Recipe: Perfect Batata Vada

Batata Vada. Batata vada is a fried potato stuffed fritter. This is absolutely lip smacking delicious recipe of Maharashtrian style batata vada. Batata vada is a popular Mumbai street food snack.

This street food of Mumbai is almost guaranteed to be found at every chat vendor's stall in entire Maharashtra and key ingredient in Pav-Vada - a staple food for hard working Maharashtrians. Batata translates into potato in English. Mashed masaledar potatoes coated in a thick besan (chickpea flour) batter and deep fried till golden. You can have Batata Vada using 21 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Batata Vada

1. It's For of Filling :.
2. It's 3-4 of boiled potatoes mashed.
3. It's 1 tbsp of oil.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of whole coriander seeds.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of garam masala.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
8. You need 1 tsp of ginger and garlic paste.
9. Prepare 1 of green chilli finely chopped.
10. It's 1 tsp of dry mango powder.
11. You need 1 pinch of Asafoetida (hing).
12. You need to taste of Salt.
13. Prepare Handful of coriander leaves.
14. Prepare For of Batter:.
15. Prepare 1 cup of gram flour (besan).
16. You need 1/2 tbsp of Salt.
17. Prepare 1 pinch of baking soda.
18. It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
19. Prepare 1/2 glass of water.
20. Prepare For of Frying:.
21. It's 1 cup of Oil to fry.

Served with a tangy chutney, batata vada is a street. Batata vada is a popular potato snack recipe from Maharashtrian cuisine. These are a popular street food not only in Mumbai but across India. Batata translates to potato and vada to fried dumplings.

Batata Vada step by step

1. In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil on a low flame, add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, Asafoetida and ginger garlic paste. Mix and cook until the raw smell from ginger garlic goes away. (Takes 1 min)..
2. Next add red chilli powder, garam masala and dry mango powder. Mix well and add mashed potatoes along with salt and coriander leaves. Give a good mix.Turn the flame off..
3. Once the above mixture cools down to the room temperature, Make small balls and pat them flat on your palm. Keep it aside.(it makes approx 6 wadas out of 3-4 potatoes)..
4. In another bowl take gram flour, add salt to taste, turmeric powder and baking soda. Mix everything and add water to make little thick flowing consistency. Keep it aside..
5. Heat oil in a pan for frying on a medium flame. Once the oil is hot. Take one vada at a time (made in step 3) dip in the batter (made in step 4)..
6. Slowly leave the dipped vada in the hot oil. Fry them from both sides till light golden brown by flipping them in between..
7. Remove it on a tissue paper or paper towel..
8. Follow the process for the remaining wadas..
9. Serve hot with or without Pav/Bread along with chutney and fried green chilli..

In short batata vada are potato vada made by dunking spiced potato balls in gram flour batter and deep fried. Maharashtra style street food - garma garam batata vada is one half of the iconic vada pav. Mashed potatoes are spiced with a simple tempering, dipped in a gram flour batter and deep-fried. It is served with fried green chillies and a red chilli garlic dry chutney. Batat vada is the undisputed king on the streets of Mumbai.