Vada Rassa

One of the very popular breakfast dish similar to Misal Pav.

In misal pav is made up of moth beans and spicy curry i.e. rassa. Instead of moth beans here we add potato vada or bonda in spicy curry. Yummm:-)

Ingredients:

To make potato vada/ bonda:

Potato medium size boiled and mashed 4

Green chilli 3 + Ginger 1 piece medium + Garlic 5 cloves (blend all together in blender)

Coriander finely chopped

Curry leaves 4 to5

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Mustared seeds 1 tsp

Oil to fry and to saute the potato filling

Gram flour 1 and 1/2 cup 

Soda bicarbonate

To make Rassa/ Curry:

Onion 2( Medium) sliced

Tomato 2(medium) diced

Dry Coconut grated 1Tbsp

Cloves(laung)  2 to 3

Cardamom 2

Garlic 3 to 4cloves

Ginger 1/2 piece
Garam  masala 1 and 1/2 tsp

Goda Masala 1 tsp

Red Chili powder 1 Tbsp

Kashmiri chili powder 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves 5 to 6

Coriander

Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil 2 Tbsp

Garnishing and serving:

Onion finelly chopped 1 cup

Tomato finelly chopped 1/2 cup

Coriander finely chopped

Farsan 1cup

Method:

1. Potato vada/ bonda:

        For Filling:

• Heat a pan add oil, mustared seeds, curry leaves, green chilli+ginger+garlic paste saute for a minute. Then add asafoetida, turmeric powder mashed potato, salt and corriander. Mix well and keep aside to cool them completely.

       For cover :

• In a mixing bowl add gram flour, turmeric powder, salt, asafeotida and add water to make smooth pouring consistency batter. Whisk well to avoid lumps.

       For Frying:

• Make medium sized balls of potato filling.
• Take a frying pan, add oil and let it heat for frying.
• By the time add a pinch of soda bicarbs in batter and mix well.
• Dip potato balls well into batter and add them to hot oil for frying fry till get golden brown color. 
• And remove them on tissue papper to soak excess oil.

        2.For curry or rassa: 

• Heat up pan on a medium flame, add a tsp oil add cardamom, clove, cumin seeds, curry leaves fry nicely then add sliced onion and sauté till it gets light brown color.
• Then add dry coconut roast it, til it gets light golden color.Take out all mixture and add to blender and also add tomato dices, garlic cloves, coriander to the blender and grind to make smooth and fine paste.
• Heat up oil in a pan, add all mixture paste, then add turmeric powder, chili powder,Kashmiri chili powder, garam masala,goda masala and sauté till it get nicely fry(cook till oil starts to separate from masala).
• Add water, salt to taste and bring it to boil. Now curry is ready.

      3.Garnishing and Serving:

• Take a serving bowl add potato vada, farsan, chopped onion, chopped tomato, coriander and pour curry squeese little lemon juice and njoy with indian style pav or bread.