Recipe

Sabudana Vada

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Ingredients

1 cup sabudana (sago or tapioca pearls)

2 Potatoes – medium-sized

½ cup peanuts

2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves – optional

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon ginger paste

2 teaspoons lemon juice (optional)

1 to 2 green chilies – finely chopped or ½ to 1 teaspoon

Salt as required

Oil as required for deep frying

This Indian snack dish is a popular choice for fasting days or as a tea-time snack. Follow our step-by-step video instructions for a tasty, crispy, and delicious Sabudana Vada!

Instructions

1) In a large bowl take 1 cup sabudana and soak it with enough water for 1 hour.

2) Drain off the water and rest for 30 minutes, allowing it to drain off the water completely.

3) The sabudana should be tender with no hard center when mashed between fingers.

4) Take 2 potatoes, clean them and boil them until soft. Put aside to cool down.

5) Take ½ peanuts then coarse-grind them to a powder and set aside.

6) Now take the soaked sabudana and add them in a large bowl.

7) Add the diced potatoes and peanuts.

8) Add 1 tsp ginger paste, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 chopped green chili, 2 tbsp coriander, 2 tsp lemon juice, and ½ tsp salt.

9) Mix well with your hand and form them into a round ball or patty shaped.

10) Heat oil in a deep frying pan on medium heat and gently place the vada in the oil.

11) Flip the vada and fry until golden brown and crispy.

12) Serve it up!

This Indian snack dish is a popular choice for fasting days or as a tea-time snack. Follow our step-by-step video instructions for a tasty, crispy, and delicious Sabudana Vada!

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