Tapioca often gets a bad rap but forget what you know about milky school dinner puddings. These soft-centered fritters and packed full of flavour and have the most snackable bubbly exterior.

Snackable memories

I have such wonderful memories of snacking on these delicious vadas when my mother had Hindu fasting days. She would make them for the whole family and although I didn’t observe my first fast until I was a teen, I still loved eating all the carb-rich dishes. In fact, I still cook them often, despite the fact that I no longer observe fasts.

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How to make Sabudana Vada (Tapioca Pearl Fritters)

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