Baked sabudana vada with peanuts chutney

 

 

 

 

                           Sabudana vada is an all time favorite in my home . But now a days Mr.AJ has been talking a lot about eating healthy .But that definitely does not mean we will give up eating our favorite food . There has to be an alternative for this . While watching TV with Princess Pea , I had seen a commercial of baked potato chips . And then the bells started ringing . If chips can be made without frying why not our very own sabudana vada ? The baking does not affect the taste of the vadas . The peanuts chutney completes the dish .

 

 

We need :

 

Vadas :

 

1 cup Sabudana

2 medium potatoes

1/4 cup peanut powder

2 green chillies

1/2 " ginger

1 tsp cumin

juice of 1/2 lemon

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

salt to taste

Chutney :

1/4cup peanuts
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 cup yogurt
1 green chilli
salt and sugar to taste
water

 To Proceed :

 

Vada :

 

1) Wash and soak the sabudana for atleast 4 hours .

2) Boil and mash the potatoes .

3) Dry roast the peanuts and grind to a coarse powder .

4) Make ginger ,chilli and cumin paste .

5) Preheat the oven to 350 F .

6) Line a baking sheet with foil .

7) Mix soaked sabudana with the peanut powder,ginger chilli paste ,cilantro ,lemon juice and salt .

8) Shape into balls and flatten them a little between the palms .

9) Spray both sides of the vadas with cooking oil spray .

10) Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes .

 

Chutney :

 

1) Dry roast peanuts and grind with cumin ,salt ,sugar and chilli .

2)Whisk the yogurt and mix with the peanut mixture .

3) Adjust the consistency by adding little water .

 

 

          Serve warm vadas with the peanut chutney ....Here is to guilt free eating...yippe...