Mini vada pav bites

• Produce

  • 1 cup Boiled & mashed potatoes
  • 1 tbsp Garlic
  • 1 tsp Ginger

• Condiments

  • 1/4 cup Chutney, green
  • 1/8 cup Garlic/peanut chutney
  • 1 tbsp Lime juice
  • 1/4 cup Tamarind sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 3/4 cup Chickpea flour
  • 1 tsp Red chili powder
  • 1 tsp Red chili powder/ cayenne pepper
  • 1 Salt
  • 1 Salt to season the flour
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 Oil
  • 1 1/3 tbsp Vegetable oil

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 tbsp Coriander cumin, powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Slices Bread

• Other

  • Upto 1 1/4 cup water

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Ingredients

• 1 cup of boiled & mashed potatoes
• 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
• 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp coriander-cumin powder
• 1 tsp red chili powder/ cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste
• 3/4 cup chickpea flour
• Salt to season the flour
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• Upto 1 1/4 cup water
• Oil for deep frying
• Slices of bread
• 1 tsp oil (to grease the muffin tin)
• 1/4 cup of tamarind sauce (optional)
• 1/4 cup of Green Chutney (Recipe here)
• 1/8 cup garlic/peanut chutney (Recipe here)

Directions

• Heat oil in a pan. Once hot, add cumin seeds, chopped ginger & garlic.
• When the garlic & ginger turn golden, add all the spice powders, salt and mashed potatoes.
• Mix well and turn the heat off. Add the lime juice and chopped cilantro for garnish.
• Once the potato mixture cools down, divide the mixture into 10-12 equal portions and shape them into pin pong sized balls.
• Mix the chickpea flour, salt and chili powder. Add water in small quantities & mix well until you make a pancake (or dosa) like batter.
• Heat up the oil for frying.
• Check if the oil is hot enough by dropping a small blob of batter in. The blob of batter sinks and rises up to the top 10 sec. Now, the oil is of the perfect temperature.
• Coat each ball with the batter and drop into the hot oil. Do not overcrowd the oil (it brings down the temperature of oil all of a sudden).
• When they turn golden, drain them onto some paper towels. Set Aside.
• For the bread baskets, cut the bread into a discs using a cutter or just cut the crusts off.
• Flatten out the bread discs slightly using a rolling pin.
• Grease a muffin pan and set the rolled out bread discs in it as shown in the picture.
• Bake at 350°F for 5-7 min or until it gets toasted slightly. We do not want the bread to dry up. It has to be like toast; crispy outer layer but soft.
• Once done, Set aside and cool the baskets for 5 minutes.
• When you are ready to serve, start assembling the vada pav bites.
• Place a little bit of tamarind sauce in the basket (depending on your taste), place the potato fritter on it.
• Now, pipe some green chutney on top and sprinkle some spicy garlic chutney.
• Elegant, mini vada pav bites are ready to be served.

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