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 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Batata Vada

1. It's of For outer covering.
2. Prepare 1 cup of besan / gram flour.
3. It's 1/4 cup of rice flour.
4. You need 1/4 tbs of salt.
5. It's 1/4 tbs of red chilli powder.
6. You need Pinch of turmeric powder.
7. It's As required of Water to make thick batter.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of ts hot oil to mix in batter.
9. You need of For inner stuffing.
10. You need 4 of potatoes boiled.
11. Prepare 1 of green chilli chopped.
12. You need 1 tbs of coriander chopped.
13. It's 1 tbs of mint leaves chopped.
14. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
15. It's 1/4 tsp of Black salt.
16. You need 1/4 tsp of chaat masala.
17. Prepare 1 tsp of dry coriander powder.
18. It's As required of Oil for frying.

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 instructions

1. Mix all ingredients of batter..
2. Make thick smooth batter..
3. Mix all ingredients of inner stuffing..
4. Make balls.put oil in pan to fry..
5. Dip in batter.. Fry batata Vada in hot oil at medium heat till golden brown..
6. Take all vadas on tissue paper to absorb oil..
7. Serve vadas with sauce and chutney..

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.