VIJAYA'S RECIPES

SABUDANA VADA  (in APPAM PAN)

Ingredients

Sabudana (Sago Seeds)              :       500 gms

Potatoes                                    :       6 (Boiled, Peeled & Mashed)

Green Chillies                             :       8  (finely chopped)

Coriander                                   :       1 cup (finely chopped)

Lemon Juice                               :       1 Lemon

Oil                                             :       10 to 12 tblsp

Salt or Sendha namak /Rock Salt :       as per taste

Jeera (Cumin seeds)                   :       1 tsp

Peanut Powder                           :       2 cups (300 gms)

Baking soda                               :       1 pinch

Method:

1)   Wash and soak Sabudana (sago seeds) in water for 1 hour . Then drain off the water and leave the sabudana overnight . 

2)   Dry roast Peanuts in a pan and dry grind to a rough/coarse powder to make Peanut powder.

3)   In a big bowl – add all the ingredients – sabudana…then add boiled and mashed potatoes – Peanut powder – Green chillies – Jeera – Salt – Coriander – Lemon Juice – Mix well.  Now this sabudana mixture is ready.

4)   Take small portions of Sabudana mixture and make small balls of it and flatten them.   (You can make around 70 vadas out of this mixture )

5)   Take a Non-stick Appam Pan.  Keep it on Gas and switch on the gas stove.  Apply little oil in the cavities of the appam pan with the help of a brush or spoon. 

6)   Now place Vadas in the appam pan and cook on a low flame. Keep checking them in every 2 minutes and keep changing the sides of the vadas.  Fry till golden brown.

7)   Sabudana vadas are ready !!!   Serve with Green coriander and mint chutney and tomato sauce.

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