Sabudana Vada Recipe (Sago patties)

Sabudana Vada / Chowwary vada is a favorite snack mainly prepared among Marathi people. Well goes with hot tea. The best combination is Coriander chutney. It is an easy prepared snack & surely you all will love to it this dish. Crispy, crunchy & superb taste is its description….

Ingredients:

• Sabudana/ Sowari/sago – 1cup
• Potato – 3nos
• Green chilies – 3nos (finely chopped)
• Onion – 1no (finely chopped)
• Roasted Peanut powder – ½cup
• Cumin seeds/ Jeera/ Jeeragam- 1tsp
• Coriander leaves – ½cup finely chopped
• Oil – for deep frying
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• In a vessel add sabudana & wash thoroughly. Drain water completely from sabudana, add ½ tsp salt & keep it aside closed for 6 hrs. After 6 hrs, you can see the sabudana has doubled its size.
• Take a vessel & add peeled potatoes. In pressure cooker pour adequate water, place vessel with potatoes without adding water in the vessel. When 1st whistle blows, low the flame & cook for 20 mins. Switch off flame. Allow the potatoes to cool. Then smash them.
• Take a deep bottomed vessel. Add the smashed potatoes, sabudana, peanut powder, chopped onion & green chilies, cumin seeds, coriander leaves & salt. Mix thoroughly.
• Then make medium sized balls & roll each ball by pressing it with hand.
• Deep fry the vadas to golden brown color.

Sabudana vada is ready to serve. Goes well with coriander chutney.