Sabudana Khichdi | How to make Sabudana Khichdi
Sabudana Khichdi is an Indian dish made of tapioca pearls, potatoes, peanuts, and some spices. This vegan and the gluten-free dish is extremely popular in India during the fasting season of Navratri.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sabudana
- 1 cup of water
- 2 teaspoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 medium-size boiled potato, diced small
- 1 cup of raw peanut
- 1 green chili chopped
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon red chilly powder
- 1/2 lemon juice
- chopped coriander leaves
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Method:-
- Rinse sabudana under water until the water turns clear. This is important to get rid of all the starch.
- Transfer the rinsed sabudana to a large bowl and add 1 cup water to it. No more.
- After two hours sabudana would have soaked up all the water.
- To check if sabudana is ready to cook, press a pearl between your thumb and index finger. It should smash easily. Set it aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan add peanut and roast on medium flame.
- Take 1/2 cup roasted peanut and grind it in a mixer and make powder.
- add these powdered peanut, salt and sugar in the soaked sabudana and mixed it and leave it for half an hour. cover with lid.
- Heat ghee in a pan and then add the diced potatoes and cook for 3-4 minutes stirring often until potatoes are almost cooked. It’s important to dice the potatoes small here so that cook quickly and remove it in a bowl.
- Heat ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds and let them sizzle for a few seconds.
- Then add the chopped green chilly and cook for 1 more minute.
- Add the drained sabudana to the pan along with salt and sugar and peanut powder.
- Add fried potatoes and remaining peanut, red chilly powder, some salt.
- Mix well until well combined.
- Cook for few minutes until most of the sabudana pearls become translucent, stirring once or twice. Do not cook it for a long time else it will stick. Remove pan from heat. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves and toss to combine.
- Serve sabudana khichdi hot with chilled yogurt.
