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Sabudana Vada recipe

Sabudana Vada Recipe

Sneha Paul
Learn how to make crispy sabudana vada for Navratri upwas or fast.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 10 vadas

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup sabudana/sago/tapioca medium-sized pearls
  • 1 cup water for soaking
  • 3 medium-sized boiled potatoes roughly mashed
  • ¼ cup roasted peanuts roughly crushed
  • ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
  • 8-10 curry leaves chopped
  • 1-2 tbsp chopped green chillies
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • Sendha namak rock salt, to taste
  • Oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, add soaked sabudana, potatoes, peanuts, coriander leaves, curry leaves, green chillies, cumin seeds, lemon juice, sugar and sendha namak.
  • Give everything a good mix. But be very gentle. Avoid mashing the sabudana pearls.
  • Then wet your palm. Then take a small amount of the mixture. Shape it into a flat round patty. Keep aside. Make all the vada in the same manner.
  • Heat oil in a pan for deep frying over a medium flame.
  • Carefully drop the vadas. Let them cook undisturbed for a couple of minutes.
  • Then flip them. Cook the sabudana vadas until they are crisp and golden brown in colour.
  • Take them out. Fry all the vadas in the same manner.
  • Serve them hot with green chutney.
Keyword navratri recipes