Saabu Vada At Satara

We decided to have tea at a decent looking hotel near the Natraj flyover.

The waiter came with 4 cups of hot steaming masala chai which was refreshing. He asked us if we would have anything else. We said no and were about to move out when I noticed him serving some fat odd looking vadas in a plate. I asked him what it was and was told it was the saabu vada which is a special during the month of Shravana for those who fast (vrat).

I promptly ordered for a plate of those for each of us. They were piping hot and came with a bowl of sweet curd. These deep fried vadas were made of saabudana, mildly salted with just a few green chilli bits, some green corriander and cummin seeds. They were heavenly to taste. Crisp outer and soft inner core and big in size. 3 of them could easily fill the stomach.

I din't ask for the recipe but could guess it was a special saabudaana (jevvarisi in Tamil) which was used for these vadas.

Some tastes linger and this was one of them.

Mahalakshmi.