VADA PAV

        Onset of winters and cravings for hot street food ...the only difference being it homemade....slurpppp!!!!           

Our very own Desi Burger aka Batata Vada is a famous street food in Maharashtra.These are spicy potato balls dipped in thick chickpea batter and then deep fried; stuffed inside a pav along with garlic coconut powder and mint sauce.

Best Vada pav I have ever eaten is at Anand Vada pav opposite Mithibai college and the ones my friend got from some local guy in Mumbai, that too wrapped in a newspaper but the taste led me into indulgence as I could not stop at one.I swear that was the best one .As soon as I come to know that some friend is coming from Mumbai, I prepare myself for this yummy treat.....can't believe I am salivating. ...😮😮

Even in Delhi I know a vendor who sells yummy vada pav and that too near my house.With disposable cap on his head and gloves , I think I can rely upon him for a hygienic plate of Vada Pav.

 Here goes my recipe for Vada Pav....

Ingredients :

6-7 Medium Potatoes  (Boiled and mashed )

2 tbsp.  Oil

2 tsp Mustard seeds

1 Green chilli (chopped finely )

1/2 inch Ginger (chopped finely )

1 tsp Cumin seeds

10 -12 nos. Curry leaves

1/2 tsp Red chilli powder 

1 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

3/4 cup Chickpea flour (besan)

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp Red chilli powder

Oil for deep frying

8 nos. Pav

Garlic Coconut chutney

Mint -yogurt sauce

Green chilli pickle

Directions:

1: Heat oil in wok.

2: Add ginger. When it's golden brown in color, add green chillies, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and Curry leaves.

3: Add red chilli powder.

4: Add mashed potatoes along with salt and haldi. 

5: Mix it properly and remove from flame.

6: Let it cool down and make small balls out of it.

7: Make a thick batter of besan, salt and haldi.

8: Dip these balls in the batter and deep fry in hot oil.

9: Remove on absorbent paper.

10: Press them slightly.

11: Heat a griddle and add butter on it.

12: Slit pav into 2 and toast it on the griddle.

13: Put garlic coconut powder , mint- yogurt sauce on the pav and place vada on it.Put other half of the pav over it and serve with green chilli pickle and mint- yogurt sauce.

             

                 

           

                 

Masala Gur(Spicy Jaggery)

            
              Jaggery is made by boiling raw sugarcane juice till it solidifies. 

Winter calls for something warm and nutritious.So these are going in my Masala Gur to keep the chill away..😍😍

Jaggery should be taken instead of white sugar since the latter only provides empty calories while jaggery on other hand ,  is full of health benefits.

It provides ample iron to keep anemia at bay.It prevents constipation ,  detoxifies liver and increases immunity. 

     Ingredients :
1 kg. Gur (jaggery)
2 ktbsp Ghee (clarified butter )
2 tsp Jeera (cumin seeds)
1 tsp Ajwain (Carom seeds )

2 tsp Black pepper corns
2 tsp Saunf  (fennel seeds)
1/2 cup peanuts
1/2 cup Almonds
1/4 cup Coconut shavings
1/4 tsp. Dry Ginger

Instructions :
1 : Crush gur with a rolling pin.
2 : Crush Almonds and peanuts coarsely.
3 : Heat ghee in a thick bottom vessel.
4 : Add Jeera and Ajwain.
5 : When it crackles, add gur.
6 :Let it melt completely on low flame and add rest of the ingredients.
7 :Mix properly and remove from flame.
8 :Grease two 8" round tins and pour the batter.
9 : While it's still warm, cut it diagonally.

10 : Let it cool down completely.
11 :Loosen it with a knife and invert the pan to remove it.
12 :Store it in an airtight container.