Sagubiyam vada/Sabudana Vada/

 
I used to make this very often 9 years back when i was newly married.Later on i totally forgot about the vadas.Few days back i made sagubiyam vadiyalu and i had much of sagubiyam left after making the vadiyalu.I usually make sweet or just i boil them and give my girls to drink with or without milk.This sagubiyam reduces heat in the body and very good for the kids.

Ingredients:-

Sagubiyam/Sabudana 1 cup
Buttermilk 1 1/2 cup
Potatoes 2
Peanuts (fried) 2 tbsp
Onions chopped finely 1
Green chillies chopped finely 2
Ginger small pc chopped finely
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:-

Soak sagubiyam/sabudana in buttermilk for- 4-5 hours.Boil potatoes and crush peanuts.Chop onion and green chillies finely.

Drain any excess buttermilk left after soaking for 4-5 hours.Mash potatoes and add it to the sabudana.

Then add peanuts,ginger,salt,onions and green chillies.Mix well and make small patties and deep fry in hot oil.

Take them on a absorbent paper and serve hot.

Mango Date Yogurt

 Nothing like having fruit yogurt after a delicious meal.In store there is not much choice of fruit yogurt.We get only strawberry fruit yogurt.In dubai we used to have quite a few varieties of fruit yogurt but not here.So i thought of making fruit yogurt at home.The combination of mango and dates are too good to express and that too topping of raisins and walnuts enhanced the taste of the fruit yogurt.Here is the recipe which is quite simple and can be done in a jiffy.

Ingredients :-

Yogurt 2 cups
Mango 2 cups
Dates 10-12 dates (De-seeded and chopped finely)
Honey 4 tbsp
Sugar 4 tbsp

Serves four

Method:-

Whip the yogurt.Take dates and mango in a glass.Sprinkle 1 tbsp sugar over it.

Slowly add the whipped yogurt.Then add honey.Sprinkle walnuts and raisins.Can be eaten or else leave it the refrigerator for a while and have it chilled.

Saggubiyam Vadiyalu

 This is in continuation with my earlier post on summer specials.These are done in summer and eaten in the whole year.I have given the link of previous post on summer specials at the end of this post.

Sagubiyam/Sabudana vadiyalu are must in any andhra house.These are dried in the sun for 2-3 days and eaten in the whole year.This recipe too calls for very few ingredients and just melts when deep fried.

Ingredients:-

Saggubiyam/Sabudana 1 cup
Water 5 cups
Buttermilk 1 cup
Cumin seeds crushed 2 tbsp
Salt as per taste.

Method:-

Wash saggubiyam and keep aside.

In a big deep vessel take 5 cups of water.Let it come to a boiling point.

Then slowly add the cleaned saggubiyam and constantly stirring until saggubiyam is translucent.Now add cummin seeds,salt and the butter milk.

Then stir and see that a layer doesn't form on the top.When you stir continuously the top layer is not formed.

Take a saggubiyam and check if it is cooked.If is it done let the mixture cool.It may take about 2 hours to completely cool.

By this time the mixture would have thicken.Stir once again and see that no lumps are formed.

Take a plastic sheet and spread the mixture in small flat rounds.Let it dry for the full day under the sun.

Evening slowly remove each vadiyalu and place them under the fan.Next two days again dry them under the sun.

Once dried they should be stored in a air tight container.And use it when required.

For frying

Heat oil and leave few vadiyalu into the hot oil.It takes few seconds to swell and change colour into white.Take it on a tissue and serve as snacks or with rice and dal.

Click the picture below for Biyyam Vadiyalu