Sago or Sabudana /Tapioca pearls is generally used as a fasting food , in India . During fasts , common grains like rice ,wheat are avoided,apart from onions and garlic .Common salt too is replaced by pink salt .
During these fasts this particular snack can be eaten , when hungry .
Potatoes are added to Sabudana /Javvarasi , to make it a filling snack , so that one can remain without food for a longer time . This abstinence from food is practised in Hindi culture for centuries . Some fasts are very strict like the Ekadasi ones while some fasts undertaken during Navaratri time is a bit lenient . You can include Buck wheat flour(Kuttu ka Atta )Amaranth flour etc .
This vadai is absolutely delicious and can be had as a snack on other days too .

Ingredients for Javvarasi vadai /sago vadai

• Method

  Method

  Soak the Sabudana /Tapioca pearls for 6 to 8 hours adding 2 to 21/2 cups water .
• When soft , drain all the water and keep aside . Take a few and press between your fingers .If they get are soft and mushy , they are well soaked .
• Make sure they don’t have much moisture .
• Crumble the potatoes with your hands , well.
• Add green chillies , salt , ginger coriander leaves and drained sago and mix well
• Take a little of the mixture (small ball size), and flatten it on your palm in the shape of vadai and keep aside .
• Make such vadais from the mixture . Keep aside
• Heat a deep bottomed pan , add oil .
• Once the oil becomes hot , slip the vadais into the oil four or five in a batch and deep fry to golden brown
• Remove with a slotted ladle and drain .
• Serve hot with chutney or sauce