Sago/Sabhudana Punugulu

This is a evening snack item for kids .This snack is better if we have the Idly batter.So here it goes the way.

Ingredients:

• Idly batter-1 cup
• Sago/sabhudana-1 cup( soaked in yogurt/curd for 2hrs)
• Onion-1 finely chopped
• Green chillies-3 small size finely chopped
• Jeera-1 tsp
• Curryleaves-few
• Salt to taste
• Rice flour/Vari pindi-1/2 cup
• Oil for deep frying

Idly batter Preparation:

• Soak 1 cup Urad dal and Idly ravva 2cups for 2hrs .
• Grind the urad dal in a mixy jar and make it paste/batter.
• Now add the Idly ravva removing complete water to the Urad dal paste.
• Idly batter is ready.

Sago punugulu Cooking process:

• Take a bowl/Vessel and pour Idly batter and soaked sabhudana and mix well without forming any lumps.
• Now add finely choped onions,green chilies,curryleaves,jeera to the above mixture and form a medium batter.(Batter consistency should not be too liquified(watery) nor too hard) it should be able to form like a ball and able to drop into the oil.
• Now add the rice flour to the above mixture slowly and continuously stirring with a spatula without forming any lumps.
• Make lemon sized  balls from the above mixture.
• Heat oil in a cooking pan and put the balls in that oil and allow to deep fry till  it turns golden brown color .
• Turn the balls with a spatula to cook/fry well.
• Remove balls from oil and take it in to a tissue paper to remove the excess oil.
• Serve these punugulu with tomato sauce/hot sauce/chutney.