Sabudaana Vada

Ingredients:
• Potatoes, boiled, peeled, mashed – 1 kg
• Saboodana (sago) – 1 cup (150 gms)
• Sendha namak (rock salt) – 2 tsp
• Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Hara dhania (green coriander), chopped – 1 tbsp (heaped)
• Green chillies, chopped – 1 tsp
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Ghee (clarified butter)/*Oil for deep frying
• Peanut oil or Olive oil or Palm oil – not corn oils.

Preparation
1. Wash saboodana till water clears. Soak in water, with level coming upto 3 cms / 1½" above the saboodana, for about 1½ hours.
2. Drain in a colander and mix in potatoes, salt, chilli powder, hara dhania, green chillies and lemon juice.
3. Shape potato mixture into flat, round vadas 5 cms / 2" in diameter (grease hands if it sticks).
4. Heat ghee/oil for frying. Fry vadas golden and crisp on both sides and serve hot, with a chutney.

By Bhaktin Priya