Indian religious fasting is actually another way to indulge in special food which you do not eat regularly Or which is different from your daily food.
Sabudana or Sago & Potato are two such ingredients which come to mind when you think of Indian fasting food . Sabudana Khichadi is the fasting dish which are most common and second one is sabudana vada.
Its deep fried sabudana,boiled potato and peanut powder balls and sure is the crowd pleaser at the party. So lets look at the recipe.
Sabudana Vada
- 1 cup Sabudana (Soaked overnight with little water)
- 1 cup Peanut powder
- 4 count Boiled Potatoes
- 1 Tbsp Cumin seeds
- 1/2 bunch Cilantro (Coriander)
- 4 count Green chillies
- 1/2 cup Oil (For deep frying)
- Salt & Sugar (To Taste)
Soak Sabudana in little water overnight so that its properly soaks and the pearls are separated
Crush the cumin seeds, green chilis and cilantro or roughly grind
Mix Sabudana with crushed spices, salt, sugar, peanut powder & mashed boiled potatoes
Put little oil on your palms and roll the mixture into lemon size balls
Heat oil in the pan while the sabudana mixture & balls are being prepared.
When Oil is really hot then drop the sabudana balls in the oil
Don't flip the balls before you see they are little browned on one side
Once the balls are browned on all sides then take them out on a paper napkin to soak excess oil
- It is very important that the Sabudana is soaked well and the pearls are separated.
- I use Laxmi brand Sabudana which never fails to make perfect khichadi or vada.
Here is the receipe for the Coconut Peanut Chutney that I made with Vada. I didn’t give any cumin seeds tadaka on the chutney but if you prefer you can do that.
Coconut peanut chutney
Fasting special coconut peanut chutney
- 1 cup Fresh grated coconut
- 1/2 cup cilantro / coriander
- 2 Tbsp Peanut powder
- 3 no. green chilis
- 2 Tbsp plain full fat yogurt
- 2 Tbsp Cumin seeds (1 Tbsp for grinding and 1Tbsp for Tadka (optional))
- Salt & Sugar (to taste)
- 1 Tbsp Peanut oil (Optional)
Grind together the ingredients mentioned in the ingredients section except oil and 1 Tbsp of cumin seeds
If you would like to give tadka, heat 1 Tbsp oil in a small kadai and add remaining 1Tbsp cumin seeds
