Starters
Vada pav – spicy potato fritter in a bun
Mumbai's popular street food dish combines a spicy, crispy deep-fried potato patty with a soft bun and chutneys.
60 minDifficulty: medium
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
Servings
- 500 g potatoes
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 piece a clove of garliccrushed
- 0.5 tsp turmeric
- 15 g fresh corianderfinely chopped
- 100 g chickpea flour
- 1 dl waterfor the dough
- 0.5 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 piece soft bread rolls
- 25 g oilEstimated amount absorbed by the batch; use about 1 L for frying and drain the excess. Excess oil is excluded from the nutrition estimate.
Method
- Boil the potatoes until cooked, peel and mash.
- Heat the oil, add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add garlic and turmeric. Mix with mashed potatoes and coriander.
- Shape the potato mixture into 4 round patties.
- Mix chickpea flour, water, chili and salt into a thick dough.
- Dip the potato patties in the batter and deep-fry in 170-degree oil until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
- Split the rolls and spread chutney inside. Put the potato patty in between and serve immediately.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.
- Net carbs
- 55 g
- Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
- 63.21 g
- Protein
- 11.64 g
- Fat
- 14.48 g
A reliable glycemic load estimate is not available.
Some ingredient data or calculation inputs could not be verified, so there is no reliable estimate for the whole serving.
Why is the estimate missing?
- chickpea flour · A suitable GI value was unavailable for this ingredient.
Notes
- Serve with green mint chutney and sweet tamarind chutney if desired.