Sabudaana Vada

Ingredients:

• Potatoes, boiled, peeled, mashed – 1 kg 

• Saboodana (sago) – 1 cup (150 gms) 

• Sendha namak (rock salt) – 2 tsp 

• Chilli powder – 1 tsp 

• Hara dhania (green coriander), chopped – 1 tbsp (heaped) 

• Green chillies, chopped – 1 tsp 

• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp 

• Ghee (clarified butter)/*Oil for deep frying

• Peanut oil or Olive oil or Palm oil – not corn oils.

 

Preparation

1. Wash saboodana till water clears. Soak in water, with level coming upto 3 cms / 1½" above the saboodana, for about 1½ hours.

2. Drain in a colander and mix in potatoes, salt, chilli powder, hara dhania, green chillies and lemon juice.

3. Shape potato mixture into flat, round vadas 5 cms / 2" in diameter (grease hands if it sticks).

4. Heat ghee/oil for frying. Fry vadas golden and crisp on both sides and serve hot, with a chutney.

 

By Bhaktin Priya