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Sabudana Khichdi is made from soaked tapoica pearls and tossed in spices, is a favourite of one and all. It is usually made during fasting days. It is tasty and makes a good evening snack. We all love this to the core. It is commonly used as a fasting food during Ekadasi and Navratri.

Sabudana khichdi, reminds me of so many tales. My mother makes the best kind, it’s so tasty. I make sabudana khichdi quite often, it’s one of the favourite of my children, but somehow never made to the blog, happy I am posting it today.

About the event :

The Shhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge group have now reached the heart of the country, a foodies delight, splendid state of Madhya Pradesh. The cuisine of the state is influenced by neighbouring countries and has a love for street food. Thus, a wide range of delectable dishes are famous here from Malpua to Seekh Kabab. I was paired with Sasmita of www.firsttimercook.com She is a good cook and a consistent blogger. I had given milk powder and cashewnut as the secret ingredient,  and Sasmita prepared Mawa Baati.  Cumin and peanut were  the secret ingredients given to me  and I have prepared my favourite Sabudana Khichdi.

We love sabudana khichdi at home, but somehow, this dish had not made to the blog. Now, I got a chance to put it here. But, I had put sabudana wada before, it is made in appe pan.

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Tips to make a good khichdi:

Making a good khichdi is an art destined to a few. It is tricky and one gets to know it the hard way. Always use good quality sabudana. I prefer using Varalakshmi brand, it is good and gives me good results each time. Secondly, soaking is done with a little quantity of water,  for ten minutes. After ten minutes, discard the water and keep it aside for four to five hours.. Thirdly, sabudana khichdi needs a little more quantity of oil than other dishes we prepare.

Steps in making sabudana khichdi:

Preparing sabudana khichdi, needs a little planning as it needs to be soaked for a few hours.

• soaking
• roasting of groundnuts
• grinding
• cooking of sabudana

Read the method given below for proper soaking of sabudana. 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilogram sabudana
• 2 potato
• 4 tablespoon roasted peanut powder
• 8 green chilly (use less if spicy)
• 1 +1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 tablespoon ghee
• 2 tablespoon oil
• salt to taste
• 1 lemon

Method:

1. Clean the sago pearls, wash them in running water, discard the water to remove all the starch. Put some water, a little above the sago pearls, keep it aside for ten minutes. Then discard the water again (keeping very little) and keep it aside closed for four to six hours. The pearls bloom and are  tender when you hold between fingers.
2. Roast the peanuts and make a coarse powder.
3. Grind green chilly and a spoon of cumin in the small jar.
4. Cut the potato into small thin pieces. Put them in water to avoid discolouration.
5. Take oil and ghee in a thick pan, add cumin, as it splutters, rinse the potato slices and put it. Let cook for sometime.
6. In the meantime, add salt, green chilly paste and lime juice to the soaked sabudana. Mix it.
7. Once the potatoes are cooked and slightly crunchy, add the mixed sabudana to it. Give a stir, let cook on a low flame for sometime.
8. Garnish with fresh coriander. Fresh grated coconut may be used.

Take a tip:

1. Tapioca pearls or sabudana used are not the small, shiny tiny ones. These are white small balls.
2. Green chilly, adjust as per your need. It also depends on the spice level of the green chilli.
3. Washing the sabudana, adding water, keeping aside for ten minutes, then discard the water and soaking it  with very little water is an important step here.
4. The measurements given here are for 1/2 kilogram of dry sabudana. Thus the quantity of prepared dish, it yields is more. Decrease the quantity proportionately as per your need.

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Sabudana Khichdi

Sabudana khichdi is delicious  snack prepared with tapoica pearls, spices are added to it and served usually during fasting days. 

Course Breakfast, evening snacks, fasting recipe

Cuisine Indian, Madhya Pradesh

Keyword evening snacks, fasting recipe, gluten free, how to make sabudana khichdi, sabudana khichdi, vegan

Prep Time 7 hours hours

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Soaking time 6 hours hours

Total Time 6 hours hours 11 minutes minutes

Servings 6 people

Author Jayashree

Ingredients

• 1/2 kilogram sabudana
• 2 potatoes
• 2 tablespoon oil
• 2 tablespoon ghee
• 1 +1 teaspoon cumin
• 8 green chilly ( I used less spicy ones)
• 4 tablespoon peanut powder
• salt to taste
• 1 lemon
• coriander for garnishing
• fresh coconut (optional)

Instructions

• Clean the sago pearls, wash them in running water, discard the water to remove the starch. Put some water, a little above the sago pearls, keep it aside for ten minutes. Then discard the water (keeping very little) and keep it aside closed for four to six hours. The pearls bloom and are tender to hold between fingers.

   
• Roast the peanuts and grind to a coarse powder
• Grind green chilly and a spoon of cumin in the small jar.
• Cut the potato into small thin pieces. Put them in water to avoid discolouration.
• Take oil and ghee in a thick pan, add cumin, as it splutters, rinse the potato slices and put it. Let cook for sometime.
• In the meantime, add salt, green chilly paste and lime juice to the soaked sabudana. Mix it.
• Once the potatoes are cooked and slightly crunchy, add the mixed sabudana to it. Give a stir, let cook on a low flame for sometime.
• Garnish with fresh coriander. Fresh grated coconut may be used.

Notes

• Tapioca pearls or sabudana used are not the small, shiny tiny ones. These are white small balls.
• Green chilly, adjust as per your need. 
• It is essential for the sabudana to be  soaked and ready before cooking. Washing the sabudana, adding water, keeping aside for ten minutes, then discard the water and soaking it  with very little water is an important step here.
• The measurements given here are for 1/2 kilogram of dry sabudana. Thus the quantity of prepared dish, it yields is more. Decrease the quantity proportionately as per your need. 

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