Description
A khichdi or medley prepared with tapioca pearls, Potato and nuts, Sabudana Khichdi is a must have Indian dish perfect for breakfast or evening snack and is a popular food served during fasts.
Ingredients
- Tapioca Pearls / Sabudana: 1.5 Cup (around 200 g)
- Potato: 2 (Big)
- Tomato: 1 (Big)
- Curry Leaves: 20
- Green Chili: 3
- Fresh Coconut (scrapped): 2 Tbsp.
- Lemon Juice: 1 Tbsp.
- Peanuts - 1/2 Cup Cashew Nut: 8-10
- Cumin Seed: 1/2 Tsp.
- Salt/ Rock Salt: 1 Tsp.
- Ghee/ Sunflower oil: 3 Tbsp.
Instructions
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[/url] - Wash Tapioca Pearls or Sabudana under running water and soak overnight with normal water.
- While cooking drain the water and keep the Tapioca Pearls aside.
- Boil Potatoes and peel the skin while potatoes are warm.
- Mash Potatoes using a ladle or potato masher.
- Chop Green Chili and Tomatoes.
- Dry roast Peanuts and Cashew nuts for around 1-2 minutes in low flame till those emits a nutty roasted aroma.
- Using a mortar and pestle roughly crush nuts.
- Now heat Ghee/ sunflower Oil in a pan and temper with Cumin seed.
- Add Curry leaves and chopped green chilies while crackling of cumin seed started.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook till tomatoes soften.
- Now add Sabudana and give a proper mix.
- Add mashed potatoes to the mixture.
- Finally, add roasted Peanut and Cashew nut and Salt and mix properly.
- Sprinkle around 1/4 Cup. of Water and Cook for around 5 minutes in low flame while stirring continuously.
- Add lemon juice and mix properly.
- Switch the flame off and serve Sabudana Khichdi hot.
[/url]Notes
Adding Cashew Nut is completely optional but gives amazing flavour to the Sabudana Khichdi.
If preparing for fast, substitute normal salt with rock salt.
Instead of mashed potatoes you can used boiled cubed potatoes.
Fresh Scrapped coconut can be added at the end for added taste.
- Prep Time: 8 hours
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Cuisine: Indian
