How to make cheese vada pav

 

Here’s a delicious Cheese Vada Pav recipe — Mumbai’s favorite street food with a cheesy twist 🧀👇

🍔 Cheese Vada Pav Recipe

Ingredients:

For the Vada (Potato filling):

3–4 medium potatoes – boiled and mashed

1–2 green chilies – finely chopped

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

A few curry leaves (optional)

¼ tsp turmeric powder

Salt – to taste

1 tbsp oil

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 tbsp coriander leaves – chopped

4 cheese cubes – cut into small pieces

For the Batter (Besan coating):

1 cup gram flour (besan)

¼ tsp turmeric powder

¼ tsp red chili powder

Salt – to taste

Water – as needed

Pinch of baking soda (optional)

Other Ingredients:

4 pav (buns)

2 tbsp butter

Green chutney

Garlic chutney or dry red chutney

Fried green chilies (optional)

🧑‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Make the Potato Stuffing

1. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves, and green chilies.

2. Add ginger-garlic paste and sauté for a few seconds.

3. Add turmeric and salt, then mix in the mashed potatoes.

4. Stir well, add chopped coriander leaves, and let it cool.

5. Divide into equal portions and stuff a small cube of cheese inside each ball. Shape into round vadas.

2. Make the Batter

1. In a bowl, mix besan, turmeric, red chili powder, salt, and water.

2. Whisk into a smooth, thick batter (like dosa batter).

3. Add a pinch of baking soda and mix well.

3. Fry the Vadas

1. Heat oil in a deep pan.

2. Dip each potato ball in the batter and gently slide into hot oil.

3. Fry until golden and crisp. Remove on tissue paper.

4. Assemble the Cheese Vada Pav

1. Slice pav horizontally and toast lightly with butter.

2. Spread green chutney and garlic chutney inside.

3. Place one cheese vada between the pav.

4. Add extra grated cheese on top (optional).

5. Serve hot with fried green chili and chutneys.

🧀 Tips:

Use mozzarella or processed cheese for a gooey center.

For extra flavor, sprinkle pav bhaji ma

sala or chaat masala inside the pav.