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 cook Batata vada using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Batata vada

You need 2 of potato boiled.
It's to taste of Salt.
You need 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
You need 1 tsp of turmeric.
Prepare 1 pinch of baking soda.
It's as needed of salt and water.
You need of oil for fry.
Prepare 8-10 of curry leaves.
It's 1 tbsp of ginger garlic chopped.
It's 2 cup of gram flour.

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

Mash potato mix ginger garlic and salt.
Now heat a fry pan add oil..put mustard,curry leaves and turmeric..pour this on potato mixture...mix it and make small ball size and keep aside.
Now make batter mix gram flour,salt and baking soda and water.
Now heat oil...take one ball of potato mix dip in gram flour batter and fry in hot oil till holden brown in.

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.