Sabudana Vada Fried and Non-Fried

Preparation time for sabudana vada-40 minutes
Serving-5

Ingredient sabudana vada:

• Sabudana/ tapioca pearls-150 gm(Soak it in normal water for 4-5 hours)
• Boiled potato-4
• Roasted peanuts powder-50 gm(roast it for 2-3 minutes on low-medium flame and then coarsely grind it)
• Grated ginger-2 inch
• Green chilli(chopped)-3
• Lemon juice-2 tbsp
• Coriander leaves(chopped)-1/3 cup
• Cooking oil for frying
• Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
• Black salt/rock salt(sendha/kala namak) as per taste

Method:

• Grate/mash the boiled potato in a bowl and add soaked sabudana to it.
• Add roasted peanuts, coriander leaves, green chilli, ginger, cumin seeds, lemon juice.
• Add black salt/rock salt/plain salt, mix it properly.
• Grease your palm with water, take small portion of mixture and roll it into ball.
• Flattened it a bit to make tikki shape, repeat the process to make remaining vada.

Fried sabudana vada-

• Heat sufficient oil in a pan, once the oil is heated properly, reduce the flame to low-medium.
• Put 3-4 vadas at a time, fry it for a minute on low-medium flame.
• Flip it to fry other side, fry it till it id turns golden from both sides.
• Once the vada turns golden brown, take it out on the kitchen towel.
• Fried sabudana vada is ready to serve.

Non-fried or appam pan sabudana vada-

• Heat a appam pan on low flame, apply few drops of oil in each moulds.
• Put the mixture balls one my one in each mould.
• Cover the pan and cook it for 3-4 minutes on low flame.
• Flip it and cover the pan and cook it until it is evenly cooked from all sides, keep flipping/rotating in between.
• Turn off the flame, take it out in a plate, non-fried sabudana vada ready to serve.