Crispy Batata Vada | Mumbai Street Style Batata Vada

BATATA VADA | ALOO VADA

Crispy Batata Vada | Mumbai Street Style Batata Vada is a popular vegeterian street side fast food of Maharashtra.Here ‘Batata’ means potato and ‘Vada’ means fritter.It consists of boiled and smashed potatoes balls spiced with garlic-chilli paste and coriander leaves and curry leaves which are then dipped into the thick chickpea flour batter and then deep fried.

It is also popular across different regions of India with different names like Aloo Bonda,Aloo Vada,Batata Bonda,Batata Vada,potato Bonda,Potato vada….

It is served typically very hot with fried green chillies and chutneys of different types.The most common way to eat this dish is in the form of popular maharshtrian snack Vada-Pav…and in the form of popular south indian dish Batata Vada-Sambhar.

The recipes of both the dish are given in the link below..

The process of making this dish is very simple but once when we prepared,tastes fantastic…

So why wait,lets quick start with this mouth-watering recipe….

Crispy Batata Vada | Mumbai Street Style Batata Vada

course : snacks,breakfast

cuisine : maharashtrian

prep : 20 minutes

cook : 20 minutes

total : 40 minutes

servings : 5-6

author : suchita satpute

INGREDIENTS :

For Batata Vada :

5-6 medium sized boiled potatoes
5-6 green chillies
½ inch ginger
1 tsp turmeric powder
Cumin seeds & mustard seeds for tempering
Chopped Coriander leaves
Curry leaves
1 tbsp oil for cooking
Salt to taste

For Batata Vada Batter :

1 cup besan/chickpea flour
1 tsp chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp carom seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Water as required

METHOD :

For Making Batata Vada :

Wash the potatoes first.
Pressure cook the potatoes in a pressure cooker for 5-6 whistles.
Once pressure cooked,let them get cool down.
Peel of the skin from the potatoes.
Grate them or smash the potatoes and keep aside.
Grind the green chillies,ginger to a fine paste.
In a pan add oil.
Temper it with cumin and mustard seed.
Add chopped curry leaves to the tempering.
Then add the chilli-ginger paste.
Then add the turmeric powder.
Saute everything properly.

Add smashed potatoes.
Add salt to taste.
Also add good amount of chopped coriander leaves.
Mix everything properly.
Cook for next 5 minutes.
Your chutney for batata vada is ready.
Now let this potato chutney get cool down.
Make small sized balls of this chutney.
Keep them aside in a plate.

For Making Batata Vada Batter :

In a bowl add the besan.
To it add the chilli powder,turmeric powder,cumin seeds,carom seeds and salt to taste.
Mix everything properly.
Add reguired amount of water to the flour mixture.
Give it a nice mix.
Keep in mind that the consistency of the batter should be thick.(Because we have to dip the potato balls in it and the batter should coat the balls properly.)
Your batter for batata vada is ready.

Making Of Batata Vada :

Add oil to the pan/kadhai for frying.
Now take the prepared potato balls and besan batter.
Dip the potato ball into the besan batter.
Slowly insert this dipped ball into the hot oil in the kadhai.

Fry this vada’s on medium flame.
Fry until they turn light golden brown.
Remove the vada’s into the plate.
Your Batata Vada is ready.

Step By Step Method of Making Crispy Batata Vada | Mumbai Street Style Batata Vada

For Making Batata Vada :

Wash the potatoes first.
Pressure cook the potatoes in a pressure cooker for 5-6 whistles.
Once pressure cooked,let them get cool down.
Peel of the skin from the potatoes.
Grate them or smash the potatoes and keep aside.
Grind the green chillies,ginger to a fine paste.
In a pan add oil.
Temper it with cumin and mustard seed.
Add chopped curry leaves to the tempering.

Then add the chilli-ginger paste.

Then add the turmeric powder.

Saute everything properly.

Add salt to taste.

Add smashed potatoes.

Also add good amount of chopped coriander leaves.

Mix everything properly.

Cook for next 5 minutes.
Your chutney for batata vada is ready.

Now let this potato chutney get cool down.
Make small sized balls of this chutney.

Keep them aside in a plate.

For Making Batata Vada Batter :

In a bowl add the besan.
To it add the chilli powder,turmeric powder,cumin seeds,carom seeds and salt to taste.

Mix everything properly.

Add reguired amount of water to the flour mixture.
Give it a nice mix.

Keep in mind that the consistency of the batter should be thick.(Because we have to dip the potato balls in it and the batter should coat the balls properly.)
Your batter for batata vada is ready.