Sabudana Vada\ Sagu Vada

Sabudana Wada is one of the most popular snack items in Maharastra and is mostly eaten on fasts. I usually avoid preparing this as it is very oily. But now I have a oil free way of preparing this - thats with my new Kenstar Oxy Fryer.

Last week we ordered the Kenstar Oxy Fryer from flipkart. Oxy Fryer is baically used or Oil free cooking. We can enjoy our otherwise oily food in a healthy and oil free manner. It is very easy to use as well as very easy to clean. Below is the picture of my Oxy Fryer.

It has become my new found Addiction. I have already tried the french fries, potato wedges and garlic bread. This weekend I tried sabudana vada and it came out just awesome. I am so happy that I can enjoy all these items in an oil free manner :)

Below is the recipe of Sabudana Vada. I have prepared it in Oxy Fryer. If you dont have an oxyfryer, you just need to shallow fry the tikkis in oil.

Ingriedients:
Sabudana\ Sabakku\ Sagu - 1 cup
Peanut powder\ Shengdanyachi kut - half cup
2 Potatoes - boiled and mashed
Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
2 Green chillies - chopped
Coriander leaves - chopped
grated ginger - 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
Salt
Oil - 1 teaspoon (Optional)

Procedure:
1. Soak the sabudana for atleast 5-6 hours in water.
2. In a mixing bowl, add all the ingriedients except oil and mix well.
3. Make small tikkis as shown in below picture.

4. Brush both sides of tikkis with one drop oil. But this step is optional.
5. Pre heat the oxyfryer for 5 minutes at 160 degress.
6. Place the tikkis on the tray of oxy fryer and  keep it again for 15 minutes at 160 degrees.
7. After that , just flip the tikkis to the other side and keep for 5 more minutes. This is to ensure that both sides become crispy.

Delicious oil free Sabudana Vada is ready

Serve it with mint chutney or ketchup. No one can eat just one :)

Notes:
1. If you do not have an oxy fryer, no worries. You can shallow fry the tikkis with oil in a frying pan for about 5 minutes. Then flip it to the other side and cook it for 5 more minutes.
2. Oxy fryer does not give the same taste as the one with shallow frying with oil. It gives slighly different taste but must say food tastes really delicious. You can eat as much as you like -  guilt free ;)
3. For preparing the sabudana vada on fasts, do not include the grated ginger.