if any seed.
• Grind them with a cup of water until smooth.
• Take a pan and add the puree.
• Add ½ cup water and mix nicely.
• Also add jaggery powder, spice powder and salt.
• Mix and simmer for 4-5 mins, allow to thicken.
• Switch off the gas and allow to cool.

Preparing Red dry chutney:

• Take little oil on a pan. Fry the garlic for 2 mins on low heat.
• Also add the desiccated coconut, roasted groundnut and coriander seed.
• Saute for 2 mins and add salt.
• Now pestle it with a mortar until coarse mixture is formed.
• Place it aside.

Preparing the filling:

• Firstly boil the potatoes until tender and cooked. Peel and mash them.
• In a pan take oil once hot add curry leaves, mustard seed, cumin seed and hing.
• Add this mixture to the mashed potatoes.
• Also add all spice powder, coriander leaves, chilies, ginger and salt.
• Combine all nicely. Make medium sized balls and gently flatten them with your palm.
• Place aside.

Preparing the vadas:

• Prepare the batter by mixing all the ingredients. The batter should be smooth and thick enough to coat the vadas.
• Place a pan with oil on high heat. Once oil is hot reduce to medium.
• Dip the vadas in the batter and coat from all sides.
• Fry until golden brown and crisp from all sides.
• Slit the pav from center. Apply the green chutney, sweet chutney on both sides of the pav.
• Also put some dry red chutney. Top some chopped onion if using.
• Lastly fry some green chilies.
• Serve your vada pavs hot with a cup of tea.