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Ingredients

• 500 g floury potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
• 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
• ½ tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing) (optional)
• 1 sprig Curry leaves
• 2 cm piece Ginger
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 2 Green chilli
• ¼ tsp Ground turmeric
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp Coriander (cilantro), chopped
• ¾ tsp Salt
• 120 g gram flour (besan)
• 1 tbsp Rice flour
• ¼ tsp Ground turmeric
• ¼ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
• 1 pinch Bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 130 ml water, as needed
• oil, for deep-frying
• 6 cloves Garlic
• 3 tbsp Desiccated coconut
• 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 6 soft pav or dinner rolls
• 6 tbsp mint coriander chutney (see Mint Coriander Chutney) (optional)
• 6 green chillies, fried with a pinch of salt (optional)

Method

1. Pound the ginger, garlic and green chillies to a coarse paste. Heat the oil over medium heat, pop the mustard seeds, then add the asafoetida, curry leaves and paste and stir for 1 minute.
2. Add the turmeric, potatoes and salt and mix well for 2 min. Off the heat, stir in the lemon juice and coriander. Cool slightly and shape into 6 balls, flattening them a little.
3. For the garlic chutney, toast the garlic in a dry pan for 2 min until spotted, add the coconut and toast for 1 minute until golden. Pound or pulse with the chilli powder and salt into a coarse, red powder.
4. Whisk the batter ingredients into a thick, smooth batter that coats the back of a spoon. Heat 5 cm of oil to 180°C (350°F).
5. Dip each potato ball in the batter to coat completely and lower into the oil. Fry 2–3 at a time for 3–4 min, turning, until crisp and golden. Drain on paper.
6. Slit the pav without cutting through. Spread one side with green chutney and the other with garlic chutney, tuck in a hot vada and press gently. Serve with fried green chillies.

Tips

• Contains wheat (in the pav). Drizzle a spoonful of the leftover batter into the oil to make crunchy "chura" crumbs to stuff in with the vada, as Mumbai stalls do.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

Hebbar's Kitchen Cook With Manali