Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, potato dumplings (batata vada). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Potato dumplings (Batata Vada) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Potato dumplings (Batata Vada) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Learn how to make Batata Vada, a popular Mumbai street Food / fast food recipe by Ruchi Bharani. Batata Vada (Potato Dumplings) is a very popular fast food. Batata Vada Recipe with step by step pics.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have potato dumplings (batata vada) using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Potato dumplings (Batata Vada):
- Prepare 3 medium Potatoes, boiled 🥔
- Make ready 2 Green Chillies, chopped (or more to taste)
- Take 1/2 inch piece of Ginger, chopped
- Take 2 cloves Garlic, chopped, optional
- Get 1/3 cup finely chopped Coriander Leaves
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- Get 1/2 cup Gram Flour (besan/ chickpea flour/ chana flour)
- Get 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice 🍋
- Get 1/3 cup Water (or more)
- Take 1 pinch Baking Soda (soda bi carbonate)
- Make ready 2 teaspoons Oil + for deep frying
- Get to taste Salt
This is a very popular street food in Mumbai. Cook the potatoes until tender, peel and mash (do not need to mash it completely). Batata Vada (Potato Balls in a Gram Flour Crust). Heat the oil in a pan.
Instructions to make Potato dumplings (Batata Vada):
- Make a paste of green chilli, ginger and garlic in grinder.
- Peel boiled potatoes and mash them with backside of a large spoon.
- Heat 2-teaspoons oil in a small pan over medium flame. Add paste of green chilli-ginger-garlic. Stir and cook for a minute. Add turmeric powder and mix well.
- Turn off the flame and transfer the prepared tempering over mashed potatoes. Add chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice and salt.
- Mix well and taste for the lemon juice and salt. If required, add more lemon juice or salt. Divide it into 9-10 equal portions. If mixture turns sticky, grease your hands with oil and make round shaped balls from it.
- Prepare batter for vada ; - Take gram flour, baking soda and salt in a wide mouthed bowl. Add water (approx. 1/3 cup) little by little and stir continuously and make a lump free smooth batter. Consistency of the batter should be slightly thinner. If batter is too watery then add 1-2 teaspoons gram flour and if it is too thick then add little water and mix well.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium flame for deep-frying. When oil is medium hot, dip each potato ball into batter and coat it evenly with hand or spoon and gently drop it into the hot oil. Drop 3-4 balls in a single batch and deep-fry them until light golden brown.
- Drain excess oil using perforated spoon and transfer them over paper napkin on a plate. Deep-fry remaining balls.
- Batata Vada is now ready for serving. Serve hot with chutney / tomato ketch up.
Add the potato cubes, half the turmeric powder and salt to taste. Batata Vada is one of the most delicious and most famous street foods of Maharashtra. It is often eaten with pavs or buns of bread as Vada-pav. The video that I have included with this recipe shows how to make these delicious dumplings first and also shows how to make another delicious snack - Vada Pav. However a coarsely mash is better for this vada.
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