Crispy Air Fryer Sabudana Vada: Healthy & Delicious!
Sabudana Vada: Enjoy this crispy, air-fried version of the classic Indian snack. Perfect for fasting days or a healthy tea-time treat.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup sabudana or sago pearls
- ¾ cup water
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons boiled & mashed potatoes
- ½ cup roasted peanuts (crushed coarsely)
- 1 green chilly (finely chopped)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped coriander
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- Juice of ½ lemon
- ½ - ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Wash & soak sabudana in ¾ cup water for 6-8 hours or overnight. After the soaking hours, the sabudana will soak up all the water and fluff up. See note 1.
- Take soaked sabudana in a large bowl, add rest of the ingredients except oil & mix well.
- Preheat the airfryer at 190C.
- Grease your palm with oil, take a golf sized sabudana mixture on your palm and flatten it to form round discs or vadas. Repeat till all vadas are formed.
- Brush the airfryer mesh with oil, place vadas and brush some oil over the vadas. Avoid overcrowding and make sure that there is some gap between the vadas.
- Airfry the vadas for 8 minutes at 190C, flip them once, brush with oil and air fry them at 200 C for 9 more minutes. They turn crisp once they cool down.
- Repeat the same process for all the remaining vadas.
Notes
- Ensure sabudana pearls are perfectly soaked: they should be soft and mash easily between your fingers, without any hard centers. If they're under-soaked, the vadas will be hard.
- Don't overcrowd the air fryer basket. Cook in batches to ensure even cooking and crispness. Overcrowding traps steam and prevents browning.
- For a burst of flavor, add a tiny pinch of ginger-garlic paste (if not observing fasting rules) or finely grated ginger to the mixture. My personal trick is to use a little rock salt for an authentic fasting flavor. Nutrition information is an estimate, calculated automatically. Values vary with brands, substitutions and portion sizes.
- Don't overcrowd the air fryer basket. Cook in batches to ensure even cooking and crispness. Overcrowding traps steam and prevents browning.
- For a burst of flavor, add a tiny pinch of ginger-garlic paste (if not observing fasting rules) or finely grated ginger to the mixture. My personal trick is to use a little rock salt for an authentic fasting flavor. Nutrition information is an estimate, calculated automatically. Values vary with brands, substitutions and portion sizes.