Vada pav is a savory dinner roll stuffed with fried mashed and spiced potato fritters. It is a popular vegan street food snack eaten in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra. This dish is full of flavors and various textures!
孟買漢堡是一道鹹的餐包料理,內層包著油炸的香酥脆麵及香料什錦綜合蔬菜馬鈴薯餅。這也是一道非常受歡迎的快速街頭素食,通常在孟買和馬哈拉施特拉邦為主。這道街頭料理是具有很多各式層次及口感的美食!
Ingredients 食材:
- Potatoes (Boiled)/400g/熟馬鈴薯
- Garlic (Diced)/3 tbsp/蒜碎
- Ginger (Diced)/1 tbsp/薑碎
- Green Chilies (Diced)/2 tbsp (to taste)/綠辣椒碎
- Mustard Seeds /1/2 tsp/芥末籽
- Cumin Seeds/1/2 tsp/孜然
- Hing/1/4 tsp (Optional)/阿魏粉
- Curry Leaves/8 to 10/咖哩葉
- Turmeric Powder/1 tsp/薑黃粉
- Salt/To taste/鹽
- Fresh Coriander/1/2 cup/香菜
- Oil/2 tbsp/料理用油
- Lemon Juice (Optional)/1 tbsp/檸檬汁(可無)
Method 方式:
- Take oil in a pan and heat it on a medium flame. 取一個鍋子並用中火加熱。
- Add mustard seeds and let them crackle. 加入芥末籽爆香。
- Add cumin seeds, hing and saute for a minute. 加入芥末籽及阿魏粉,煸炒一下。
- Add curry leaves, ginger, garlic, green chilies and saute for two minutes. 加入咖哩葉、蒜碎、薑碎、綠辣椒碎,煸炒約兩分鐘。
- Add turmeric powder and salt and saute for a minute on a low flame. 加入薑黃粉及鹽,轉為小火煸炒。
- Add boiled mashed potatoes and mix it well. 加入搗碎的馬鈴薯並攪拌均勻。
- Let it cook on medium flame for two minutes and turn off the flame. 轉為中火並再煮約兩分鐘後關火。
- Add fresh coriander and mix it well. 加入香菜葉後攪拌均勻。
- Add lemon juice (Optional) 加入檸檬汁(可無)。
- Keep it aside and let it cool. 取出並放置一旁冷卻。
1. Batter 裹粉麵糊
Ingredients 食材:
- Chickpea Flour/3 cups/鷹嘴豆粉
- Water/4 cups (As needed)/水
- Salt/2 tsp (To taste)/鹽
- Ajwain (Carom Seeds)/1/4 tsp (Optional)/藏茴香
- Baking Soda (Optional)/1/4 tsp/小蘇打粉(可無)
- Turmeric (Optional)/1/4 tsp/薑黃粉(可無)
Method 方法:
- Take flour in a pot. 取一個調理碗並放入鷹嘴豆粉。
- Add turmeric, salt, ajwain, baking soda and mix well. 加入薑黃粉、鹽、藏茴香、小蘇打粉,並攪拌均勻。
- Add little water at a time and make a batter to pouring consistency. Not too thick and not too thin. 加入一點水並慢慢適當加入並攪拌,直至裹粉麵糊為可流動性的質地。
2. Making Wada 製作馬鈴薯餅
- Take the potato filling a little at a time and make small balls to required size. 取已冷卻的馬鈴薯泥,並製作成球狀(或所需要的大小)。
- Heat oil in a pot for frying. 取一個鍋子加入油加熱,準備油炸。
- Wait till the oil is hot around 165 to 170c. 加熱油溫約165至170度。
- Now, add a ball of potato in the batter, coat it with batter on all sides and fry it. 將製作好球狀的馬鈴薯泥裹上麵糊,並放置一旁準備下鍋。
- Like this finish frying all the wadas.
3. Red chutney (Seasoning) 紅醬(調味用香酥脆麵)
Ingredients 食材:
- Chickpea flour batter/1 cup/鷹嘴豆麵糊
- Garlic/8 to 10 cloves/蒜
- Dry red chili / Chili powder/10 to 12 pieces/乾紅辣椒/粉
- Salt/2 tsp or to taste/鹽
- Sesame seeds (Optional)/2 tbsp/芝麻(可無)
Method 方法:
- Take the left-over batter and drop a little at a time in the oil (medium hot – 165-170c) with help of a spoon or just your fingers to make small crispy fritters. 取剛剛剩下的鷹嘴豆麵糊,並慢慢的滴進油鍋內(中火加熱油溫165~170度)。可以使用湯匙或用手取麵糊來製作非常小的脆麵。
- Let them get golden brown and crispy. 滴進油鍋內的麵糊炸至金黃色。
- Make around 2 cups. 大約製作二杯的容量。
- Take them out and let them cool down. 炸完後取出並放置一旁冷卻。
- If using dry red chili, roast them in a pan for 4 to 5 minutes on a low flame. 如果是使用乾紅辣椒,記得先用另一個鍋子小火乾炒四至五分鐘。
- Now, take a blender and add fritters along with garlic, red chilies (whole or powder) , salt and sesame seeds. 將脆麵及蒜、紅辣椒(整個或是粉狀)、鹽及芝麻放入攪拌機。
- Blend it to a coarse powder. Now its ready. 攪拌至粗粉粒狀,即完成。
4. Making Vada Pav 製作孟買漢堡(印度小漢堡)
- Take a pav (dinner roll). Slice it from middle. Don’t split it into two pieces. Cut it enough to open. 取餐包,並在中間切開(請勿切斷),直到可以有一個開口的大小。
- Optional Step – Add butter, garlic chutney, tamarind chutney and mint coriander chutney inside the dinner roll. 額外的步驟(可無):加入奶油、蒜醬、酸甜醬、薄荷香菜醬在餐包中間,可增加更多風味。
- Sprinkle our red chutney (seasoning) generously inside. 把剛剛製作的紅醬灑在餐包開口裡面。
- Add the vada in between, close the dinner roll and serve with chutney of your preference or fried green chilies. 把馬鈴薯餅放入餐包即可上餐,也可準備喜歡的其他醬料或油炸綠辣椒一同享用。