Sabudana Vada
A delicious recipe rooted from Maharashtrian Cuisine, this deep fried patties are packed with simple flavors and is usually made to offer god on auspicious days and is a favorite recipe to make on fasting days.
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Servings: 20 Vadas
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Sabudana Soak Overnight
- 4 Medium Boiled Potatoes
- 4 Tbsps Ginger and Green Chili Paste
- 2/3 Cup Crushed Peanuts Roast the peanuts and then crush them using a high powered blender
- 2 Tsp's Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
- Salt to taste I add about 2 Tsp's of Salt.
- 1 Tbsp Lime Juice
- 1/3 Cup Roughly Chopped Cilantro
- Vegetable Oil for Frying
Instructions
Soak the Sabudana
- Add 2 Cups of Sabudana in a bowl.
- Wash the sabudana until the water is clear, in the same way how we wash rice. You will have to do this 3-4 times, to make sure Sabudana is washed properly. Drain all the water.
- Place the tip of your index finger on the sabudana and start to add water until it reaches the first line on your index finger. Refer to the picture here.
- Soak it overnight. Your Sabudana's will be beautifully fluffed in the morning.
Boil The Potatoes and Prep The Sabudanas after Soaking
- Boil 4 medium sized potaoes using a pressure cooker. I boil whole Golden potaoes, for 4 whistles and let the pressure release naturally.
- Fluff the Sabudana's after 8 hours with a form. Tranfer them to a strainer and place it over the bowl. This will ensure there is no water in our Sabudana and they are completely dry before adding it with the potatoes to make the vadas.
For the Vadas
- Add the peeled boiled potatoes to a bowl. Mash them using a potato masher.
- Next add in the fluffed Sabudanas.
- Now add the ginger and green chili paste, Kashmiri Red Chili Powder, Crushed Peanuts and Salt and Lime Juice
- Give everything a good mix. Taste it to make sure all the masalo tastes good. Add extra salt if you need to. Make sure you can taste all the ingredients distinctly. Adjust the spices and aromatics according to your taste.
- Lastly, add the cilantro and give it a final mix.
- Put the vegatable oil for heating up.
- While the oil is heating up, we will start to make the patties.
- Rub oil in your palms, and start making patties with your hands. Make equal sized roundels of the mixture and press lightly between your palms to give a perfect shape.
- You can make any size you prefer to. Just make sure they are qually sized, so they fry evenly.
- Fry these vadas on medium high heat until golden crisp on the outside.
- Serve hot with masala chai, green chutney and ketchup
Notes
- Make sure to not use very old Sabudanas. Sometimes they mulch when soaked for 8 hours.
- Soak the sabudanas in the water as shown above.
- The masala for the vada should taste distinctively before frying. As Sabudana's and potatoes are bland, you need to jazz things up with the spices you add. so giving a taste test is important.
- You can also add a tiny bit of sugar to the vada mix.
- If you want to make it healthier, you can use 2-3 sweet potatoes instead of potatoes. Add the Sweet Potatoes to a heavy bottom pot when water comes to a boil. Boil until fork-tender.