Vada Pav(Crispy fried potato balls served with soft buns)

The Oh-So-Famous , VADA PAV...
This is a staple food of each and every mumbaikar, let it be any time of the day, a vada pav fills your heart and soul rite away , at the very first bite...
It is basically , a mixture of boiled and mashed potatoes , tempered with chillies and Indian spices , coated into gram flour mix and deep fried...
Served with soft breakfast buns and sweet and spicy chutney (dips).
You make it once, and you crave for it everyday, it is indeed that much delicious and tempting.

Recipe:

Ingredients:
For the vada mixture:

(Makes 4 vadas)

• 2 medium sized potatoes(boiled and mashed)
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
• 1 small green chili
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp garlic crushed
• 1 tbsp chopped green coriander
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 4-5 curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 tbsp oil(for tempering)

For the besan(gram flour ) mix:

• 1/2 cup besan
• Salt to taste
• Water as required
• 1/4 tsp soda bi carb
• Oil for deep frying .

Soft buns ( Pav ) - to serve with the vadas

Method:

• Mix everything under the vada mix , except mustard seeds , curry leaves and 1/2 tbsp oil
• Now heat oil for tempering , put mustard seeds and curry leaves, as it crackles, put this oil tempering in the potato mix.
• Combine properly and make small balls
• Now mix everything under besan mix, the consistency should be thick , enough to dip the potato balls in .
• So water u can put accordingly.
• Now heat up the oil for deep frying.
• Take the potato ball and dip in the besan mix, and drop in the oil and fry till golden brown and crisp.
• Done...
• Enjoy with chillies fried, onion, coriander chutney, and the famous garlic peanut chutney...
• Serve along with pav...