Sabudana Khichdi

Sabudana /Tapioca Khichdi is basically consumed during days of fasting. They are nice delicious soft and spongy texture. You can just have them as your breakfast or evening snack even if you are not fasting. 

You may just add some veggies of your choice on any regular day. But this recipe below is purely made for fasting days wherein there is restriction on what you can consume. Do try out this traditional recipe and let me know if you like it!. I would love to hear about your variations in this recipe.

Ingredients

1 Cup Sabudana/ Sago/ Tapioca Pearls

1 Potato Boiled

1/2 cup Roasted Peanuts

2-3 Green Chili

About 2 tsp Cumin Seeds

Handful of cilantro

1 Lemon Juice

Salt

1 tsp Sugar( Optional) 

Procedure

Soaking the sabudana is the most important step. Wash them throughly and keep them soaked in water for about 5 hrs ideally but you make keep them in hot water covered for about 4 hrs minimum. 

 Do not add too much of water while soaking. Water should be barely be above the sabudana.They should soft, dry and spongy after soaking.

This is how a perfectly soaked sabudana looks like

Now in a pan add little ghee( clarified butter) I prefer making my fasting food in ghee, you  may even use regular cooking oil. 

USE OIL if planning to eat a little later. Made in ghee will make it little dry.

Once hot enough add the cumin seeds, green chilis or ginger chilli paste , saute it and add in the Sabudana mixture to it stir it well , 

You need to add salt little more than you generally like.

I like to have a store of roasted peanuts stored and which can be crushed and used in recipes. Mix it into the sabudana.

Let it cook for atleast 10- 15 min. Do not Stir it often. Keep it on slow to  medium flame. When done. Add some chopped cilantro on it. You may squeeze some lemon juice on it. It gives a mildy, spicy - sweet - sour flavor.

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PS: All recipes are without Onion and Garlic

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