Vada Pav

Name: Vada Pav
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Madhyapradesh)
Ingredients: 4 medium potatoes, boiled, mashed; 2 green chillies, grated ginger — for potato filling; Besan batter for coating (100g besan, salt, turmeric, red chilli, water); Oil for frying; 8 pav buns; Dry garlic-red chilli chutney; Green coriander-coconut chutney; Tamarind chutney

🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 46. Vada Pav recipe

⏱️25 minPrep

🔥20 minCook

🕒45 minTotal

🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

4 medium potatoes, boiled, mashed
2 green chillies, grated ginger — for potato filling
Besan batter for coating (100g besan, salt, turmeric, red chilli, water)
Oil for frying
8 pav buns
Dry garlic-red chilli chutney
Green coriander-coconut chutney
Tamarind chutney

👩‍🍳 How to make Vada Pav

Season mashed potato with ginger, chillies, mustard seeds, salt, and coriander. Form into rounds.
Dip in besan batter, fry in hot oil until crisp and golden.
Slice pav, spread all three chutneys. Insert vada.
Eat immediately.

📖 Cultural notes

Vada Pav arrived in MP from Mumbai but Indore has adopted and adapted it with local chutneys — the dry garlic chutney added between the pav is a MP-specific variation not found in Mumbai. ---

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