Sabudana Vada

Sabudana VADA,


Mitrano,

Now these are Shravan days.
Let me introduce you what exactly Shravan means.

The month of Shravana is the fifth month of the Hindu calendar, beginning from Chaitra and is considered the holiest month of the year. Almost all the days of Shravana month are considered auspicious. The Shravana Month signs the blessings of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. This month is beneficial for those who believe in the glory of Lord Shiva. During this month, Bel patra are offered to the deity and the Bilwastakam mantra is chanted. ‘Shiv’ means welfare. Lord Shiva is considered as the prime Lord in the Panchdev Pujan.


It is believed that worshiping Lord Shiva during Shravan month is considered as more powerful than worshiping in normal days.

Each monday of this month, Known as Shravani Somvar, is a speacial day in in SHIVA templee where dharanatra hangs over the LINGA or the idol to bathe it with holy water ,day and night continously. Devotees pile the linga high with BEL patra leaves and white flowers and fast till sunset.
Apart from MOnday Brahmin women Specially newly married girl keep MANGALGAURI vrat to get rid of bad and evil. Married women keep VaradLaxmi Vrata on Friday.

All important religious festivals and ceremonies like Bodh Chaut, Nag Panchami, Randhan Chat, Shitla Satam, Janmastami and Raksha Bandhan,Bail Pola, fall in the month of Shravan.

And also our Indian HIndi films played important role in Saawan ka mahina.Many more Love songs are beutifully composed my our musians based on saawan.

So lets coming back to my recipee , if you are conducting vrats in this holy month , So if you are too in my category (means doing fasting having good fasting food) this recipee of SABAUDANA VADA will surely help you.

So lets start with ingredients first

3 cup soaked sabudana
1/2 cup roasted grated peanuts and 3 potatos
1 teaspncumin
salt
1 tspn red chilli powder
oil
3 /4 green chillis

For Chutney:- 1 cup grated coconut ,2 Green chilli, cumin,salt.

Procedure:-
The night before fasting day ,soak sabudana in water near about 20 minutes and drain water further.
Cover the lid partially. Keep it open about 1/2 inch.

Next day morning, Take 3 boiled potatos.Crush them in Sabadana.
Next Grind Cumin and green chilli together so that itwill get mixed properly.Do not grind it very fine.The mixture should be like pieces of cumin and chilli should be visible to naked eye.

Now add peanut and green chilli mixture to sabudana.Add salt according to your taste.

Here If you want the colour of vada to become red then add red chilli powder.Else increase amount of green chilli at your own risk.I'm Adding red chilli powder becuase im using local green chillis in it which are not very much spicy.

Do not add water as potatos itself contains enough amount water portion to give moisture to sabudana.

Mix well and taste it. If salt is accurate then roll the balls little bit flatten.So that it will get fry easily hence less amount of oil it absorbs.
Make around 20 vadas and fry it on low flame till golden brown colour.

Chutney:- Use grated coconut ,green chilli ,cumin,,salt + lil amt of water.Grind mixture finely.

Serve Hot Hot Sabaudan Vada with Coconut Chutney.

TIP:-
In vada, you can add small cutted coconut,  choppedcashew nut, chopped coriander,curry leaves if you are not on fast.
In chutney, you can add coriander ,curry leave, pinch of chana dal.After grinding and serving sprinkle lemon over it.