Sabudana Vada

Wishing all our dear readers  a very happy and prosperous NAVRATRI.  While everyone is busy celebrating the festivities of these auspicious nine days, we decided to make the Vrat(fast) special snack - Sabudana Vada. It is traditionally a Maharastrian snack  which has now gained popularity all over India. These crunchy vadas  are not only mouthwatering, they are very filling and can subsitute for a meal by itself.

Prep Time: 1/2 hour (excluding soaking time)

Ingredients

Sabudana/Tapioca pearls: 1/2 cup

Potato: 2 medium sized

Roasted peanuts (coarsely powdered): 3 tablespoons

Jeera/Cumin seeds: 1 teaspoon

Green Chillies: 2-3

Ginger(chopped): 1 teaspoon

Coriander/Cilantro leaves (finely chopped) : 4-5 stems

Lemon juice: 1/2 teaspoon (optional)

Turmeric powder : a pinch

Salt to taste

Oil to fry

Soak the Sabudana overnight or for a min of 4-5 hours with lil water. For 1/2 cup sabudana, you could use 1/4 cup water.

Boil the potatoes, peel off the skin and mash them. Coarsely powder the peanuts and add it to the soaked sabudana.Add the mashed potatoes and rest of the ingredients (ginger, green chillies, cilantro, cumin seeds, turmeric and salt). Mix well. Make small balls from this mixture and flatten them.

Fry them in hot oil. Turn them over and fry them until golden brown on both sides.Take them out and serve with Green chutney.

Enjoy!!