Sabudana Khichdi

 

How to prepare Sabudana Khichdi or Vrat khichdi or sabudana khichdi for fasting!

Sabudana khichadi is an Indian dish made from soaked Sabudana(Sago).

This food is mainly cooked on fasting day..

I am using roasted and coarsely grinder peanuts in my recipe. To enjoy this recipe add green chillies in good quantity. 

◾Required

✔150 gms sabudana (medium size pearls)

✔2 small size boiled potatoes (cut in cubes)

✔2tbsp roasted peanuts coarsely grinder

✔4-5 green chillies (very finely chopped)

✔5-6 curry leaves

✔1tsp mustard seeds (optional) 
✔1tsp cumin seeds

✔1 lemon 

✔½tsp turmeric (optional)

✔1tsp red chilly powder (optional)

✔Salt to taste

✔1tbsp cooking oil

Method:-

Step 1 : Soak Sabudana

◾Wash and rinse sabudana two to three times and then soak in one cup water (40-50 ml) for overnight. Next morning you can see sabudana appears to be swelled up, clear and translucent.

Step 2: Roast and coarse grind Peanuts

◾Roast peanuts on hot griddle, remove skin and coarsely grind peanuts and keep aside.

◾Step 3: Boil Potatoes

Wash, boil, peel and chop potatoes in cubes and keep aside.

Step 4: Mix following ingredients

◾Take sabudana, in that add roasted grinder peanuts, salt, turmeric, red chilly powder and salt to taste.....

Mix all well and keep aside.

Step 5: Cooking Time

◾Heat oil, add cumin seeds, when flutter add curry leaves and green chilies.

◾Saute for 10 seconds then add boiled potatoes saute and cook for 2-3 minutes.

◾Now add sabudana mixer, sprinkle few drops of water, lemon juice, mix well, cook for 3-5 minutes on slow flame, stirring in between. Cook till sabudana turns like pearls  (transparent). 

Serve hot.