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Sabudana Wada Chutney

Sabudana(Sago)Wada is an all time favourite Maharashtrian snack. It is a sure shot hit dish for any snack party. Actually, Sabudana Wada is made on Upvaas(fasting) days. In Pune, there are many places serving the best sabudana wadas- Balgandharva Canteen, SiddhiVinayak Wada, Joshi Wadewale and so on. This snack is so tasty and delicious that one can just go on eating continuously, even if the stomach gets full, the tongue may just go on asking for more.

Ingredients

Sabudana(Sago) – 100 gms

Potatoes – 2 nos

Roasted groundnut Powder – 50 gms

Cumin Powder – ½ teaspoon

Red Chilly Powder - ½ teaspoon

Salt – As per taste

Oil – For frying (approx 150 ml)

For Chutney

Curds- 100 gms

Fresh Grated Coconut - 50 gms

Fresh Corinader – 5-6 sprigs

Ginger – ½ inch piece

Sugar – 2 teaspoons

Green Chilly – 1

Salt – As per taste

Method

Soak Sabudana for about 3 hours. Boil the potatoes, remove peels and mash well. Mix all the ingredients, i.e. soaked sabudana, mashed potatoes, roasted groundnut powder, salt, red chilly and cumin powder well and keep the dough for 10-15 minutes. Now, make small wadas of this mixture and fry in hot oil on medium flame. Be very careful while frying sabudana wadas as they have a tendency to burst open. Turn wadas on both sides so that they are fried evenly. Remove from oil once they turn a golden brown, spread on paper to remove excess oil and serve hot with chutney

Chutney

Blend together 100 gms curds, fresh grated coconut, 5-6 sprigs of fresh coriander, 1 green chilly, a small piece of ginger, 2 teaspoons of sugar and salt as per taste. Add more sugar if required.

Note – Sabudana Wadas taste good with tamarind chutney too. Be very careful while frying sabudana wadas as they have a tendency to burst open.