Sabudana Khichdi Recipe

Sabudana Khichdi is a made from soaked Tapioca pearls. This dish is very popular in western parts of India like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. Sabudana Khichdi is also a part of diet when someone is on fast like any Navratri, Shivratri and any Hindu religious occasion. This is also served as a street food in some cities of India like Indore, Bhopal, Pune and Nagpur. This dish is very easy to cook and it can be cooked as breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Let us see how the complete recipe is.

Ingredients:

1. 1 ½  Cup of sabudana(Tapioca Pearls) 

2. 2 green chilies chopped.

3. 1 cup of peanuts.

4. 2 medium sized potatoes(diced)

5. 2 medium sized tomato(diced)

6. 2 tsp of cumin seeds.

7. 2 tsp of coriander chopped.

8. Salt to taste.

9. Water to soak sabudana.

10. 2-3 tsp of oil.

Preparation:

1. Take a big bowl and put 1 ½ cup of sabudana into it.

2. Add 1 ½ cup of water into it and sabudana should be completely be soaked in water.

3. Leave it for overnight, you can also soak it for 5-8 hours as required.

Method of cooking:

1. Take a kadai and heat it up on stove.

2. Put 2 tsp of oil into kadai and heat it up.

3. Put 1 cup of peanuts and fry them about 5 minutes and then take them out, keep it aside.

4. On the same oil, put 2 tsp of cumin seeds and let them crackle.

5. Now add chopped green chilies and fry it for a minute.

6. Then add potatoes fry them for a minute and add tomatoes.

7. Place tomato and potato on the other side of kadai and put a pinch of salt to it.

8. Cover the kadai with a lid and cook them till potatoes become soft and tomatoes get mushy.

9. Keep checking potatoes and tomatoes in every 2-5 mins.

10. Remove the lid and now mix tomatoes and potatoes well.

11. There goes soaked sabudana and fried peanuts and mix them well.

12. Add a tsp of oil to it and salt to taste, then mix it well.

13. And garnish with green chopped coriander.

Healthy benefits:

Sabudana is a good source of carbohydrates and some proteins. Adding peanuts to it adds Protein quantity which makes it a balanced diet.