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Sabudana Vada – A No-Fry Version {Crispy-Spicy Tapioca Fritters}

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Sabudana Vada is a Maharashtrian delicacy that is made with tapioca pearls, mashed potatoes, ground peanuts, chillies and cumin seeds. All the ingredients are mixed together, rolled into small balls and then deep-fried into crispy and delish fritters. Served with a sweet, and spicy yogurt sauce these fritters are sure to tickle your taste buds!

sabudana vada

Sabudana vada is one of the traditional fasting foods in India. With ‘Hartalika‘ coming up on Sunday, I wanted to share this guilt-free recipe with you. In Maharashtra, ‘Hartalika’  is celebrated  to honor the goddess of harvest and prosperity. Women fast on this day and worship Shiva and Parvati in the evening with green leaves. I can cherish memories of my mom rushing that morning to setup the Puja, making the shiva-linga from the clean river-sand  and then offering the green ‘bel-patra’ leaves to the God. She would recite the story of Hartalika for us so we knew the significance of this day. She then cooked a wonderful meal that included several special fasting dishes. She always made my most favorite fasting dish – sabudana vada!

Every-time I visit India my mom makes sabudana vada for me and I can never stop eating them. They are super tempting and very hard to stop eating.

sabudana vada

I almost never cooked them in my house just because they are deep-fried. Last year, I decided to make these fritters using the  paniyaram/aebleskiver pan to avoid the deep frying. The result was amazing… same crispy from the outside and soft from inside vada’s but without all that extra grease and the hassle of deep frying. The Tapioca pearls have to be soaked for a few hours, but after that it only takes few minutes to make these savory fritters.

I hope you like them as much as I do. I have it on my repeat list, fasting or not, this make an absolutely delicious snack, lunch or dinner!

Step by step recipe for No-Fry Sabudana Vada:

Soak sabudana in half cup of water for 3-4 hours. Dry roast skinned peanuts and grind them coarsely. Boil, peel and mash the potato. Coarsely grind cumin seeds and green chillies.

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Mix all the ingredients and cilantro with some salt to taste. Make lemon sized balls.

sabudana vada

Heat the paniyaram/aebleskiver pan on medium low heat. Add a few drops of ghee in each round section. Place the fritter balls in each section and cook covered for 4-5 mins. Depending on the thickness of the pan, it could take more or less time.

sabudana vada

Gently flip the fritters using chopstick or small spoon to cook the top side. Add few more drops of ghee on top of each fritter. The one’s in the center definitely cook much faster, so they will have to flipped first.Cover and cook again for another 4-5 mins on medium low heat until they are golden brown and crisp.

sabudana vadaWhile the fritters are cooking, whisk together yogurt, ground peanuts, red chili powder, sugar and salt to make the chutney. Serve the fritters hot with this sweet and spicy chutney!

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Sabudana Vada - A No-Fry Version {Crispy-Spicy Tapioca Fritters}
Prep Time
4 hrs
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
4 hrs 20 mins
 
Sabudana Vada - Spicy Tapioca fritters with an healthy twist!
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Sabudana Vada
Servings: 4
Calories: 354 kcal
Author: Archana Mundhe
Ingredients
  • 1 cups of tapioca
  • 1 medium potato
  • 1 teaspoon crushed green chilies or 1 tsp red chili powder or both for a spicer version
  • 1/3 cup roasted and ground peanuts
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
  • 2 tablespoon cooking oil or ghee
  • salt to taste
  • Ingredients for the chutney:
  • 1/3 cup plain low fat yogurt
  • 2 tablespoon roasted and ground peanuts
  • 1 tablespoon red chili powder mild to medium hotness
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Rinse and soak sabudana in half cup of water for 3-4 hours. Dry roast skinned peanuts and grind them coarsely. Boil, peel and mash the potato. Coarsely grind cumin seeds and green chillies.
  2. Mix all the ingredients and cilantro with some salt to taste. Make lemon sized balls.
  3. Heat the paniyaram/aebleskiver pan on medium low heat. Add a few drops of ghee in each round section. Place the fritter balls in each section and cook covered for 4-5 mins.
  4. Gently flip the fritters using chopstick or small spoon to cook the top side. Add few more drops of ghee on top of each fritter. The one's in the center definitely cook much faster, so they will have to flipped first. Cover and cook again for another 4-5 mins on medium low heat until they turn crisp and golden brown.
  5. While the fritters are cooking, whisk together yogurt, ground peanuts, red chili powder, sugar and salt to make the chutney. Serve the fritters hot with this sweet and spicy chutney!
Nutrition Facts
Sabudana Vada - A No-Fry Version {Crispy-Spicy Tapioca Fritters}
Amount Per Serving
Calories 354 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16g 25%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 1mg 0%
Sodium 65mg 3%
Potassium 434mg 12%
Total Carbohydrates 47g 16%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16%
Sugars 4g
Protein 7g 14%
Vitamin A 11.9%
Vitamin C 7.7%
Calcium 8.6%
Iron 19.5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Author: Archana

Hey there! I am a techie turned recipe developer, cooking instructor, and food blogger. I love food and enjoy developing easy and healthy recipes for busy lifestyles. I live New Jersey with my husband and two sons.

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Comments

  17. Fatma Amin says

    I have never tried sabudana . I don’t like it very much . But this seems interesting & worth-to-try . I’ll be glad if u take a halt at my blog too. I’m also a cook . I love to cook nonveg . Plus I’m a great foodie aswell. Thanks for sharing this wonderful post

    Reply

    • Archana says

      Check out paniyaram pan on amazon.com So many things you can cook in it. Good way to enjoy lot of foods without having to deep fry them

      Reply

  31. Nikita Palkar says

    Thanks for a healthy recipe of my fav Sabudana Wadas! Tried it and was an instant hit!! This ones definitely on my repeat list

    Reply

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