Directions
Sabudana is are pearls made with tapioca. Eaten widely in India sabudana is easy to prepare, very soft to eat and takes little time to cook. The pearls of the sabudana are beautiful to look at and you can eat sabudana for fast or vrat.
Ingredients
For Soaking
- Sabudana (sago) – 1 cup
- Water – 1 cup
- Salt – a generous pinch
For Khichdi
Ingredients:
- Peanuts (skinless) – ½ cup
- Ghee – 2 tbsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Green chilli Chopped – 1no
- Ginger chopped – 2tsp
- Tomato chopped – ½ cup
- Potatoes boiled, diced – 1cup
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Salt – to taste
- Black Pepper powder – to taste
- Lemon – ½ no
- Coriander chopped – Handful
Steps
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Wash the sabudana thoroughly under cold water. Soak the sabudana in 1cup of water, sprinkle little salt and soak for minimum 4-5 hours. |
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Dry roast the peanuts. Coarsely Crush the peanuts coarsely in the blending jar. Do not powder it. |
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3
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Heat ghee in a wok, add jeera and allow to splutter, add green chillies, ginger and saute for 2 mins. Add tomatoes and cook for another 2 mins. Now add diced potatoes and cook it on medium heat. |
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4
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Sauté until the potatoes are Lightly browned. Add curry leaves coarsely crushed roasted peanuts. |
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5
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Add the soaked sabudana, pepper and salt to taste, squeeze some lemon juice to balance the flavor and mix well. Cook until the sabudana turns transparent, add some freshly chopped coriander leaves and serve hot. |
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6
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Kunals tips (sabudana khitchdi)Adding a pinch of salt do not over stir the khitchdi, as it will mash up the perfect pearls making the dish look sloppy. |
