Wada Pav (Indian Burger)

Wada Pav or Indian Burger is a very popular dish in Western Part of India. It is served with two to three types of sauces.

INGREDIENTS

Bread or Burger buns.

2 Tbsp oil

1 cup gram flour (besan)
2 tsp green chili paste
2 tsp ginger paste
3 curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds
3-4 large potatoes
Pinch of Asofetida (hing)
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 cup water
1/4 tsp Sodium Bicarbonate.

METHOD

• Boil the potatoes and mash well.
• Heat oil in a vessel.
• Add hing, mustard seeds. let the seeds split.
• Then add ginger paste, green chili paste, curry leaves. Fry this on low flame for 3 min.
• Then add 1 tsp turmeric powder.
• After 1min add mashed potatoes.
• Add salt and let it fry for 10 minutes.
• After this mixture cools down make large size balls or the size u prefer. Keep it aside.
• Now take gram flour in a vessel and add some water and stir. Consistency of mixture should be thick.
• Add salt, 1 tsp turmeric and 1/4 tsp sodium bicarbonate (soda) to this mixture.
• Now heat oil in Vessel for frying Wada.
• Put the Wada balls in the gram flour Mixture and let the flour coat the Wada.
• Then with a large spoon add Wada in a vessel containing oil for frying. Let it fry on medium flame.
• Make sure it does not turn brown. Let the wada be yellow in color.
• Now Wada can be put between the burger bun and is served with sauces like tomato ketchup, coriander chutney and garlic peanut chutney and fried green chilies.
• Garlic peanut sauce and coriander sauce are covered in sauces category.