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Oil- Free Vada Pav
Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024
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Simple... Instead of frying the vadas I roasted them on a non-stick pan, and it turned out to be just as great as the fried ones, believe me!
Use whole wheat pav/bread if available. Garlic chutney adds spice and flavour to this snack.
To further cut down on the calories, I made garlic chutney without the fat-laden coconut. Just before serving warm the vada pav in an oven /Microwave to boost its scrumptiousness!
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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
20 Mins
Total Time
35 Mins
Makes
4 vada pavs (8 halves)
Ingredients
For The Batter
1/3 cup besan (Bengal gram flour)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1/4 tsp chilli powder
a pinch of asafoetida (hing)
salt to taste
For The Vadas
3/4 cup mashed potatoes
1 1/2 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
salt to taste
a pinch of mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
4 to 5 curry leaves (kadi patta)
a pinch of asafoetida (hing)
1 tsp grated garlic (lehsun)
Other Ingredients
4 whole wheat burger buns to serve
Method
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl with enough water to make a batter of pouring consistency. Keep aside.
- Combine the potatoes, ginger-green chilli paste, coriander, lemon juice and salt together in a bowl and mix well. Keep aside.
- Heat a non-stick pan on a medium flame and when hot, add the mustard seeds, turmeric powder, curry leaves asafoetida and garlic and dry roast for about 2 minutes.
- Add to the potato mixture and mix well.
- Divide it into 4 equal portions and shape them into flat rounds and keep aside.
- Heat a non-stick pan on a medium flame.
- Dip the potato rounds in the batter and place them on the pan.
- Cover and cook on a low flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Turn upside down, cover again and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove the lid and cook on both sides till they turn golden brown. Keep aside.
- Cut 1 burger bun into 2 pieces, apply 1 teaspoon garlic chutney on one side of the burger bun.
- Place a vada on it and cover it with another piece of burger bun on top.
- Repeat with the remaining vadas and batter to make 3 more vada pavs.
- Cut each vada pav into 2 equal halves and serve immediately.
Oil- Free Vada Pav recipe with step by step photos
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
| Energy | 266 cal |
| Protein | 7.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 42.6 g |
| Fiber | 2.8 g |
| Fat | 7.2 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 47.4 mg |
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Madhu
March 13, 2025, midnight
Good and tasty. However it was difficult to make the batter stick to the potato patty. Probably it should be thicker than running consistency.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Thanks for the feedback. You can adjust the quantity of water to make a slightly thick batter. The quantity of water usually depends on the quality of the flour. Keep reviewing recipes and articles you loved.
MOONBEAMS
March 13, 2025, midnight
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Tanvi S. Naik
March 13, 2025, midnight
very very tastey, I am so happy now I can eat as many vada pav as I wish and that too without any guilt. Thanks a lot Taralaji
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Tanvi, glad you like the Vada Pav recipe.
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