Learn how to make crispy sabudana vada for Navratri upwas or fast. If you are looking for a farali recipe for Navratri vrat then do give this recipe a try. These vadas are super crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Mildly flavoured with peanuts, coriander leaves, curry leaves, lemon juice and cumin. Trust me, this is the perfect evening snack for this festive season!

Ingredients:
1 cup sabudana/sago/tapioca, medium-sized pearls
1 cup water, for soaking
3 medium-sized boiled potatoes, roughly mashed
¼ cup roasted peanuts, roughly crushed
½ cup chopped coriander leaves
8-10 curry leaves, chopped
1-2 tbsp chopped green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sugar
Sendha namak (rock salt), to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:

In a large bowl, add soaked sabudana, potatoes, peanuts, coriander leaves, curry leaves, green chillies, cumin seeds, lemon juice, sugar and sendha namak.

Give everything a good mix. But be very gentle. Avoid mashing the sabudana pearls.

Then wet your palm. Then take a small amount of the mixture. Shape it into a flat round patty. Keep aside. Make all the vada in the same manner.

Heat oil in a pan for deep frying over a medium flame.

Carefully drop the vadas. Let them cook undisturbed for a couple of minutes.

Then flip them. Cook the sabudana vadas until they are crisp and golden brown in colour.

Take them out. Fry all the vadas in the same manner.

Serve them hot with green chutney.

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