Culinary Aromas
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min read

Sabudana Vada 2 Ways | Air Fryer | Deep Fried

Sabudana vada is one of my all-time favorite snacks to eat. Growing up, whenever my mom used to make these vadas, I would empty them as they were being fried 😋

Now, my kid does the same. It's a great evening snack. The combination of sabudana, potato and peanuts makes it very tasty, crispy from outside and soft and crunchy inside. This time around, I decided to try making these vadas in my air-fryer. I was just amazed at how they turned out - crispy and scrumptious as the deep-fried ones or I would say, even better. If you have an air-fryer do try them out.

In this blog post, I share with you both the recipes - deep fried & air-fried along with some tips on how to make these not so sticky but crispy and crunchy.

Please do check out my other snack recipes:

https://www.culinaryaromas.com/blog/categories/snacks

Also, take a peek into my other air-fryer recipes:

https://www.culinaryaromas.com/blog/categories/air-fryer

Ingredients

1 cup Sabudana/Sago
1 cup Water
2 Medium-big sized Potato
½ cup Peanuts
½ tbsp Chili powder
1 tsp Jeera/Cumin seeds
3-4 Green chili
1 ½ tsp Salt
¼ cup Coriander leaves/Cilantro
2 tbsp lemon juice

Video Instructions

Written Instructions

Prep

Boil and Mash the potatoes.
Dry roast groundnuts. Cool and remove the skin.
Chop the Coriander leaves/Cilantro finely

Making the vada mix

Rinse the sabudana well and transfer to a bowl.

Add 1 cup water and mix well. Do not add more water to avoid making Sabudana sticky.
Soak for 4-6 hours. Differs with sabudana. Some varieties take less while some take more time. Soak for a minimum of 4 hours.

After 4 - 6 hours

Sabudana will absorb all the water. Drain off if any. Make sure they are soaked well before making the vadas.

Add the Mashed potatoes.
Blend the groundnuts coarsely and add to Sabudana

Add the spices Red chili powder, Jeera,
Add green chili, salt, Coriander leaves.
Add the Lemon juice.

Deep-Fry Method

Mix everything well, mashing sabudana and potato further with hands while mixing.

Grease hands with oil.
Take a small ball of mix and bind it together. [ Please watch the video]
Flatten it and shape it into vadas.

Warm oil on medium flame.
Slide the vadas into oil. Do not disturb for 30sec.
Flip and fry until golden brown.

Note: Sometime sabudana may pop in oil. Be aware of this while deep frying.

Air-Fry Method

Pre-heat the airfryer a 350F/180C for 5mins.
Add 1 tsp oil to the vada mix.
Mix everything well, mashing sabudana and potato further with hands while mixing.
Grease hands with oil.
Take a small ball of mix and bind it together. [ Please watch the video]
Flatten it and shape it into vadas. For air-fryer flatten it more so the inside gets cooked really well.