Vada bao
Crispy besan coated vadas stuffed in bao buns
Servings 7 people
Calories 160kcal
Ingredients
For bao buns
- 200 ml Warm water
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 2⅓ tsp Active dry yeast
- 2½ Cup Flour All-purpose flour/ maida
- 3½ tsp Oil
- 3 tbsp Milk powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Baking powder
For the vadas
- Handful Coriander leaves
- 2 tsp Ginger
- 2 Chillies Sliced
- 2 tbsp Water
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 Onion Medium; finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 4 Boiled potatoes Medium; mashed
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Amchoor powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 1 cup Besan Gram flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Water To make besan flour paste
- Oil To fry vadas
Final stuffing
- Garlic chutney
- Fried green chilli
Instructions
Making bao buns
- Firstly, prepare the yeast mixture to prepare the dough for the buns.
- For this, take 200 ml of warm water and add 2 tbsp of sugar.
- Following this, add 2⅓ tsp of active dry yeast and mix it well. Leave the solution for 10 minutes.
- Then take 2½ cups of all-purpose flour and add the yeast mixture to it. To this, add 3½ tsp of oil with 3 tbsp of milk powder.
- Finally, add a tsp of salt and baking powder and knead the dough well. When done, wrap the dough in an oil greased bowl by tucking it. Let it rest for 2 hours.
- During this period, the dough rises. Now take the risen dough and dust it with a little amount of flour.
- Cut the dough into two parts and roll one part into a large sheet.
- Using a circular cookie cutter or a sheet cutter, make small circular sheets out of the large one.
- Then brush the small sheets with a little amount of water. Slightly fold them semi-circularly and place them on butter paper.
- Steam the folded sheets in a steamer like momos. Your bao buns are ready!
Making the vadas
- In a blender, take a handful of coriander leaves.
- To this, add 2 tsp of ginger with 2 sliced chillies and 2 tbsp of water. Blend the ingredient to a chutney like texture.
- Now in a pan, add 1 tbsp of oil with a tsp of cumin seeds. Following this, add the chopped onions with the coriander mixture and 1/2 a tsp of turmeric powder.
- Let the ingredients cook well. To this, add the cup of mashed potatoes and mix all the ingredients well in a semi-dry filling state.
- Finally, add 2 tsp of salt with a tsp of amchoor powder and 1/2 tsp of garam masala. The vada filling is ready.
- Now take a cup of besan and to this, add 1/2 a tsp of salt and turmeric powder. Finally, add the required amount of water to make a thick besan flour paste.
- Then make small balls of the filling and coat it well with the flour paste. Deep fry the vadas in oil till they turn golden brown. Your vadas are ready!
Bao buns
- Now, take a steamed bao bun and keep a little amount of dry garlic chutney in its middle.
- Then keep two vadas on it with a single fried chilli. Your vada bao is ready. Take a hot bite of the delicacy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1vada bao | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 4.4g | Sodium: 12.8mg