Certainly! Here’s a simple recipe for Cheese Chicken Vada Pav:
Ingredients: For Chicken Patties:
- 1 cup minced chicken
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
- 2 tablespoons grated cheese
- 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons oil
- Fresh coriander leaves, chopped
For Batter:
- 1 cup gram flour (besan)
- A pinch of baking soda
- Salt to taste
- Water (as needed to make a thick batter)
For Assembling:
- Pav (burger buns)
- Butter for toasting
- Green chutney
- Tamarind chutney
- Thinly sliced onions
- Coriander leaves for garnish
Instructions:
- In a pan, heat oil and sauté chopped onions until they turn translucent. Add ginger-garlic paste and cook until the raw smell disappears.
- Add minced chicken to the pan and cook until it changes colour.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, and salt, and cook until the chicken is fully cooked. Mix in the grated cheese and fresh coriander leaves. Allow the mixture to cool.
- In a bowl, prepare a thick batter by mixing gram flour, baking soda, salt, and water. The consistency should be such that it coats the chicken mixture well.
- Make small patties from the chicken mixture.
- Heat oil in a pan for frying. Dip each chicken patty in the gram flour batter and deep fry until they turn golden brown and crisp.
- Slice the pav (burger buns) horizontally, and toast them with butter on a griddle until they become golden brown.
- Assemble the vada pav by placing a chicken patty between the toasted pav.
- Spread green chutney and tamarind chutney on the inside of the pav.
- Add thinly sliced onions and garnish with coriander leaves.
Your delicious Cheese Chicken Vada Pav is ready to be served! Enjoy this flavorful and cheesy twist to the classic street food.