VegetarianFlavors: Sabudana Khichdi

Sabudana 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. 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.

Ingrediants

1 Cup Sabudana/ Sago/ Tapioca Pearls

1 Potato Boiled

1/2 cup Roasted Crushed 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 6 hrs ideally but you make keep them in hot water covered for about 4 hrs minimum. They should soft, dry and spongy after soaking. Dont add too much of water while soaking. Water should be just above it

Now to it add , salt , sugar and Crushed peanut powder. I always have a store of roasted and crushed peanut handy. Mix it into the sabudana and keep it aside. You need to add salt little more than you generally 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. 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 , Add boiled potatoes lightly mashed to it.This is how my hubby prefers. You may instead choose to light saute the potatoes as well the oil and the add sabudana mixture to it. 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.