Sabudana Vada

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sabudana/saggubiyyam - 1 cup (soak it in water for 2-3 hrs & rinse off the white residue)
• 1 medium sized potato
• 1 medium sized onion - finely chopped
• 2-3 green chillis - finely chopped
• 1 bunch of coriander leaves - finely chopped
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• 1/2 tsp chilly powder (or to taste)
• salt - to taste
• 1 sprig of curry leaves (optional) - finely chopped
• 1 tsp chat masala (or to taste) - optional
• oil - to fry

Directions :

• Rinse off the soaked sabudana to remove the residue & keep aside.
• Grate the potato & squeeze out the moisture from it. Place the contents in a bowl.
• To this,add the finely chopped green chilli,coriander,curry leaves,red chilli powder,salt & the chopped onions.
• Now add the drained sabudana and the rice flour.Mix well. You can also add the chat masala now(optional) & make it into a soft dough.
• Take a small dumpling sized portion of the dough & press it in your palm,it should resemble a vada :)
• After you make a couple of them,fry these vadas in oil. Make sure the oil is hot,as these vadas tend to absorb oil if they are on a low heat.
• Once they turn golden brown,remove them from the oil & place them on a paper towel.
• Serve them hot with any pickle of your choice,but i prefer mint/coriander chutney with them :)