Jain Vada Pav
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Peel and pressure cook raw bananas.
- 2Mash the pressure-cooked raw bananas in a plate.
- 3Prepare a tempering with oil, mustard seeds, green chilies, curry leaves, asafoetida, and turmeric powder.
- 4Add the tempering to the mashed bananas.
- 5Add salt and chopped coriander to the banana mixture.
- 6Mix everything really well until combined.
- 7Shape the mixture into small cutlets.
- 8Prepare a simple chickpea flour batter by adding chickpea flour, red chili powder, turmeric, salt, and water.
- 9Whisk the batter until smooth.
- 10Dip the cutlets in the batter.
- 11Deep fry the coated cutlets until golden and crispy.
- 12Remove the fried cutlets from the oil and drain them.
- 13Deep fry peanuts until golden.
- 14Deep fry chura until golden and crispy.
- 15Grind the deep-fried peanuts and chura with cumin powder, red chili powder, and salt to a coarse texture to make the spicy chutney.
- 16Cut the homemade bun in half.
- 17Spread green chutney on one half of the bun.
- 18Sprinkle the spicy chutney over the green chutney.
- 19Place a deep-fried cutlet on top of the spicy chutney.
- 20Cover with the other half of the bun to assemble the vada pav.
Ingredients
- 4 raw bananas
- green chilies
- curry leaves
- mustard seeds
- asafoetida
- turmeric powder
- coriander
- salt
- chickpea flour
- red chili powder
- peanuts
- chura
- cumin powder
- 2 no-yeast homemade buns
- green chutney
Equipment
platemasherspoonbowlwhiskpanstrainerforkknife
Tips
- This recipe uses raw bananas instead of potatoes, giving the exact same taste.
- The pav used is a no-yeast homemade bun.
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