Hariyali Sabudana Appe/Sabudana Appe in Green Chatni
A low fat version of the Sabudana vada made in a few drops of oil in an appe pan. The beautiful green color comes from the addition of fresh green chatni adding a lot of flavor to the appe!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Sabudana/Sago/tapioca
- 2 medium-large potatoes boiled and grated
- 1 tbsp peanuts I used Roasted peanuts, put them in a ziploc and crushed with a rolling pin
- 1/4 tsp roasted and ground cumin bhuna jeera
For Green Chatni/Masala
- 1 cup cilantro/coriander/dhania leaves washed and chopped
- 5 Green chilies use less for less heat
- 1 inch piece ginger scraped and cut into big pieces
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Salt/Senda namak as per taste
- Oil for browning in appe pan
Instructions
- Wash and soak sabudana/sago overnight in a flat container in the fridge. Water should be 1 inch above the sabudana.
- Next morning, drain the sabudana/sago and leave on the strainer for 30 minutes to an hour to remove extra moisture. After soaking it yields 1 1/2 cups.
- Meanwhile prepare the Green Masala by coarsely grinding all the ingredients.Use 1/2 to 1 spoon of water,as needed for grinding.
- In a bowl mix the drained sabudana/sago, grated boiled potatoes, crushed peanuts,roasted cumin powder, and the green chatni/masala.
- Make 14-15 balls from the dough
- Heat appe pan, put few drops of oil in the cavities and let the oil heat up as well
- Turn down heat to med-low and place sabudana balls in the appe pan
- Cook uncovered till brown on all sides. Keep moving and shifting the appe in the cavities to brown evenly from all sides.
Notes
The appe need to be cooked on medium low flame. It needs to be moved and shifted in the cavities to ensure even browning.
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