Sabudana vada (Sago Patties or Tapioca Patties)

Sabudana Vada is a delicious snack with a great texture. It's crunchy on the outside and soft inside and melts in mouth. It goes well with green mint chutney, tamarind chutney or tamato chutney.

Ingredients:

    4 large potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
    1/2 cup sabudana (sago / Tapioca)
    1 large onion chopped very fine
    2 green chillies chopped very fine
    2" piece of ginger grated
    1/4 cup peanuts roasted and crushed coarsely
    1 tsp raw mango powder(Amchur Powder)
    1 tsp cumin seeds
    Chopped coriander
    Salt to taste
    Vegetable or sunflower oil for shallow frying
    Water

Method:

1.Soak the sabudana (sago) in water overnight. It will puff up and become translucent.
2.Drain water completely from sabudana by squeezing it
3.Mix the sabudana with mashed potato,chopped onion,chillies,ginger, crushed peanuts,mango powder,cumin seeds and form a paste.
4.Add salt to taste.
5.Make balls and flatten slightly to form patties.
6.Heat oil in a wide, flat pan and shallow fry the patties till golden.
7.Drain on Paper towel and serve with any chutney.

Note:
1. Sabudana vada can be prepared in fast / vrats .So during fast if u prepare this recipe  pls avoid   onion,ginger,mango powder,cumin seeds and chopped coriander.
2. Instead of using white salt use sendha namak i.e rock salt (its light pink in color) which is used during fasts.