Dry Garlic Chutney Recipe | Vada Pav Chutney Recipe | Orange Sandwich Chutney Recipe

After many failed attempts at this popular chutney I finally went to ask a local vada pav vendor. As expected the vada pav wala was reluctant to share his recipe (trade secrets you know!) But after repeated "uncle please batao nah kaise banate hai ye chutney, please batao" he finally agreed and shared his secret chutney recipe. He said most of the stall walas in the area use this same recipe for vada pav as well as sandwich chutney. I was pretty excited to try this recipe and decided to make this in that same day. And the result was surprisingly awesome! The chutney same in taste as that of street vada pav chutney!

How to make Vada Pav Chutney

Ingredients:

1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup fried besan batter (you can reserve and use the besan droplets that while frying the vadas) OR use 1/2 cup khara boondi
1 tablespoon grated coconut
3-4 cloves of garlic with skin
1 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon oil

Method:

1. Combine bread crumbs, fried besan (or in have used crushed khara boondi) and grated coconut and run in food processor (you can use blender) for a minute so that it forms a uniform mixture.

2. Heat oil in a pan and add garlic crush with skin. When garlic starts to change colour add salt and red chili powder and immediately mix in the crumbs mixture. Give it a good mix and turn off the burner. The chutney is ready!

3. You can use this chutney with vada pav or bombay sandwich.

Vada Pav Recipe | How to make Vada Pav at home

Vada pav, samosa pav, lagda pav, cutlets pav, bhajji pav, misal pav blah blah blah... sounds similar to your school/college canteen menu? 😄 and we all used to ask for extra chutney with vada pav but somehow that extra chutney was always insufficient when a group of friends used to eat together  (Nostalgia! Sigh! 😪)

Okay! They say vada pav (or vada pao, wada paav) is the street food that defines Mumbai. Yeah I agree, but if they come to see the interior areas of Maharashtra like our Kokan they'll be amazed to see that almost every village, every town has at least one vada pav stall. This native maharashtrian snack is now available in the cafés and restaurants throughout the country, in fact, it's that one food that's truly popular across the globe, wherever there are Indians. I have had some scrumptious vada pav abroad at food courts in shopping malls. There is something in this simple sandwich made with deep fried, gramflour coated potato patties and simple humble dinner roll that drives you crazy and once you have a look at it you just can't resist it. And that orange chutney! How can I not mention that? Drooling already? 😋
So one fine day I woke up craving vada pav for breakfast lol and couldn't help but headed straight to the kitchen and after we were done with a full filling brunch I thought to share the recipe here. Because the taste was not less than any famous stall vada pav but obviously as it was homemade it was more hygienic and less oily. And yes! I even made pav at home! You can get the recipe here (link)

So here it is,

How to make Vada Pav at home:

Ingredients:

For making vada (potato patty):
2 large potatoes
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves+1 tablespoon extra
2 green chilies (or more as per your taste)
2×2" piece of ginger
6-7 cloves of garlic
A pinch of asfoetida
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon salt
10-12 curry leaves
1 tablespoon oil
A few drops of lemon juice

For vada coating:
1 cup besan (gramflour)
1/3 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
A pinch of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
1/4 teaspoon coriander powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
A pinch of asfoetida

Method:

1. Boil, peel and mash potatoes. And keep aside.
2. Make paste of coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and green chilies. Use very little water so that the masala would thick and smooth in consistency.
3. Now heat one tablespoon of oil in a skillet and add mustard seeds, asfoetida and curry leaves and let them splutter then add turmeric powder and salt and mix in mashed potatoes. Mix well adding a tablespoon of water and let the mixture cook covered for a minute so that all the flavours get incorporated. Remove from the flame and sprinkle lemon juice and give it a nice stir.
4. Take a above mixture in a flat dish so that it cools down faster. After it is cold enough to handle, make small discs and keep aside.
5. Now make batter for coating. Take gramflour in a bowl and add all the ingredients mentioned for coating except water and baking soda. Mix well and add water little by little with continuous stirring to avoid lumps. The batter shouldn't be of pouring consistency. Finally add baking soda and stir gently.
6. Heat oil for deep frying. Dip potato patties in above prepared batter in such a way that all the patty is well coated with batter. Deep fry till the coating is crispy but still yellow in colour. Serve with mumbai ladi pav (dinner roll), salted green chilies and orange Garlic Chutney with a cup of steaming hot and very sweet chai. Yummy!