This traditional fasting food is quite filling and simply hard to resist.
![Sabudana Vada](//im.rediff.com/getahead/2014/sep/23recipe3.jpg?w=670&h=900)
The sabudana and semolina are some of the best alternatives to rice during the fasting season.
They're easy to cook and quite filling too.
Here's a simple recipe of Sabudana Vada made with sago and potatoes:
Ingredients
- 1 cup sabudana
- 3 to 4 medium-sized potatoes, boiled
- 1/2 cup peanuts
- 1 tsp jeera
- 1-2 green chillies finely chopped
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 1 1/2 tsp sugar or as required
- 3 tbsp kuttu ka atta
- Rock salt as per taste
- Oil for frying
Method
- Soak the sabudana in water for five hours at least or overnight.
- Drain the water.
- In a bowl, mash the potatoes and add sabudana; mix them into a dough.
- On a skillet or in a shallow pan, roast peanuts till they become crisp.
- Allow the mixture to cool and then coarsely powder it in a dry grinder.
- Add rock salt, sugar, green chillies, coriander leaves, lemon juice and powdered peanuts to the potato, sabudana dough. Mix well.
- Take some portion of the mixture in your hands and shape them into flat round vadas.
- Deep fry the vadas till they turn golden brown.
- Serve hot with chutney of your choice.
Photograph Courtesy Khandani Rajdhani
Reader Invite
Do you have an interesting fasting recipe that you’d like to share with our readers?
Simply e-mail your recipe to getahead@rediff.co.in (subject line: 'Navratri fasting recipes') with your name, hometown and any interesting details about the origin of the recipe, along with a photograph, if possible.
We will publish the best preparations right here on Rediff.com.
ALSO READ
Click here for interesting food recipes and features!