SAGO-POTATO VADA (Tapioca Rounds)
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Ready In: 40 mins
Yields: 24 pieces
Ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup tapioca (sabodana)
- 4 medium potatoes, boiled
- 1⁄4 cup crushed peanuts
- oil, for deep frying (about 2" deep in a wok)
Seasonings
- 1 teaspoon crushed green chili pepper
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon mango powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Directions
- Rinse and soak the sabodana in 1 cup water for about ½ hour until soft.
- Drain excess liquid.
- Peel and mash the boiled potatoes.
- Mix with the soaked sabodana, peanuts and all the seasonings.
- Make small round disks (vadas).
- Heat the oil in a deep skillet or wok on medium to high heat.
- Put as many vada that can fit in the skillet in single layer.
- Deep fry, turning often so that all sides are cooked, until golden brown.
- (Regulate the heat as needed while the vada are being fried.) Repeat with the remaining vada.
- Drain; serve hot with any chutney.
- Healthy Alternative: Make ½ thick patties.
- Pan fry them on a skillet instead of deep frying.
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