PAV WADA[48]

Saturday, February 15, 2014

A delicious non-fried Maharashtrian Vegetarian Burger
Bread stuffed with sauted potato balls

(8 Wada pavs)

8 - Pavs Needed
Ingredients for the Red Chutney
10 cloves - Garlic
1 slice - Bread (break into pieces)
1 tsp - Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp - Oil
1/2 tsp - Salt

Ingredients for the Wada
250 gms - Potatoes (boil and mash)
1/2 tsp - Ginger (chop finely)
1 tsp - Garlic (chop finely)
2 pcs - Green chillies (chop finely)
2 Tbsp - Coriander leaves {Cilantro} (chop finely)
2 tsp - Lemon juice
To taste - Sugar
To taste - Salt
1 tsp - Cumin seeds {Jeera}
1 tsp - Mustard seeds {Rai}
1 tsp - Split Black gram {Urad daal} {Arhar dal}
5-7 pcs - Curry leaves
1 tsp - Oil

Ingredients for the Batter
1 cup - Gram flour {Besan} {Chickpeas flour} {Bengal gram flour}
1/2 tsp - Turmeric {Haldi} powder
1/4 tsp - Red chilli powder
To taste - Salt

Method for the Red Chutney
Mix all and pulse in the blender for a second.

Method for Wada
Boil and mash the potatoes, add salt, ginger, garlic, green chillies, coriander, sugar to it, pulse in the blender for a second.
Heat oil add the cumin seeds, mustard seeds, split black gram, curry leaves till it splutters.
Remove from the heat and add to the potato mix.
Add the lemon juice to it.
Mix well and divide into 8 portions and shape them into rounds.
Grease the paniharan and place it on the gas/electric stove.
Make a paste of gram flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt with the help of little water.
Dip a round in this batter and place it in the greased paniharan.
Do the same with the other rounds.
Cook them well, turning occasionally.

Method for the Pav
Cut the pav horizontally add the red chutney to it and stuff it with a wada.
Serve with onion slices for the crunchiness.