Sabudana vada is a popular deep fried snack made with tapioca pearls or sago, roasted peanuts, boiled potatoes and few spices & herba .
This vegan gluten free cutlet made of sago or tapioca pearls is popular snack for fasting days like Navratri. You can make these vadas in no time if you have soaked sago pearls ready. With just very few ingredients like potatoes, peanuts and sago this vada tastes so delicious and filling.
Ingredients1 cup sabudana sago or tapioca pearls
4 potatoes boiled and peeled
1/2 cup peanuts roasted and coarsely powdered
3 green chilies chopped
2 chopped coriander leaves
rock salt or black salt to taste
Method- Pick and rinse 1 cup sago pearls well. Add 1 cup water and soak for 4-6 hours.Drain excess water if any and set aside for 15 minutes.
- In the mean time pressure cook 4 medium potatoes well. Peel and crumble them well.
- Also dry roast 1/2 cup peanuts and grind them coarsely. Heat oil for deep frying.
- Add drained sago pearls, powdered peanuts, chopped green chilies, coriander leaves, rock salt or black salt, crumbled potatoes to a mixing bowl.
- Mix very well and form a dough like mixture. Try shaping a ball. If the mixture is very loose, add 2 tablespoons more peanut powder.
- Now divide the mixture into 18-20 equal sized balls. Flatten each ball slightly.
- Slide 3-4 shaped vada into hot oil. Do not disturb for few seconds.
- Now flip gently and fry till the vadas turn golden and crispy from all sides.
- Drain in a kitchen towel and serve sabudana vada hot.