Sabudana Vada A Perfect Snack

Sabudana made from the starch extracted from cassava roots and also known as Tapioca Pearls.

Ingredients required:

1.    A cup of sabudana, soaked for about 4-5 hours.
2.    2 medium sized boiled potato.
3.    A cup of roasted peanuts.
4.    A table spoon of cumin seeds 
5.    A tea spoon of black pepper
6.    Oil to deep fry(refined oil)
7.    Salt to taste
8.    A full table spoon of green chilies
9.    A cup of coriander

Preparation and Method:

1.    Remove the excess water from soaked sabudana.
2.    Removed the peel of potato.
3.    Dry roasted cumin seeds and black pepper and grind them coarsely.
4.    Finely chopped the chilies and coriander
5.    Remove the skin of peanuts, after roasted.
6.    Take a large bowl, put boiled potatoes, sabudana, ground cumin, black pepper, peanuts, and add salt to taste.
7.    Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, to make the patties.
8.    Take small portion of the mix, make a ball and press it gently, smoothen the sides of the patties.
9.    Likewise make all the patties.

How to fry these Patties:

1.Take a Kadhai or frying pan that you have, put it on the gas stove and turn the flame on medium.
2.Drop the oil about 250 ml enough to deep fry, once the pan is hot.3.Put your palm about 15 cm above the pan, if you feel the hotness then oil is ready for frying the Vada.
4.Slowly put 4 to 5 Vada at a time, flame should be on medium, frying it one side till it gets golden brown.
5.Then flip them to the other side and fry till they get golden brown other side as well.
6.Likewise follow the same method until all the Vada are fried, remove them from pan and place them over a paper towel on a plate.
7.Sabudana vadas are ready to eat, they goes best with green mint, coriander chutney and a cup of milk Tea.

 Enjoy the recipes, please try this recipes at home, serve them and eat with family, they will enjoy this delicious snack.

Health Benefits of Sabudana:1.    It can be eaten as a gain weight diet, people who are concerned with weight gain can add it to their diet to gain weight.
2.    It is affordable and easy to cook, sabudana helps in muscle development.
3.    Tapioca is rich in proteins, people who are vegetarians, can add this to their diet for high protein.
4.    Sabudana contains potassium which helps in blood circulation and controls blood pressure.

Poha Recipe For Perfect Healthy Breakfast

Poha is made from the flattened rice (also known as Chura), traditional breakfast dish of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (known as Pohe). Indori Poha is famous in Indore and eaten with Jalebi as breakfast. In Maharashtra, poha is cooked with lightly fried mustard seeds, turmeric, green chilies, finely chopped onions, fried peanuts and then moistened poha is added to the spicy mix and steamed for a few minutes. This recipes will include for two persons. 

Ingredients required:

1. 250 gms of Poha (thick).
2. 100 gms of peanut
3. 1 medium size onion finely chopped.
4. 3 green chilies chopped
5. 1 medium tomato chopped
6. 5- 10 curry leaves.
7. 1 table spoon of chopped coriander
8. ¼ table spoon of turmeric powder
9. ½ table spoon of cumin seeds
10. Salt to taste.
11. Some chickpea sev
12. 3 table spoons of oil(Soyabean Oil)

Preparation and Method:

1. Take a strainer or any container, wash poha twice and strain all the water and keep aside till it gets moist not too soft.
2. Till poha is getting moist, take a kadhai or pan, put 3 table spoons of oil and fry peanuts till they get crunchy on medium flame.
3. Take out the peanuts and then put ½ table spoon of cumin seeds, when they start crackling add green chilies and onion.
4. Saute till onion gets golden brown in color then add curry leaves and let them cook for 30 seconds in medium flame.
5. Then add chopped tomato and cook it completely till it loses all juice and oil gets separated on the corners.
6. Add ¼ table spoon spoon of turmeric and mix it well.
7. Add the soaked poha and mix everything properly, then add peanuts and mix them.
8. Lastly add salt to taste, and coriander and mix well.
9. Serve hot on a plate with some chickpea sev on top of poha.
10. Enjoy Poha with hot tea.

Health Benefits of Poha:

1.People who are more concerned about weight loss diets, can also make poha a part of their diet to see the results.
2.Rich in Carbohydrates.
3.Easy to digest.
4.Provide enough energy to start your day after breakfast.
5. Poha can be eaten by Diabetic people.