Wash Sabudana and drain out the water from it. Keep the washed Sabudana aside in a vessel for about 1 hr 30 min. This helps Sabudana turn soft. Do not try to soak Sabudana/Sabakki in water to soften it. This makes it turn into a paste
Wash the Potatoes and cook them until they become soft. Peel out the skin from the Potatoes, mash them and keep aside
Roast the peanuts and grind it in a mixer grinder and keep the powder ready
Once the Sabudana has turned soft then in a mixing bowl, have mashed Potatoes, Sabudana, roasted Peanut powder, Curd, Red Chilli powder, Jeera, Salt and mix well. Do mix to obtain thick dough. If you feel that the dough is too soft, add peanut powder to make thicker. Softer dough can make the Vada to crack while frying in oil making frying Vada difficult with messy oil
Now take a small lemon sized ball of dough and press with hand to obtain round shape like that of a Vada shown in the image. See that the sides of Vada is properly pressed to obtain the right shape
Heat oil in a frying pan, place the dough balls into the heated oil to fry in the pan. Deep fry in medium flame to ensure that Sabudana Vada/Sago Patty is cooked sufficiently
Sabudana/Sabakki Vada is now ready. Serve this appetizer with Tomato sauce
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