Recipe 15 - Sago Vadam

Sago Vadam

Sago based Papadum blended with spices & spring onions made in traditional oven.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup sago
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 2 green chillies
• 1/2 teaspoon cummin seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon seasame seeds
• 1/4 cup minced spring onions
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• asafetida
• salt
• water
• cooking oil

Method:

• soak sago in water for atleast 2 hours
• preheat oven to 250 degrees
• pressure cook or set sago to boil
• separately, in a cup, add 2 green chillies, 1/2 teaspoon cummin seeds, 1/2 teaspoon seasame seeds, salt, a teaspoon water and nicely mix/mash them
• add this mixture to the rice flour, add some more water to get it to a batter consistency
• once the sago has been cooked, pour the rice flour mixture into the pan containing sago
• add 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, asafetida, add some more water if required & cook further until the water gets evaporated & you get a thick gummy solution
• in an oven sheet, pour 1 spoon of the gummy solution & flatten it nicely into an oval shape, the better you flatten, the better it gets baked; make several such papadums depending upon the size of your oven sheet
• keep it inside the oven for like 30 minutes; remove after papadums have been baked well (please read notes below)
• heat up oil in a pan, once heated, deep fry these papadums
• allow it to get to room temperature before serving

Notes:

• the time you need to bake largely depends on the size of papadums & its thickness, so my numbers above may not work for you
• oven heats up food using conduction, so the borders first get heated up & it slowly gets to its center; so make sure the center of the papadums have been baked well before removing it