A healthy Vada-Pav is nothing but a shallow fried cousin of the Indian street food that is usually made by deep frying the potatoes. We shallow fry the burger filling for a healthier version of the same dish with a 100% of the taste.
When you walk the streets of Mumbai, India this is the food that is most readily available and cheapest. It provides complete nourishment in a short time. When I was in college studying, this very dish with a glass of refreshing lemon juice would make many a lunches and dinners for me. With the advent of the healthy cooking wave that has overtaken many of us, I have been wondering if I could do a healthy take on the same dish and I am happy to announce it was as simple as shallow frying instead of deep frying. Though deep frying does enhance the taste quite a bit as the potatoes are cooked inside and out but I would say my husband and I did not miss the oiliness at all! So try it out and enjoy !
Recipe-
- Boil potatoes and mash them in with finely cut green chilies, finely cut coriander leaves, grated ginger, salt and red chili powder.
- Make a thin paste of gram flour with salt and red chili powder to taste.
- Shape and make into burger like patties.
- Dip in the thin gram flour paste.
- Shallow fry the above till golden brown on both sides and crisp.
- Cook each bun cut length wise with a little butter to get the top and bottom crisp.
- Sprinkle the insides of the bun with dry garlic vada pav masala ( readily available at any Indian store or can be made at home with peanuts, while garlic, salt and whole red chilies ground roughly) .
- Enjoy this spicy Indian veggie burger ie healthy vada pav as a snack with tea or as a meal!
These sound delicious! I love that they’re not too labor intensive, and they truly seem like something my kids would love!
Oh, this sounds very interesting. I am a vegetarian and I’m always looking for different things to try. I will have to test this one out! Thanks!