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 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Batata vada

1. You need 3 of big boiled potatoes.
2. Prepare 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves.
3. It's 2 tbsp of green chillies ginger paste.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of garlic paste.
5. You need 1/2 of lemon (juice).
6. You need to taste of Salt.
7. It's For of tempering-.
8. You need 1 tsp of oil.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of urad dal.
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of mustard and cummin seeds.
11. You need 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
12. Prepare Few of curry leaves.
13. You need For of batter(coating)..
14. Prepare 1 cup of chickpea flour (besan).
15. You need 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
16. Prepare 1 pinch of asafoetida.
17. It's to taste of Salt.
18. It's 1/4 tsp of soda bi carb.
19. Prepare as required of Oil for frying.
20. You need To of serve with batatavada..
21. It's as required of Spicy dry garlic chutney.
22. It's few of Green chillies.

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. Peel and mash potatoes in mixing bowl. Add green chillies ginger paste, garlic paste, chopped coriander leaves and salt to taste. In small takda pan, heat 1 tsp oil, add urad dal, saute till pinkish, add mustard and cumin seeds as they splutter add curry leaves and turmeric powder, pour this tadka on potato mixture..
2. Mix well and make equal 7-8 balls from prepared potato mixture..
3. In bowl add all mentioned ingredients for making batter except soda bicarb. Add enough water to make smooth semi-thick batter..
4. Heat oil in frying pan. Add soda bicarb to chickpea flour batter.Mix well. Dip & coat each prepared spiced potato balls in batter, drop them in hot oil 2-3 at a time. Deep fry on medium flame till crispy golden brown..
5. Serve Delicious Hot Batata Vada with spicy dry garlic chutney and green chillies..

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.