Sabudaana Vada

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg Potatoes, boiled, peeled, mashed
• 1 cup (150 gms) Saboodana (sago)
• 2 tsp Sendha namak (rock salt)
• 1 tsp Chilli powder
• 1 tbsp (heaped) Hara dhania (green coriander), chopped
• 1 tsp Green chillies, chopped
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1/2 cup roasted and coarsely crushed pea nuts
• Ghee (clarified butter)/Oil for deep frying

Preparation

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

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

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

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