Recipe - Sabudana Vadas (W)

1 cup Sabudana seeds; * see note
2 cup Water
2 Green chiles; 23
1 Piece ginger root; size of a
quarter
2 tablespoon Cilantro; chopped
1 teaspoon Salt; or to taste
One fourth cup Peanuts; unsalted
3 Red potatoes; boiled &
mashed
One fourth teaspoon Garam masaala
Vegetable oil; for frying

* sabudana seeds are small tapioca pearls.

*add 12 TBS sesame seeds, optional

Soak the sabudana in water for a few hours until they soften and swell.
Grind up the chilies, ginger and cilantro. Coarse grind the peanuts
separately. (I would use my hand held blender/chopper.) Add all the
ingredients to the potatoes and mix well. Deep fry golf ball size in 350
deg. until golden brown.

Recipe by: Raghaven Iyer

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 183 by JoAnn joannr@pclink.com
on Oct 30, 1997