Broccoli Vada Pav

**~KAYRA~** · 11-02-2014, 08:10 PM

Ingredients:

Pav buns - 10

For the filling:

Broccoli - 1

Potato - 3 large

Garlic - 5 pods

Ginger - 1/4 inch piece

Pepper powder - 1 tsp

Jeera powder - 1 tsp

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Salt - for taste

For the coating:

Besan flour - 1/2 cup

Rice flour - 1/4 cup

Salt - for taste

Chilly powder - for taste

Asafoetida - a pinch

For Green chutney:

Mint leaves - 1 cup

Coriander leaves - 1 cup

Green chillies - 2

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Salt - for taste

For Red chutney:

Coconut - 1/2 cup

Red chilies - 2

Garlic pods - 4

Tamarind paste - 1 tsp

Salt - for taste

Method:

To make the filling:

Boil potatoes, peel and mash thoroughly. Grate broccoli using a grater.

Chop ginger and garlic into small pieces.

Take two tsps of oil in a pan and fry the ginger garlic for few minutes. Add the grated broccoli and sprinkle few drops of water and cook in low flame for 5 minutes. Now add the cooked and smashed potato to it and saute.

Finally add the salt, pepper powder, jeera powder and the lemon juice to it and mix well.

Allow it to cool down and make small balls of the filling.

To make the coating:

Mix the besan flour, rice flour, chilly powder, asafoetida and salt together by adding adequate water to it to make a dropping consistency batter.

Now take the above made broccoli potato balls and dip it in the batter and deep fry the vadas. I used a paniyaram skillet to fry the balls to avoid deep frying.

Once it has browned on all sides, remove from oil and strain the excess oil on a tissue.

To make the chutneys:

Grind the coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilly, lemon juice, garam masala and salt together by adding little water to it. Once it becomes a smooth paste collect it in a bowl. Green chutney is ready.

Grind the coconut, red chilly, garlic, tamarind paste and salt together into a smooth paste to make red chutney.

Now slit open the pav buns. Apply green chutney on one side and red chutney on the other side. Place one vada in the center and assemble the vada pav.

Serve hot and enjoy the delicious vada pav