Corn pattice-pav

If you are in Mumbai, then you cannot miss out on vada-pav that is sold on every street corner. Not to forget, the famous Ashok Vaidya's vada-pav shop in Dadar (Mumbai) or the Goli vada pav online shop of Venkatesh Iyer. Vada-pav has two items –vada and pav.  Vada is  fried dumpling made of mashed potatoes, spiced with ginger, garlic and green chillis, which is  dipped in chickpea batter . Pav is small bread/bread roll. There are many variations to the fried dumpling placed between the pav. Each one is delicious and has a distinct taste in itself.  

Here, I have made a healthy version of this vada-pav using corn pattice, instead of the fried dumpling.

Ingredients for the corn pattice:
Corn cob -1
Boiled potatoes – 4 (200gms)
Fried peanuts - 8tsps
Green chillies- 3
Bread slices -4
Finely chopped onions-1/2cup
Ginger paste -1/2tsp
Chopped coriander -2tsps
Salt and oil -as required

Method:
Place the corn cob over direct flame and cook on all sides.

                                        cooked corn cob


      Cool and remove the corn kernels with a knife. 

                                            Corn kernels
Grind the corn kernels coarsely.
Mash the potatoes well.
Grind the peanuts, green chillies and the bread coarsely in a blender.
Combine everything except the oil. Add salt and divide into equal parts. Roll each part and give an oval shape. Toast it on both sides over a hot griddle using little oil.

For Corn pattice-pav:
Pav bread -4
Garlic chutney powder -4tsps
Corn pattice

Method:
Cut the pav horizontally. Sprinkle some garlic chutney powder in the soft part of the pav. Place the corn pattice and close.

                                             Corn pattice
Alternatively, serve the corn pattice along with garlic chutney powder or tomato sauce.