Here’s how you can make sabudana vada for your next in-house tea party

Ingredients

1 cup – Sabudana or Sago

2 – Potato (Boiled)

1/2 cup – Grounded peanut

1 tsp – Oil

1 tsp – Cumin seed

Freshly chopped coriander

Lemon juice

Sugar to taste

Salt to taste

Method

* Take a bowl and add sago and water in it. Soak for at least 2 hrs or till it gets fluffy. Once it’s done, drain the excess water and transfer the sago in a bowl.

* Keep it aside for 2-3 hours.

* Take another bowl and add 2 boiled potatoes in it. Peel and mash them.

* Meanwhile, roast 1/2 cup of groundnuts in a pan over medium flame.

* Once done, transfer the nuts in a bowl keep them aside.

* Now add 1 tsp oil in the same pan and heat it over moderate flame. Add cumin and raisin in it. Sauté for few seconds and then turn off the flame.

* Mix the sago, boiled potatoes and crushed groundnuts together in a bowl.

* Add salt, lemon juice and sugar in the mixture. Pour the cumin-raisin mixture in this bowl and mix well.

* Take portions from the mixture and form vadas with oiled palms.

* Deep-fry over medium heat till crisp and golden brown. Serve the sabudana vada hot with coriander or mint chutney, or sweetened yogurt.