Snacks · Nashta
Sabudana Vada
Deep-fried sago patty
Flattened, lemon-sized patties of soaked sago (tapioca pearls) bound with mashed potato and coarsely ground roasted peanuts, seasoned with green chilli, coriander and lemon juice, and deep-fried until golden. Crunchy outside, soft inside, mild-spicy and lightly sour; a tea-time snack, a meal side, and fit for Igyas.
Ingredients
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Method
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Soak the sabudana in enough water to cover it, for about .
Drain off the excess water. Mix the sabudana with the potatoes, peanuts, green chillies, coriander, lemon juice and salt until thoroughly combined.
Form lemon-sized balls and flatten each between your palms.
Heat enough oil in a kadai (deep frying pan). Deep-fry the vadas in the hot oil until golden brown, then drain on absorbent paper.
Serve hot with Dharan-ji chutney.
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Serve with
Hot, with Dharan-ji chutney; as a tea-time snack or an accompaniment to a meal. It can also be served during Igyas (fasting days).
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Nutrition
EstimatedPer serving
210 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbohydrate
- 23 g
- Fat
- 13 g
We estimate about 14 servings from the weight of the dish.
Whole recipe
2,970 kcal
- Protein
- 48 g
- Carbohydrate
- 315 g
- Fat
- 175 g
Everything in the ingredients list, plus the oil soaked up in frying.
These are estimates, worked out from the amounts in the recipe and typical values for each ingredient. Portion sizes and the exact amount of oil, ghee or sugar can change them a lot. For deep-fried food we count the oil the food soaks up, not the whole pan of oil. How we estimate
Where this recipe comes from
Recipe from Panja Khada by Bharat and Deepa Chachara.
See the original recipe and photos